Malaika's Costume

 

Malaika's Costume

Day One: Activating Prior Knowledge, Building Knowledge (making connections, oral language focus)

• activate knowledge around costumes: do you wear costumes?
• What is the little girl holding?

Day Two: Five Finger Retell

Day Three: Vocabulary Development

• peacock
• carnival
• hibiscus
• sequins
• terrible
• crinkled
• shimmers
• dangling
• dignity

Day Four: Higher Order Questioning (asking, discussing, reflecting - between the line questions)

• What does it mean to shine from head to toe?
• Have you had a time that you dressed up and felt like that?
• How do you think she feels that her mother is away in Canada?

Extensions for Learning Centres or Opportunities to Engage with Writing:

• Fabric Scrapbox
• Making their own costumes
• Calypso Music in the Classroom
• Paint: peacock feathers as inspiration
• Looking at patterns in fabric