The+Greedy+Python

Lynn Mayberry-Burke Grade 2
 * __Lesson__:** The Greedy Python


 * __Standard/s__:** 3a, 3b

Chart paper for recording the children’s ideas.
 * __Materials__:** book __The Greedy Python__ by Richard Buckley & Eric Carle


 * __Time__:** 30-45 minutes


 * __Goals__:** Students will demonstrate an awareness of other people’s emotions and a consideration for others.


 * __Describe Lesson Steps__:** Gather the children to the rug area. Tell the students that you are going to read a book called __The Greedy Python__. Discuss with the class what it means to be greedy. Have the children share with a shoulder partner how it makes others feel when someone is being greedy. Tell the kids to think about how it makes the other animals in the story feel when the python is being greedy. Also, have the listen for what the consequences are for the python for being greedy. Stop just before the ending of the book and have the children predict what they think will happen at the end. After reading the book, discuss the consequence that the python experienced for being greedy. Discuss what the moral of the story is.


 * __Activity/Assessment__:** As a follow up activity, discuss with the class how we share in our classroom (our time, talent, and materials). Discuss why it is important to share, what it looks like, and what it feels like. How does sharing create a positive classroom community? A class chart could be created that shows the children’s thinking about these questions and displayed in the classroom. The children could respond to one of these questions in their writing journals.