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Lesson Plansand Teacher GuidesLesson Type: Differentiated LearningFirst GradeArcher and the SunWritten by Rob ClevelandOutcomeABOUT THE BOOKGUIDED READING:ILEXILE tizenshipREGION:AsiaISBN:978-0-874838-78-7Students will demonstrate an understanding of the storythrough the use of discussion, reading, writing, and phonics.OverviewStudents will read and explore a folktale from China whileutilizing interdisciplinary connections in language arts,geography, math, science, dramatic arts, and art.MaterialsGeneral Book, The Archer and the Sun World map or globe Photograph or illustration of flag of China Markers “Story Strips” worksheetCOMMON CORESTANDARDSNOTE:Find correlatingCommon CoreStandards at thehead of each activitysection. Scissors Blackboard or Whiteboard Pencils Lined paper Big ball (such as an inflatable beach ball) Flashlight

Archer and the SunFirst Grade Black construction paper Watercolor paints and brushes Containers of water White watercolor paper Glue or tape Scissors Unlined paper (8 ½ inches x 11 inches) “The Archer and the Sun Picture Cards” worksheets Coins (3 per each group of 4 students)Optional: Extension Activities Computer with Internet Access Cleveland, Rob. How Tiger Got His Stripes. Atlanta:August House, 2006. Hamilton, Martha, and Mitch Weiss. How & Why Stories.Little Rock: August House, 1999.Assessment Tools “Chinese Flag” worksheet “Alphabetical Order” Worksheet A “Alphabetical Order” Worksheet B “Alphabetical Order” Worksheet C “Beginning Sounds” worksheet “Sun Subtraction” worksheetPage 2 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunTable of ContentsIntroduction 4Discussion Questions 6Language Arts 8Phonics 12Math 13Science 14Dramatic Arts 15Art 16Extension Activity 17Page 3 of 31Story Cove Lesson PlansFirst Grade

