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Last One Is a Rotten Egg by Diane deGroat

Submitted by: Cindy Walsh

Resources: The book Last One is a Rotten Egg by Diane deGroat

Standard(s):

2b- Student demonstrates an understanding of honesty and integrity.

3a- Student demonstrates awareness of other peoples’ emotions and perspectives.

3c Student demonstrates the ability to prevent and resolve interpersonal conflicts in constructive ways.

Materials: One copy of the book Last One Is a Rotten Egg by Diane deGroat Plastic eggs-several eggs for each child and one yellow egg for each child to have after the lesson Small prizes or stickers- one for each yellow egg Something soft (like pom-poms or cotton balls that won’t rattle) to become prizes to use during the egg hunt Containers or bags (1 for each child) Feelings cards (optional) 1 large piece of paper and a marker to use for a graph <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Talking object ( 1 have an inflatable microphone and a “Koosh” ball to use for this). Only the person holding the object may speak

<span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Time: approximately 30-40 minutes

<span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Goals: <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">The students will: <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Listen to the teacher read the story <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Gather eggs hidden in the classroom <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Open eggs (the ones with quiet filling) and figure out how to share with children who don’t have any or few prizes. <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Share prizes among classmates fairly- you may have to do a lot of talking through with the children on this <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Select a feeling card that describes how you felt when you got more eggs with prizes than someone else, you got fewer or no prizes, you shared your prizes, or you received a prize from someone else.

<span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Lesson Steps/Leading Statements <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Put prizes in some of the plastic eggs and leave some empty <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Hide the eggs in the room when the children aren't present <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Read the story to the students <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Discuss how each of the characters ( Gilbert, Lola and Wally) felt during different parts of the story: those parts which address the goals and standards <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Give each child a bag or container in which to collect eggs <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Have children search for the eggs <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Bring their bags back to the group <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Have each child count how many eggs he/she collected and graph this information (optional) <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Lay feelings cards out so children can see all of them <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Have each child pick a card to show how he/she feels about the number of eggs collected <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Open eggs and count how many have prizes <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Pass the “talking object” around so that each child can state how many eggs had prizes and how he/she felt <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Have children brainstorm ideas on how prizes could be divided up equally- (you may need to set rules like “you don't have to give up any more than one of your eggs” and “the eggs have to be shared willingly”- no taking of eggs). Teacher records these. <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">See how willing children are to share with someone who doesn’t have as many prizes <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Put out feelings cards again, so that each child can tell how he/she feels now that prizes have been shared <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Give all children a “golden egg” with a small actual sticker or prize in it for sharing and participating.

<span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px;">Assessments: Observe how willing children are to share their eggs with others and if they are grateful and say “thank you” if they received an egg.