BOOK EXTENSION ACTIVITY - LESSON PLAN

Your Name: Leyla Varela Genre of the Book: Multicultural

Book Title: A Song of Frutas

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division
Date: 2021

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

- 2.PK.2: Ask questions or make comments pertinent to the story being read.
- 4.PK.5a Recall information from an event, text, or picture related to self and the world
around them.
- 4.PK.5b Respond to or ask a question about an event, text, or picture.
- 2.PK.3 Assume the role of a familiar person or thing and talk in the language/tone
appropriate for that person or thing.
- 3.K.7 With assistance, listen to, read and discuss text from different cultures and time
periods.
- 5.PK.4 Participate in multi-cultural activities that enhance physical development (e.g.,
dance, games, and activities)
- 6.PK.1b Move on to the next activity without exhibiting signs of stress.
- 6.PK.6 Share ideas and opinions for class

2. Objectives:SWBAT + Bloom’s verb

- Students will be able to listen and follow instructions
- Students will be able to a vendor of their choice from the book
- Students will be able to create the materials they are “selling” out of paper
- Students will be able to label their materials and themselves in spanish
- Students will be able to present themselves and their materials to the class

3. Materials/Equipment:
- Pencils
- Construction paper
- Markers
- Crayons
- Popsicle sticks
- Pipe straws
- Felt
- Glue

4. Teaching:
A. Plan for reading the book
 - Carpet circle time to read the book aloud to the children
- Discuss the book’s illustrations, characters, and vendors
- Ask students what they found interesting about the book
- Ask students which vendor they found the most interesting
- Encourage and allow 5 minutes for students to ask any questions or to share any of their
experiences
- Ask students to go back to their seats to prepare for the activity

B. Plan for extension activity:

- Explain to students that they will be picking which vendor they’d like to identify as
- Explain that students will also create the materials they will “sell” out of paper
- Allow students 30 minutes for creating their materials
- Allow 10 minutes for labeling their items in spanish

5. Closure:

- Students will present which vendor they are and their materials
- Students will leave their work at their desk for grading
- Student’s ticket out the door will be a question on what they learned from the Cuban
street culture.
- Students will be asked what spanish words they learned and the different types of vendors
from the book
- Tell students that we will be continuing to learn about other multicultural foods and
spanish vocabulary throughout the week.