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The Clever Monkey Rides Again Lesson PlanThe Clever Monkey Rides Again Lesson Plan
Publisher
August House
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Grade
1st - 2nd
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Year
2007
Lesson Plan

The Clever Monkey Rides Again

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  • The Clever Monkey Rides Again (Second Grade)
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Use a West African folktale to practice several different skills in your first grade classroom. Learners read The Clever Monkey Rides Again and focus on rhyming words, reading comprehension, measurement, art, movement, and word order.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

folktales, auditory discrimination, african folktales, rhyming words, word order, africa, proverbs, idioms, reading comprehension, syntax, measuring mass, height, point of view, compare and contrast

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use all the activities in one literature unit, or split the projects up as they connect to your curriculum
  • Split your class into different groups and rotate them through stations with each activity (art, movement, language arts, math, etc)

Classroom Considerations

  • You will need to borrow or purchase a copy of The Clever Monkey Rides Again

Pros

  • Provides all necessary worksheets and materials for each activity
  • Incorporates many different topics and subjects
  • Comes with extension activities with additional story recommendations to connect themes and plots
  • A second grade lesson is available as well

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.1.1 RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.1.4 RL.2.1 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.2.4

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