Archer and the SunFirst GradeIntroductionIntroducing the StoryMaterials: World map or globe Photograph or illustration of flag of China “Chinese Flag” worksheet MarkersDirections: Tells students that they will be reading a folktale fromChina. Shows students the location of China on a map orglobe. Asks students to share what they know about China. Shares the following facts about China, as appropriate: A. China is the largest country located entirely inAsia. (Show on map or globe) It is one of the largestcountries in the world. B. Many different countries share a boarder withChina. (Show on map or globe) C. China has the largest population of any countryin the world. D. The highest mountain range in the world, theHimalayas, borders China. The highest point inthe Himalayas is Mount Everest. (Show on map orglobe) Distributes the “Chinese Flag” worksheet and markers. Asks students to listen to instructions to color in theChinese flag: A. Color the stars yellow. B. Color the background red.Page 4 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunCOMMON CORESTANDARDSCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.10:Text complexityFirst GradeTeacher Reads the StoryMaterials: Book, The Archer and the SunDirections: Teacher tells students that they will be reading a folktalefrom China, about the sun. Each student receives a copy of The Archer and theSun. Students follow along as teacher reads, or eachstudent reads a page aloud.Page 5 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunFirst GradeDiscussion QuestionsCOMMON CORESTANDARDSCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1:Key detailsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3:Characters, settings,eventsFor Assessing Comprehension What is the setting for this story? Who are the characters in the story? What is the problem? How did the people feel about it being so hot? How would your life be different if there were many suns andthey shone down on the earth all day and all night? What did the people ask the archer to do? Could an archer really shoot down a sun? Why or why not? Why did the last sun hide? Where did the last sun hide? Why did the author choose the word “mighty” to describe themountain? Where else could the sun hide? How did the sun feel? Which animal tried to call the sun first? What happened? Which animal tried to call the sun second? What happened? Which animal tried to call the sun third? What happened? What would you have done to call the sun? How did the people and animals feel when the sun came outagain? What did the sun do at the end of the day? Why does Rooster crow in the morning? Why does the sun come up in the morning and go down atnight? How does the illustrator show the difference between dayand night?Page 6 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunFirst Grade How does the illustrator show that the story takes place inChina? What color did the illustrator make the sun(s)? Why do youthink he made that choice?Page 7 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunFirst GradeLanguage ArtsCOMMON CORESTANDARDSCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1A /CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1B onsRetell the StoryMaterials: “Story Strips” worksheet ScissorsDirections: Teacher cuts the sentences from the “Story Strips”sheet and gives each sentence to a different student. Each student reads his/her sentence aloud. Somesentences are more challenging than others andstudents may require help from the teacher. Students rearrange themselves so that they are in thecorrect story order. Students read their sentences aloud again andclassmates judge if they successfully arrangedthemselves in the correct order to tell the story. The activity is repeated until all students have had thechance to participate. “Story Strips” worksheet: There were too many suns and they shone day andnight. The people asked the archer to shoot down all ofthe suns except one. The last sun was afraid of thearcher and hid behind a mountain. The world became cold and dark. Lion called thesun. Rabbit called the sun. Rooster called the sun. The sun came out to see Rooster. The sun stayed up all day and hid at night.Page 8 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunCOMMON CORESTANDARDSCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2C:Initial, medial, and finalsoundsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2D:PhonemesFirst GradeChange the Word (Differentiated Learning)Materials: Blackboard or Whiteboard Pencils Lined paperDirections: Writes the word “sun” on the board and tells students towrite the word at the top of their papers. Demonstrates how a new word can be made bychanging one letter in the word. Example: sun fun Demonstrates how changing one letter at a timecontinues to create a new word. (sun-fun- fin-fit-sit-siprip .) Asks students to write the words on their papers andcontinue the progression of changing one letter at atime, thus creating new words. Asks students to share their words with the class. Divides the class into two groups.Group A: Students change one letter at a time to create sixnew words from each of the following words: hot,bow, day. Then students choose one word list to continuecreating as many new words as possible bychanging only one letter at a time.Page 9 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunFirst GradeGroup B: Students change one letter at a time to create sixnew words from each of the following words: hot,bow, day. Teacher shows students how to createpuzzles from their word lists. Start with a word and change one letter at a timeto make two new words. Erase the second word. Give the paper to another student and askhim/her to figure out the missing word that willconnect the first word and the last word bychanging only one letter at a time. Example:day say satday sat Note: It may be helpful to some students to writethe puzzles vertically.day daysay sat satCOMMON CORESTANDARDSCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3:Characters, settings,eventsAlphabetical Learning (Differentiated Learning)Materials: “Alphabetical Order” Worksheet A “Alphabetical Order” Worksheet B “Alphabetical Order” Worksheet C PencilsPage 10 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunFirst GradeDirections: Teacher divides the class into three groups. Group A: Complete “Alphabetical Order” WorksheetA. Group B: Complete “Alphabetical Order” WorksheetB. Group C: Complete “Alphabetical Order” WorksheetC.Page 11 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunFirst GradePhonicsCOMMON .ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2C:Initial, medial, finalsoundsBeginning SoundsMaterials: “Beginning Sounds” worksheet PencilsDirections: Students say the name of each picture. Write the beginning sound in the space provided. Write the word next to its beginning sound.Page 12 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunMathSun SubtractionMaterials: “Sun Subtraction” worksheet PencilsDirections: Students solve the subtraction problems.Page 13 of 31Story Cove Lesson PlansFirst Grade

