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Hello:
Is anyone familiar with THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A TROUT by
Teri
Sloat? It is the NW Pacific Native American version of I KNOW AN OLD
LADY
WHO SWALLOWED A FLY. I am looking for a lesson plan for this story.
Does
anyone have a lesson they might share or any ideas? I checked "Linda's
Link
to Literature" (Richmond City Schools), but there is not one.
Any ideas are appreciated.
Thank you !
Robert Joyce
Library Media Specialist
Pittsylvania County VA : Brosville Elementary
robert@gcronline.com
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Here is an unusual one...dealing with probability:
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=10701
or....What's to Eat? A Close Look at Food Around Our School:
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/ups/curriculum2003/food/foodres.html
I also found a Conference Program from the late 1990's that included
using
the Native American story form of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed
a
Trout" in children's reading in Alaskan elementary
schools.....unfortunately, no lesson plans, but it would have been a
great
resource to share with others (book form)...since obviously there is
very
little out there on the web through a "basic search."
~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian
Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net
I've used it by comparing to I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie.
But you could use it by having the students discuss the regional
characteristics of the setting, etc. and have the students create a version
using characteristics from your region of the country.
be sure you look at the author's comments on the book on this page
http://www.henryholtchildrensbooks.com/authordetails.asp?ID=Sloat
http://eduscapes.com/caldecott/98d.htm
http://www.terisloat.com/meetteri.html
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/f/h/fhm106/elaborate.htm
http://www.foxtalesint.com/schoolhouse/lessonplans/literacy_early.htm
made a flannel board story out of it by xeroxing the pages, cutting out
animals and coloring them in. I use it with the youngest kids and compare
it to other stories: There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie, Fly etc.
There is another new one at the Scholastic book fair now about swallowing a
snowball.
use it along with "There was...Fly" and do a comparison study elementary
style. Then you could have a class discussion about why the stories are
different based on the cultures. And follow up with other folktales that are
similar and different from different cultures.
could you adapt the lesson plans for the "Swallowed a fly"
version to fit the "Swallowed a trout?" Here are a couple -of links with
kind of general ideas:
http://www.marcias-lesson-links.com/YourIdeasforOldLady.html
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Old_Lady.htm
Use a puppet with a hole in the mouth. Have the little old lady eat the
items in the story. could just use a picture of item.
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