Story 10 Gerard The Giraffe

Fun Preschool Games and Stories Gerard the Giraffe
Story 10 Gerard the Giraffe
1. Story text - 2 versions 2. Story Lesson Plan Ideas
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Revision: giraffe, ice cream, orange, apple, banana, pear, milk, grass Revision Verbs: ate, drank Revision Other: Hungry New (optional) Days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday New Phrases: The giraffe was hungry. He was still hungry.
3. Seven Story Illustrations 4. Bingo 5. Vocabulary Flashcards Separate Download

Giraffe from story 2, grass from story 4, milk from story 8 Ice cream, orange, apple, banana, pear from story 9 A4, A5, Small and Black and White for colouring
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6. Story Texts to stick on back of Illustrations

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10. Gerard the Giraffe Story

If you prefer tell the story in the present tense by saying: Today is Monday and Gerard the Giraffe is hungry. Here he is eating one ice cream. But he is still hungry. Leave out the days of the week with three year olds.
Picture 1 On Monday Gerard the giraffe was hungry, so he ate one ice cream, but he was still hungry. Picture 2 On Tuesday Gerard the giraffe was hungry so he ate one ice cream and two oranges, but he was still hungry. Picture 3 On Wednesday Gerard the giraffe was hungry so he ate one ice cream, two oranges and three apples, but he was still hungry. Picture 4 On Thursday Gerard the giraffe was hungry so he ate one ice cream, two oranges, three apples and four bananas, but he was still hungry. Picture 5 On Friday Gerard the giraffe was hungry so he ate one ice cream, two oranges, three apples, four bananas and five pears, but he was still hungry. Picture 6 On Saturday Gerard the giraffe was hungry so he ate one ice cream, two oranges, three apples, four bananas, five pears and he drank six glasses of milk, and he felt terrible! Picture 7 On Sunday Gerard the giraffe ate some grass. He felt fine and he wasn't hungry!
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10. Gerard the Giraffe Story Version 2

Extra Vocabulary First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth. It's so boring, I know I shouldn't, I'm getting fatter, that's too bad. Picture 1 It was Monday, the first day of the week and it was a lovely sunny day. Gerard the giraffe was on his lunch break and he was hungry. Normally he ate grass but today he didn't want grass. It's so boring eating grass he thought. Today I'm having an ice cream. I know I shouldn't but I'm going to anyway! So he ate one ice cream, but he was still hungry. Picture 2 On Tuesday, the second day of the week, it was another lovely sunny day. At his lunch break Gerard the giraffe was hungry. Normally he ate grass but today he didn't want grass. It's so boring eating grass he thought. Today I'm having an ice cream AND an orange, no TWO oranges! I know I shouldn't but I'm going to anyway! And he ate one ice cream and two oranges, but he was still hungry. Picture 3 On Wednesday, the third day of the week, it was another lovely sunny day. Gerard the giraffe was hungry. Normally he ate grass but today he didn't want grass. It's so boring eating grass he thought. Today I'm having ice cream, oranges and apples. I know I shouldn't but I can't resist! I know I'm getting fatter, but that's too bad! So he ate one ice cream, two oranges and three apples, but he was still hungry. Picture 4 On Thursday, the fourth day of the week, it was another lovely sunny day. Gerard the giraffe was hungry. Normally he ate grass but today he didn't want grass. It's so boring eating grass he thought. Today I'm having ice cream, oranges, apples AND bananas. I know I shouldn't but I can't resist! I know I'm getting fatter, but that's too bad! So he ate one ice cream, two oranges, three apples and four bananas, but he was still hungry. Picture 5 On Friday, the fifth day of the week, and very nearly the weekend, it was another lovely sunny day. Gerard the giraffe was hungry. Normally he ate grass but today he didn't want grass. It's so boring eating grass he thought. Today I'm having ice cream, oranges, apples and pears. I know I shouldn't but I can't resist! I know I'm quite fat now, but that's too bad! So he ate one ice cream, two oranges, three apples, four bananas and FIVE pears, but he was still hungry. Picture 6 On Saturday, the sixth day of the week it was another lovely sunny day. Gerard the giraffe was hungry. Normally he ate grass but today he didn't want grass. It's so boring eating grass he thought. Today I'm having ice cream, oranges, apples, pears and milk. I know I shouldn't but I can't resist! I know I'm really VERY fat now, but that's too bad! So he ate one ice cream, two oranges, three apples, four bananas, five pears and he drank SIX glasses of milk. This time he felt terrible! Picture 7 On Sunday Gerard the giraffe ate some grass. He felt fine and he wasn't hungry!
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10b. Gerard the Giraffe Activities