Archer and the SunFirst GradeScienceCreating Day and NightMaterials: Big ball (such as an inflatable beach ball) FlashlightDirections: Teacher tells students that when you see the sun in themorning, it looks as if it is coming up (rising). When yousee it at night, it looks as if it is going down (setting).This is because the earth turns or rotates. The part ofthe earth where you are faces the sun for about half ofthe 24 hours in each day. The other half of the day thespot in which you are standing is turned away from thesun. When the part of the earth you are on faces thesun, it is day. When your part of the earth is not facingthe sun, it is night. Teacher makes a clearly visible mark on the ball torepresent where you are on earth. Teacher and students go to a dark room. One studentpretends to be the sun and holds the flashlight facingthe ball, which represents the earth. Half of the ball islight and half of the ball is dark. The student holding the ball turns it slowly and studentsobserve how the mark moves from light to dark. Thisrepresents moving from day to night. The student holding the ball slowly moves it so thatthe mark is once again in the light. This represents thesunrise. Teacher makes a different mark halfway around the ballfrom the first mark. Teacher shows students how it canbe day in one place and night in the other at the sametime.Page 14 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunFirst GradeDramatic ArtsCOMMON econversationsPourquoi SkitsDirections: Teacher explains that The Archer and the Sun is a“pourquoi” (“pour kwa”) story. Pourquoi means “why” inFrench. Pourquoi stories explain why an animal, plant,or natural object looks or acts the way it does. Thesestories have been told since ancient times to helppeople understand why things are the way that they are. Teacher asks students what the story, The Archer andthe Sun, explains. Teacher gives examples of possible pourquoi storyideas. (Why a rainbow appears after a storm, whysnakes have no hands or feet, why zebras have stripes,why pigs grunt, etc.) Teacher divides the class into small groups. Each group creates a pourquoi story. Each group shows its skit to the class.Page 15 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunFirst GradeArtCOMMON s and detailsSunlit Silhouette PicturesMaterials: Black construction paper Watercolor paints and brushes Containers of water White watercolor paper Glue ScissorsDirections: Teacher reviews the book’s illustrations and showsstudents how Baird Hoffmire, the book’s illustrator, usedlight and shadows. Using water on the paintbrush, dampen the surfaceof the watercolor paper. Using sunset colors, paint stripes of color across thepaper, horizontally. Allow paint to dry. Cut out the black paper to create silhouette sceneryand figures such as trees, people, houses, andanimals. Glue the silhouette scenery and figures onto thepaper to create a sunset scene.Page 16 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunFirst GradeExtension ActivityCOMMON s and detailsChinese FansMaterials: Book, The Archer and the Sun Unlined paper (8 ½ inches x 11 inches) Markers StaplerDirections: Teacher tells students that they will be making Chinesefans. Fans have been used in China for thousands ofyears. They are made of paper, silk, feathers, or leaves.Most have beautiful colorful designs. Teacher shows students the illustrations on pages 16and 17. Teacher suggests students use these Chinesestyle illustrations for inspiration as they draw a picture. Students turn their papers horizontally so that the11-inch sides of the paper are the top and bottom of thepicture. Beginning on the left side of the paper, students makenarrow vertical folds back and forth, accordion style, tocreate the fan. Students fold up the bottom of the fan about 1 inch andsecure it with a staple. Students fan themselves and display their beautifulChinese fans.Page 17 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunCOMMON CORESTANDARDSCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.9:Compare and contrastFirst GradeCompare and ContrastMaterials: Book, How Tiger Got His Stripes Book, How & Why StoriesDirections: Students read How Tiger Got His Stripes by RobCleveland. Compare and contrast this pourquoi folktalefrom Vietnam with The Archer and the Sun. Teacher reads stories from How & Why Stories byMartha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss. Compare andcontrast these stories with The Archer and the Sun.Technology ConnectionMaterials: Computer with Internet accessDirections: Students access www.storycove.com with help from theteacher. View the animation for The Archer and the Sun narratedby the author. Think about how the storyteller uses his voice to conveyemotions throughout the story. A. How does the storyteller’s voice change whenLion is talking? B. How does the storyteller’s voice change whenRabbit is talking? Explore the animations and activities for other stories onwww.storycove.com.Page 18 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunCOMMON econversationsFirst GradeRooster Card GameMaterials: “The Archer and the Sun Picture Cards” worksheets(Sun, Lion, Rabbit, Rooster) Coins (3 per each group of 4 students) Paper Pencils ScissorsDirections: Teacher divides the class into groups of four. Eachgroup sits in a circle. The coins are placed in the middleof the circle. One player volunteers to keep score and writes eachgroup member’s name on a paper. Teacher passes out worksheets to students, giving eachgroup one worksheet with cards of each character.Students cut out the cards. The cards are shuffled and dealt one at a time, facedown, until each player has four cards. The goal is tocollect four matching cards before anyone else in thegroup does.Page 19 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

Archer and the SunFirst Grade Each player looks at his/her cards and chooses oneto discard. Each player slides the unwanted card, facedown, to the player to his/her left. Each player looks quickly at the new card and decideswhether to keep it or pass it. Play continues until one player (or more than oneplayer) quietly lays down his/her set of four matchingcards and picks up one of the coins. As soon as the other players see someone pick up acoin, they quickly put their cards down and also pick upa coin. The player left without a coin loses that round. Thatplayer is given an “r” (the first letter in “rooster”). If he/she loses the next round, an “o” would be written next tohis/her name. The score keeper writes the letters in theword “rooster,” one letter for each lost round, next to thelosing player’s name. The first player to complete the word “rooster” loses thegame and must say, “Cock-a- doodle-doo!”Page 20 of 31Story Cove Lesson Plans

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First Grade Black construction paper Watercolor paints and brushes . “The Archer and the Sun Picture Cards” worksheets Coins (3 per each group of 4 students) Optional: Extension Activities Computer with Internet Access Cleveland, Rob. How . “Alphabetical Order” Worksheet A “Alphabetical Order .

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