Blooms Literacy Llama Red Pajama By Anna Dewdney

Bloom’s Literacy Llama Red Pajama By: Anna Dewdney Viking Published by: Penguin Group By: Diamond Winburne & Felicia Hollins Read 3310 October 23, 2014

First Grade ELAR TEKS (ELAR 18. A) (18) Writing/Literary Texts. Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and ideas. Students are expected to: (A) write brief stories that include a beginning, middle, and end; (ELAR 29) (29) Listening and Speaking/Teamwork. Students work productively with others in teams. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to follow agreedupon rules for discussion, including listening to others, speaking when recognized, and making appropriate contributions. (ELAR 9 A) (9) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to: (A) describe the plot (problem and solution) and retell a story's beginning, middle, and end with attention to the sequence of events; (ELAR 17) (17) Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.

Other First Grade TEKS (SS 13. A) (13) Citizenship. The student understands characteristics of good citizenship as exemplified by historical figures and other individuals. The student is expected to: (A) identify characteristics of good citizenship, including truthfulness, justice, equality, respect for oneself and others, responsibility in daily life, and participation in government by educating oneself about the issues, respectfully holding public officials to their word, and voting; (Math 1. 8 A) (1. 8) Measurement. The student understands that time can be measured. The student uses time to describe and compare situations. The student is expected to: (A) order three or more events according to duration;

Summary In this extremely great rhyming book, Baby Llama turns a normal bedtime routine into a complete dramafest. He starts out like any other normal night with a bedtime story and kiss from his mom. After she leaves, he gets worked up and becomes scared of the dark. When his mom has had enough of his “llama drama”, she very sternly informs him that he should not act this way. Even though Llama Mama was upset with Baby Llama she reassures him that she still loves him no matter what and there was nothing to be afraid of in the dark.

Remembering Can you recall information? ❖ Question: Can you list the emotions Baby Llama goes through in this story? ❖ Activity: On index cards, draw Baby Llama expressing these emotions and then put the cards in chronological order. (Math 1. 8 A) (ELAR 9 A)

Understanding Can you explain the ideas and concepts? ❖ Question: Who was the main character and what was the main struggle throughout the story? ❖ Activity: In teams, use play-doh to make the main characters and their setting, then use the play-doh characters to act out story. (ELAR 29)

Applying Can you use the information in another familiar situation? ❖ Question: How did Baby Llama feel when his mama left him? ❖ Activity: Write about a time you felt the same as Baby Llama and draw a corresponding picture. (ELAR 18. A)

Analyzing Can you break information into parts to explore understandings and relationships? ❖ Question: How are yours and Baby Llama’s bedtime routines similar and different? ❖ Activity: Make a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the student’s and Baby Llama’s bedtime routines. (ELAR 24. C)

Evaluating Can you justify a decision or a course of action? ❖ Question: Baby Llama made poor choices throughout the story. What should Baby Llama have done differently? ❖ Activity: Get into partners and act out what Baby Llama’s actions were. Then act out a scene of Baby Llama making the right choices. (SS 13. A and ELAR 29)

Creating Can you generate new products, ideas, or ways of viewing things? v Question: What if Mama Llama’s actions were different at the end of the story? Can you create a different ending to the story? v Activity: Create a classbook of possible different endings to the story. (ELAR 17)

Llama Red Pajama Links http: //www. llamabook. com/ … for interactive fun with the Llama series http: //www. annadewdney. com/Annas_website/Home. html … to learn more about the author https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Yt 4 Tb 2 WCmmo … for an opportunity to hear the story be read aloud