Picture Flashcards Provided
Giraffe, ice cream, orange, apple, banana, pear, milk, grass
Key vocabulary
Revision: giraffe, ice cream, orange, apple, banana, pear, milk, grass Revision Verbs: ate, drank Revision Other: Hungry New Days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday New Phrases: The giraffe was hungry. He was still hungry.
Pre-story activities
1. Revision of food words Play a quick listening game to revise the fruits such as All Change. Then play Duck, Duck Goose with fruits, followed by Blind Fold Guessing Game with fruits in a box. 2. Introduce days of week If your children have not grasped the days of the week in their own language yet, then tell this story using numbers instead. Monday would be day one, Tuesday day two, etc. That way you revise the numbers again. However if your group are ready for the days of the week then teach them using some listening games such as Go and Fetch. Lay out piles of picture cards or real objects of the food items for your children to go and fetch for you. You say, "on Monday I bought some apples," and the children, in pairs or threes, or however you have organised your group, go and fetch the apples or the picture of apples. Continue with, "on Tuesday I bought some bananas," etc. 3. More listening to days of week Play Rapid Reaction. Lay out the food items and say, "on Monday I bought some.apples!!!" and the children rush to touch the apple or the picture of the apples. Continue through the days of the week in order and do each day twice so the children have 14 goes at touching the food pictures.
Ideas to use during the story

Have the children point at the correct food items as you read out the story. When the children know the food items well they will be able to recite the list with you if you lay out the food items in order as they come up so the children have the pictures as prompts. Top
When you are doing this story for revision divide the group up into 7. Give each group a food item or picture card. When you read out the story the group with the food item hold it up and say what it is. For example, you read out the first line of the story: "On Monday Gerard the giraffe was hungry, so he ate one ice cream, but he was still hungry." But when you get to, "he ate ", you stop and let the children who have the ice cream say "one ice cream and hold up their picture. Then you read out the second line of the story: "On Tuesday Gerard the giraffe was hungry so he ate one ice cream and two oranges, but he was still hungry." But when you get to, "he ate", you stop and let the children with the ice cream say, "one ice cream", then point to the second group who hold up the oranges and say, "two oranges". At first do this with just you speaking and the children hold up their pictures at the correct time. Then do it again with the children speaking. You will have to prompt them to start with. If it all takes too long let it go and just have the children hold up the pictures until they are ready to do the speaking as well. If you do get that well rehearsed it would be a great thing to show parents along with some games and songs.
Post-story activities
1. Stepping Stones Play stepping stones using the days of the week if the children know them well enough. You could put the first letter of each of the days on a flashcard as a prompt and the children step on those, or you could use the coloured feet. If all seven days are too many do it with three. Each child steps on three coloured feet and says, "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday". Add in other days of the week at future lessons and using the same or a different game such as The Crossing, which just works with two words at a time. Another game which is suitable for practising the days of the week is the ponies and riders game where the children can call out the days of the week as they go round the course. 2. Revision Games a. Play Stuck in the Mud using the food pictures, or any other words that you would like to revise. b. Play Three Cups with words from the stories you want to revise. c. Play Which one's gone for speaking using vocabulary such as food, colours, numbers or any other words. d. Play What is hiding in my pocket? 3. Guess the Story When the children know all the stories ask them to draw a picture from a story of their choice and then name some of the items in their picture until the other children guess which story it is. You may need to mix up English with their L1 to do this. Top
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Story Texts to stick on back of illustrations

Picture 1
On Monday / on day 1 / yesterday Gerard the giraffe was hungry, so he ate one ice cream, but he was still hungry.
Picture 2
On Tuesday Gerard the giraffe was hungry so he ate one ice cream and two oranges, but he was still hungry.
Picture 3
On Wednesday Gerard the giraffe was hungry so he ate; one ice cream two oranges and three apples but he was still hungry.
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Picture 4
On Thursday Gerard the giraffe was hungry so he ate; one ice cream two oranges three apples and four bananas
but he was still hungry.
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Picture 5
On Friday Gerard the giraffe was hungry so he ate; one ice cream, two oranges three apples four bananas and five pears but he was still hungry.
Picture 6
On Saturday Gerard the giraffe was hungry so he ate; one ice cream two oranges three apples four bananas five pears and he drank six glasses of milk and he felt terrible!
Picture 7
On Sunday Gerard the giraffe ate some grass. He felt fine and he wasn't hungry!
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