Taming Butterflies
Integration Page One
 
 


Talking and Listening

  

 * Prior to listening to Taming Butterflies, examine the cover and title. What do you think the book is about and why? [TS1.1 + RS1.6]
 * Children listen to story "Taming Butterflies read by teacher. [TS1.1]
 * Class discussion: Does Tilly really have butterflies in her tummy? What does the author mean? Have you ever felt t his way? Why do you think we call this feeling having butterflies? How have you coped with feeling this way? [TS1.1 + RS1.5]
 * Group discussion: In small groups children give personal accounts of times when they have h ad 'butterflies". [TS1.1]
 * Children explain how Tilly tames her butterflies. [TS1.1]
 * Children retell narrative around circle, contributing one sentence each. [TS 1.3 + RS1.5]
 * Children view illustrations, then role-play the situation where Tilly felt nervous. [TS1.4 + RS 1.5]
 
Reading
  
  Reading Skills & Strategies:
 * Identify high frequency words: Eg: they her way out was how were made sometimes the you came, said, that, from etc [RS1.6]
 * Children clap when they hear pairs of rhying words from the text. Eg: swirl/twirl, bed/said etc [RS1.6]
 * Create a word bank of rhyming words etg: bed, said, head / Tilly, silly, Billy, hilly. [RS1.6 + WS1.11]
Reading Response:
 * Find words in the text that show how butterflies move. Record them inside a butterfly shape. [RS1.6]
 * What do we know about Tilly? What do we know about Margory-Anne? List character traits, [RS1.5 + RS1.7]
 * Paste sentences about events in the story in correct sequence. [RS1.7]
 * List situations where you might have "butterflies". [RS1.5 + RS1.7]
Context and Text:
 * Read other literary and factual texts about butterflies. Compare content, text features and purpose. [RS1.5 + RS1.7 + 1.8]
 * List facts about butterflies found in factual texts abut butterflies. [RS1.6] 		 
 
Writing
  
 
Recount:
 * Children write a recount about their own experiences of feeling anxious. [WS 1.9 + 1.10]
Procedure:
 * Teacher models writing a simple procedure of how to perform a classroom task. Class identify the steps Tilly takes to tame her butterflies then write a simple procedure "How to Tame Butterflies". [WS 1.9 + 1.10, RS 1.5]
Information report:
 * Teacher and children explore sturcture of several information reports. Using facts listed about butterflies, complete a "joint construction" information report about butterflies. [WS 1.9 + 1.10]
Grammar:
 * Children create a word bank of other words for "scared". [WS 1.9 + 1.10]
Spelling:
 * Children find words in text that start with "sw" eg swirl, swish; "fl" flit, flutter; "sh" shake, shiver. Build word families of words that begin the same way. [WS1.11]