BOOK EXTENSION ACTIVITY - LESSON PLAN

Your Name: Wendy Cooper Genre of the Book: Award Book

Book Title: My Mouth is a Volcano Author: Julia Cook

Publisher: National Center for Youth Issues Date: 2019

1. Pre-K/ CCSD K-2nd Grade/Nevada Core Standards:

3.PK.1 Identify a range of feelings (e.g., sadness, anger, fear, and happiness).

3.PK.2a Express feelings, needs or wants in appropriate ways.

3.PK.2b Demonstrate awareness of feelings of others (e.g., gets blanket for friend
and comforts him/her when he/she feels sad).

4.PK.1b Express common courtesy to others (e.g., saying “thank you”, “please”
and “excuse me”, or passing a plate of cookies).

4.PK.1c Respect rights and belongings of others (e.g., “It is my turn to use the
bike, but you can have the bike when I am finished”).

N.PK1.a Observe their world.

N.PK.3Use tools safely to observe and explore different objects/environments

N.PK.5Students work in small groups and share ideas with others regarding to
science related activities.

2. Objectives: With assistance, help children to understand what the term “erupt”
means. Help children understand that “erupt” is both a literal and figurative word.
Help children to draw comparison to a physical eruption to a word eruption.

3. Materials/Equipment: The book, small plastic cups, spoons, baking soda, dish
soap, and vinegar

4. Teaching:
A. Talk about was interrupting means, then talk about what a physical eruption is.
Read the book. Answer any questions, and pose one of my own; what does an
eruption look like?

B. Dismiss children to the table. Divide the children into partners of two. Each
pair will receive a small plastic cup and a spoon. Have the children take two
spoonfuls of baking soda from a dish (a spoon full for each child). Have them
place the baking soda into the cup. Ask the children what they think will
happen when I add a few drops of dish soap onto the baking soda. Have the
children stir the baking soda and soap. Ask the children what they think will
happen when we add the vinegar. Have the children spoon some vinegar onto
the baking soda/soap mixture. Have them to continue to add vinegar until if
overflows the cup.

Closure: Remind the children that Louis’ words “erupted” and pushed out of his
mouth. Remind the children to be calm and patient and share their very important
words when their friends have finished speaking their very important words.