Lesson Plan Template
Module 5: Oral Language Standard – Folktale/Poetry
Name: Lauren Butts
Lesson: Upmmmmmmmmmmffffffffff!
Silverstein, Shel. Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings[Boa Constrictor]. New York:
HarperCollins, 1974.
Target Grade Level: Kindergarten
Standard(s):
Put the appropriate
common core standard
here.
Objective(s):
What are your goals for this
lesson? What do you want
your kids to be able to do
afterwards?? Why are you
doing this lesson??
SL.K.5 Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions
as desired to provide additional detail.
SL.K.6 Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and
ideas clearly.
1. Students will be able to recite a poem audibly,
through the use of performance art
2. Students will be able to create a snake like figure
resembling a boa constrictor using a pillow case
As students recite the poem Boa Constrictor they will slowly
start to crouch down into their pillow cose as if it was eating
them like the character in the poem. They will either pull the
pillow case up to where the line is in the poem or crouch
into it. ex) “oh gee/ it's up to my knee” the pillowcase will be
at knee level. Students will continue to correspond the
pillowcase snake with the poem until… Upuuuufffff!
Materials:
List absolutely EVERYTHING
you need to do this lesson—
especially since you are
going to be sharing it. From
paper/pencils, chart paper
or whatever
Instructional Strategy:
This is your step by step
guide to what you are going
to and in what order. Put
ideas about time involved to
do it step. Be specific so
others can follow this plan.
Differentiation:
Put at least two strategies as
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Printed copies of the Boa Constrictor Poem
Felt
Scissors
Stapler (teacher use only)
Giant googly eyes with sticky backs
Large white pillow case
Fabric markers
1. Have you all ever seen a boa constrictor before?!
2. Show a video of a boa constrictor in the wild
3. Presentation with slides
a. Talk about Shel Silverstein and who he is
b. How to read a poem
c. How to perform a poem
4. Read the poem Boa Constrictor
5. Read the poem again but with the pillowcase eating
me like the illustration in the poem
6. Demo to students they will be creating their own boa
constrictor pillow case
a. First students will make a patterned design
similar to boa constrictors pattern or scales
using fabric markers
b. Next students will choose what color felt they
want to make the tongue of there boa
constrictor they will cut it out
c. They will ask the teacher to staple the tongue
onto the pillowcase
d. Finally students can attach the google eyes
by peeling of the paper to reveal the sticky
adhesive layer
7. Send the poem home with students to practice and
memorize
8. Give time in class for students to practice with each
other reciting the poem
9. Conclusion: Performance day! All students get to
perform the Boa Constrictor Poem with their
designed pillowcase.
Audiobook/ Read Aloud:
Boa Constrictor (A Poem) by Shel Silverstein
to how you can address
students with varying Art making:
abilities, both above and - Have some pre cut tongues for students who
below typical students. struggle to cute, or pre-traced
- Have grippies to put on fabric markers for students
who need another way to grip the marker

Low Achievers:
1) They can memorize the poem in a group, working
together to memorize a part of the poem instead of
the whole poem
2) OR they can bring the paper up with them to read on
performance day

High Achievers:
1) Can choose a second poem to perform
2) OR design an art project that could be used to help
perform another poem

Assessments: Student made a snake-like pillow case, with at least

How will you know if your one design for the scales, and 2 eyes and 1 tongue
students learned what you SL.K.5
wanted them to learn? How Student performed the poem aloud in class; by
can you prove it??? themself, in a group, or by reading SL.K.6
(I can record their performances for data documentation)