Ira+Sleeps+Over

Clare Morrison and Lynn Mayberry-Burke, Grade 1 Lesson: __Ira Sleeps Over__ Standard(s): 1a, 3a, 3c Materials: Book: __Ira Sleeps Over__ by Bernard Waber Time: 30 minutes - 1 hour Goals: Students will be able to identify how they would be feeling in Ira’s situation. Students will be able to demonstrate an awareness of respect for individual differences of others. Describe Lesson Steps: Gather students to carpet. Introduce book. //Has anyone ever had or been to a sleep over before?// Popcorn share. Read aloud book. Stop and think, pair, share appropriately throughout the story. Have students share their connections to the story. Discuss how Ira was so scared and anxious. //What could Ira do to solve the problem?// At the end, have all students turn and share their connections with a partner. Activity/Assessment(s): Role-play (two students: One is Ira and the other is his friend). Ira shares his worry about bringing his comfort item to the sleep over with his buddy. Use Kelso’s Choice to talk it out to solve the problem. Group share some of the responses. Or Spread out enough large white construction papers on the floor for groups of four to gather around. Supply each group with coloring pencils, markers, crayons. Each student finds a comfortable position (laying on tummy, sitting or kneeling) on one side of the paper. The four students draw simultaneously, an illustration of their own connection to the story. (Listen to student conversations in their groups, monitor and assist etc.). Use the Fishbowl sharing technique: Have students sit in a circle. Select a group to start – have the four students sit around their paper in the middle and share their illustrations and connections before the whole class.