By Lauren BorushikApr 18, 2023

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IntroductionGood morning boys and girls! I would like you to all sit down on the floor in a circle. Today, we are going to be fishermen, and discover the ocean using a rhyme pattern to describe what we discovered.

Guiding Questions on Oceanography1.How many of you have ever been to the ocean? 2.What did you see when you visited the ocean? 3.What types of animals live in the ocean? 4.What other objects live in the ocean? (The teacher lists all the children’s ideas on a KWL chart). This section takes 10 minutes.

Guiding Questions on Rhyming1.What is a rhyme? (Give students the chance to respond) Help guide them that a rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, such as cat and bat, and hand and sand, which have the same ending sounds. Explain to them that rhyme is most often used in poetry and songs. Can someone give me another example of a word that rhymes with another word?2. We are going to read a book all about rhymes called, Commotion in the Ocean, by Giles Andreae and David Wojfowycz. Can anyone tell me if there are words in the title that rhyme? What kind of words and ideas do you think we are going to see and hear in this book? (Allow time for student discussion). As I read the book, every time you hear a word that rhymes I would like you to clap. 3. Class, now, I am going to pick out words from the book and I would like you to be the teacher and write down on the blackboard a word that rhymes with the word I give you. How can we tell if that word rhymes? (This section takes 20 minutes).

Core Procedures1. How many of you have ever written a poem or a song? Remember in the beginning of class when I mentioned that often rhyme words are used in poetry and song writing? How about we write a poem together about the ocean. (Instructor guides students , but lets them make choices on what words they would like to use. 2. After several lines are written on the blackboard, the students are told to complete four additional lines that rhyme on their own to the poem.

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Stanza done as a classThe ocean is big and blue,I love the ocean, do you?The rocks sleep and the plants sway,Out on the sand children play.

Stanza done by studentMy dad and I jump waves,Then in the sand we dig and build caves.Seaweed wraps around my feet,A shark, I sure do never want to meet.

Closing1. How would you all like to go back to your desk and be writing fishermen? I think

some smart fishermen can do a good job working independently. I would like you to take the poem that we wrote as a group and add four lines that rhyme to make your own poem. The poem needs to make sense. What do you say fishermen! All aboard?

2. I am passing out a shape poem of a fish. Inside the fish I would like you to create your poem. You can look at the KWL circle for ideas to spark your memory. Once we gather everyone’s poems, we will hang them on our ocean theme wall.

3. Please complete the rhyming sheet for homework and bring it back to class tomorrow.

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Teacher Name: Mrs. Borushik

Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1Participation

The student will participate actively (react, join in, read along) when predictable and patterned selections of rhymes in the poem are read aloud.

The student willingly tries to point out rhyme words and read alongs during predictable and patterned selections of the poem.

The student is occassionally willing to point out rhyme words and read along during predictable and patterned selections of the poem.

The student is not willing to point out rhyme words, make predictions or read along during predictable and patterned selections of the poem.

Language The student will be able to identify the musical elements of literary language such as its rhymes and repeated sounds.

The student has demonstrated the ability to identify musical language elements such as rhymes and repeated sounds.

The student has somewhat demonstrated the ability to identify musical language elements such as rhymes and repeated sounds.

The student has not demonstrated the ability to identify musical language elements such as rhymes and repeated sounds.

Working with others

Almost always listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Tries to keep people working well together.

Usually listens to, shares, with, and supports the efforts of others. Does not cause "waves" in the group.

Often listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others, but sometimes is not a good team member.

Rarely listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Often is not a good team player.

Rhyme Time

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ModificationsModifications will be made on an individual basis. An Example of one modifications is to have the child draw an image rather than write a 2 line stanza to show an understanding. Additional accommodations include pairing student with another student for additional support, provide extra example of rhyming, as well as give directions both visually and orally.

ExtensionThis lesson can be extended where students can create a song about the ocean using a rhyme technique.

What do you know

What do you want to know

What did you learn?

Water How big is the ocean

Sand How does it form

Seaweed How deep does the ocean go

Fish How do fish breathe

Sharks What do fish eat

diving Do jelly fish really sting

Whales

surfing

smells

Jelly fish

starfish

scary

boats

waves

Sand castles

Cold or warm

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Rhyme Time: Circle the words in each column that rhyme with the word in bold. What other words rhyme with that word? Write them in the spaces below.

Good Hoe Plow Light Found TookWood toe how night around cookStood sew please like hound shookCould row bow right four book

Fish Wave Sand Cold Shark OceanDish Save Land Sold Bark MotionWish Rock Band Told BlanketLotionTorn Cave Pillow Warm Hot Potion

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Ocean

The ocean is big and blue,I love the ocean, do you?

The rocks sleep and the plants sway,Out on the sand children play.

My dad and I jump waves,Then in the sand we dig and build caves.

Seaweed wraps around my feet,A shark, I sure do never want to meet.

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RubiStar http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

Down by the Bay http://teachers.net/lessons/posts//319.html

Read, Write, Think http://readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=832

Farm Octopushttp://printables.scholastic.com/printables/detail/?id=31818&ESP=PRT/ib/20090330/acq/PoetryPrintables/PoetryIndex/txtl/

Fish Shapehttp://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/5914.shtml

Commotion in the Ocean Bookhttp://www.kaplantoys.com/store/trans/productDetailForm.asp?CatID=6%257C0%257C0&PID=97659&Max=29&Seq=9&Page=1