Title: The Five W’s of Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Author: Erica Adams

Grade: 1-3

NE Standards:

1.1.5 By the end of first grade, students will respond to literature.

Objectives:

1. The students will seek answers to the 5 W’s + H.
2. The students will generate ideas (solutions) to the problem.
3. The students will develop an action plan for the most effective solution.

Materials: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, easel paper and crayons or Markers

PROCEDURES

Anticipatory Set: Begin by asking the students what they would do if they found a stranger had been in their house. Listen to the feedback and tell them to listen closely to the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears". While reading the story, stop and ask what will happen next and why.

Vocabulary: strangers, the 5 W’s

Activities:

1. Invite the students to help the bears solve their problem.
2. Identify the problem with the students.
3. Have students pretend they are newspaper reporters in pursuit of a hot new story as they gather the facts, the 5 W’s.
4. After facts are gathered have students generate solutions to the problem.
5. Help student pick the best solution and devise a plan of action.
6. Create illustration of how their solution would stop Goldilocks and other intruders.

Provisions for special needs:

Closure: Review with the students the three elements of problem solving: 1) identify the problem; 2) produce ideas, and 3) evaluating and implementing solutions. Relate these elements back to "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".

Assessment: This should be done throughout the lesson by assessing student participation during the discussion of the fairy tale. The number of ideas (solutions) students contributed to help solve the bears’ problems.

References: The Lesson Plans Page, by Colleen Barrett, article by Jerry Flack

Reflection: (on back of page)