SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY

Loretto, PA 15940

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

LESSON PLAN Format

Student Teacher: Ashley Mortimer Grade: Pre-K

Subject: Language and Literacy Development
Time Needed for Lesson: 15-20 mins of whole group story Lesson Concept: Reading Literature

PA STANDARD(S):
1.3 PK.B Answer questions about a particular story (who, what, how, when, and where).
1.3 PK.C With prompting and support, answer questions to identify characters, settings, and major events in a
story.

BIG IDEAS/ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

I can answer questions about the book.

How do the characters in this story feel?

How do the characters' feelings change from the beginning to the end of the book?

ELIGIBLE CONTENT:
NA

OBJECTIVE(S):
- The students will be able to answer questions about the characters' feelings correctly.
- The students will be able to answer questions about the story correctly.

MATERIALS:
- Wolfie The Bunny

ACTIVITIES:

OPENING
Before reading: Introduce the title of the book. Introduce the author and illustrator. Ask students what the author
does and what the illustrator does. Have students look at the cover of the book and ask them why the cover of
this book is so silly. Explain to the students that this book is about a bunny family that has adopted a wolf son
and the daughter, Dot is the only one who realizes Wolfie could eat them all up! Dot tries to tell her parents but
they are so in love with Wolfie that they won’t listen. A new brother can take some getting used to. Do you
think Wolfie will eat them? Let's see what happens.

BODY
While reading:
1. Ask how is the baby wolf different from the rest of the family?
2. Why didn’t Dot sleep that night? How do you think he was feeling?
3. How do you think Dot is feeling about Wolfie now? How do you think Wolfie feels about Dot? Do any
of you have a little sibling that follows you around at home? How does that make you feel?
4. What do you think wolfie is looking at? How do you think Wolfie is feeling right now?
5. Oh no, Wolfie is going to pounce! What do you think he is going to do to Dot?

CLOSURE
After Reading:
Ask the students how Dot felt about Wolfie in the beginning of the story. Then how she felt about him at the
end of the story. Why do they think that changed? Do you think it was hard for Dot to accept Wolfie into their
family? Why? Do all families look the same? Talk about how families can be different.

ACCOMMODATIONS/MODIFICATIONS:

ASSESSMENT:
Informal observations during discussions of the story.

SELF-ASSESSMENT/REFLECTION: