Genre: Fiction/English Language
Theme: Animals/Homophones
Ages: 4 - 7
Summary: Aunt Ant has a new home at the zoo. She writes a letter to Deer, describing, completely in homophones,
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Pre-Reading Activity: Mini Homophone lesson. Introduce the character at begining of text. Aunt Ant. Write these two words on the board and explain that they are homophones, which are two words which sound alike but a spelled differently and have different meanings. Ask students to explain what each word means. (A relative versus an insect.) Lead into story by telling class that they will read story that begins with a letter about Aunt Ants new home, the zoo.
Post-Reading Activity: Have class offer homophones that they recall from the book. Make Homophone chart and have students describe how the words are different.
Reflection:
This is a wonderful story to help teach about homophones in an English lesson. Children will love the funny stories about animals at the zoo doing silly things. It may be great lesson to teach within a Animal unit or after a trip to the zoo.
I like the idea of a pre-reading lesson before reading the text that way they know what to expect. I also like your post reading activity because it allows them to recall information they just read and have them be able to tell you the difference between the two words.
ReplyDeleteThank you DeeDee! This is a really fun text for homophones.
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