This lesson will be an introduction to the following reference tools: dictionary, almanac, globe and atlas. They will be used to find out about Puerto Rico the home of Juan Bobo. We will read Juan Bobo Goes to Work, a folktale from Puerto Rico, and listen to Yenyere, an example of Bomba dance music from Puerto Rico. We will also learn several words and phrases in Spanish.

Instructional Goals:
The students will know what kind of information is in an Almanac.
The students will know what an index is used for.
The students will understand how to use an Atlas, a dictionary and a globe.
The students will be recognize words and phrases in Spanish from the book.
Learning Objectives:
Kindergarten students will as a group look up the population of San Juan the capital of Puerto Rico
Students will observe a demonstration of how to use several different indexes
One student will find Puerto Rico on the globe and show the rest of the class
Students will participate in discussion and use of a dictionary.
Student will discuss and interpret several words and phrases in Spanish from the story Juan Bobo Goes to Work.
Students will listen to the story Juan Bobo Goes to Work and answer questions about what they think will happen next.


Motivational Goals:
Stimulate student's interest in research and research tools
Students will have fun and enjoy being in the library
Students will experience a story telling as an exciting event.

Juan Bobo stories
Pictures of Puerto Rico displayed: printed from computer
Music: played on laptop
Mystery box with surprise shakers
Globe
Almanac
Atlas
Dictionary
Other

Collaborator(s): LMS & Kindergarten Classroom teacher
Introduction:

This will be an introduction to folktales, Spanish and reference tools. I will read Juan Bobo Goes To Work a folktale from Puerto Rico.
I will have a mystery box. I will tell everyone the box has a surprise in it which we will all see at the end of the lesson. I will shake the box and ask them to listen and think to themselves about what they think might be inside the box making that sound.

Body
Play music.
We will listen to the music and then discuss what language they are singing in.

I will introduce the story.
I will ask for a volunteer to find Puerto Rico on the globe.
We will look up Puerto Rico in the Almanac.

I will talk about folktales.
We will discuss what a dictionary is used for.
We will look up the word folktale in the dictionary.

Juan Bobo translates as Simple John. Juan Bobo often gets confused and mixes things up.
I will ask have they ever done something sill or do they know someone like that.
When I read Juan Bobo there are several places where I will stop to ask what they think will happen next.
There are many words in Spanish throughout the story. We will say the words together and I will ask the students what they think the words mean.

Techniques used throughout the lesson:

Pictures of Puerto Rico displayed: printed from computer
Music: played on laptop
Mystery box with surprise shakers
Questioning
Brainstorming
Globe
Almanac
Atlas
Dictionary
Other Juan Bobo stories displayed.

Conclusion:
We will discuss and review the following;
What is a folktale?
What words do we know in Spanish?
What book did we use to find out what a word means?
What book did we find information about Puerto Rico in?
The mystery box will be opened and I will hand out shakers (plastic eggs with rice inside)
I will play the music again: controlled chaos as we dance and play the shakers.

Learning Assessment Method(s):
LMS and teacher observation of students' participation.
Observation on number of questions students asked.
Observation on the answers the students gave during the entire lesson and then at the end during the conclusion and review.
The teacher used her observations at the end of the lesson to line the students up when leaving the library. The students who participated most often and raised their hands were the leaders of the line and so forth until everyone was lined up to leave the library.

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