Little Critter
A WebQuest for Kindergarten Unit: All About Me Designed by Deanna Schaefer |
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Introduction
What can you do all by yourself? What
are some of your favorite things? With this activity, you and your classmates
will be learning different things a certain “critter” can do and creating
your own “critter.” Task
After the teacher reads the
book All By Myself by Mercer Mayer, you will
learn about the Little Critter character in the
story. You will participate in a
whole class character web. You
will then use what you have learned to create your own character that will
represent yourself. You will
also create a web of your character’s favorite things. The character web should include your
favorite:
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Friend
v
Pet
v
Hobby
v
Sport
v
Book
Your character will be
created in a drawing and then in a 3-dimensional display using
PlayDough. The character webs
will be created using Kidspiration software.
Process
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Step 1: The teacher begins by reading the story All By Myself by Mercer Mayer to the class. As a whole class, the teacher will
demonstrate using the Internet to research the Little
Critter character used in Mercer Mayer’s
stories. Read about Litter Critter to discover his favorite: friends, pets, hobbies, sports, and
books.
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Step 2: After reading about Little Critter, the whole class will work collaboratively to create
a character web of Little
Critter’s
favorite things using Kidspiration software. In the character web include Little Critter’s favorite: friends, pets, hobbies, sports, and books.
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Step 3:
Get a sheet of construction paper and draw a picture of a fictional character
that you would like to create.
Give your character a name.
Using sound spelling, make a list of your characters favorite: friend, pet, hobby, sport, and book
on the back of your construction paper.
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Step 4: Now that you have created
your fictional character, use PlayDough to create a 3-dimensional display of
your character. Write your
character’s name on an index card.
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Step 5: Use the Kidspiration software to create a web of your
character’s favorite things. Be
sure to include your character’s name and the following favorites: friend, pet, hobby, sport, and
book. After creating your web,
print a copy to display with your character.
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Step 6: Make a class exhibit on a table in
the library to display each child’s creation. Be sure to include the PlayDough character, the
character’s name, and the character web.
Evaluation
You will be evaluated on your individual participation in the
following rubric.
Conclusion
You have had the opportunity to
research a character based on the book All By Myself by Mercer Mayer.
You have created a fictional character giving it specific characteristics.
You have also designed character webs using Kidspiration
software. You are now ready to
display your entire creativeness in a class exhibit in the library. Congratulations on a job well done! If you would like to extend your
study on Little Critter, learn about the author, play games, write a
letter to Little Critter, print coloring pages, or learn about other
books by Mercer Mayer click on extension. Credits & References“All By Myself” by Mercer Mayer Please visit the The WebQuest Page and the Design Patterns. We all benefit by being generous with our work. Permission is hereby granted for other educators to copy this WebQuest, update or otherwise modify it, and post it elsewhere provided that the original author's name is retained along with a link back to the original URL of this WebQuest. On the line after the original author's name, you may add Modified by (your name) on (date). If you do modify it, please let me know and provide the new URL. Last updated on July 2, 2002. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page |
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