shadow puppets

You can make shadow puppets with your hands. You need a torch or a lamp in a dark room.

Make a Spider
1 Cross one hand over the other
to make the spider legs.

2 Wiggle your ngers to move

the legs.

Make a Dog
1 Bend your rst nger to make
the dogs eye.

2 Point your thumb up to make

the dogs ear.

3 Move your little nger up and

down to make the dog bark.

Make a Swan
1 Bend one arm. Hold your other hand across
the bend to make the swans feathers.

2 Bend your rst nger to make the

swans eye.

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1 Introducing the text
Start with a brief discussion about puppets.
Have you ever seen a puppet play? Have you ever made a puppet with your hands? Have you have made shadow puppets? What kind of text is this?

Establish that it is a How to do it text where following the instructions is very important.

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2 Reading the text

Follow while I read the rst two sentences.

Read the rst two sentences. Ask:

What do you need to make shadow puppets?

Note that this activity can be done in a darkened room using a torch but shadows can also be made in a room with articial light casting shadows on a light-coloured wall or white paper on a table top. Keep in mind that the aim of the activity is to read and understand this procedural text, not to make shadows.
MAKE A SPIDER

Focus on the instructions for making a spider.

Can you read this rst heading? What clues could you use to help you read this word [spider] if you hadnt seen it before?

Discuss using both the picture clue and the spelling of the word. Breaking the word into syllables will also help sp-id-er.
Can you make the spider just by looking at the picture? Lets read the instructions.

Have the student read along with you as you read.

What are the numbers for in front of each sentence? MAKE A DOG

Then look at the instructions for the dog puppet. Ask questions such as the following to establish the relevant vocabulary.
What are these instructions about? How do you think you make the dogs eye? Which part of your hand is its ear? If you move your little nger, what do you think the dog does?

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2 Reading the text (cont)

Encourage the student to read the instructions aloud, or have them read along with you.
What does step number one say to do? Were you right about how to make the different parts of the dog? MAKE A SWAN

Follow a similar process for the swan instructions. Support the student as appropriate.

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3 Doing words verbs

Look at the instructions for making a spider. The words cross and wiggle tell you what actions to do. They are the doing words, which are also called verbs. In the rst instruction for making a spider, you have to cross one hand over the other. I could give you another instruction that begins with the action word cross: Cross the room to the other side. What is the action word in the second instruction? Can you give me another instruction that starts with wiggle?

Work through the rest of the text. First underline and read the verbs, then create new instructions using the same words.

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4 Rhyming words

Now lets think about rhyming words. What words can you think of that rhyme with the word make?

Encourage the student to experiment orally with rhyming words and nonsense syllables.
What words can you think of that rhyme with the word bend?

Repeat the oral activity.

Now lets look at Activity A on the Student Activity Sheet. All the words you have to nd are action words, or verbs.

Assist with reading the clues as necessary.

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5 One syllable or two?

Listen carefully while I read the rst sentence of Make a Dog. I will clap once for each syllable.

Read slowly, emphasising each syllable clearly with a clap.

What is one word in this sentence that has one syllable? What is one word in this sentence that has two syllables? (nger) Now lets clap along while I read the second sentence, Point your thumb up to make the dogs ear. Notice that all the words in this sentence have only one syllable. How could we change some words in this sentence, or add new words, so that there will be some two-syllable words in the sentence? For example, we could change dogs to puppys or puppets.

Other possibilities include upwards instead of up, create instead of make. Repeat with a dierent sentence if appropriate.

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6 Words within words

Complete Activity B on the Student Activity Sheet. Shadow contains had, do and show. Puppets contains pup, up, ups, pet and pets. If appropriate, you could extend this activity by looking for words with the letters in any order. Puppet contains the words

Extension Activities Make your own hand puppet

Design a new shadow puppet. Write down some instructions to explain how to make it.

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Take-Home Activity

Use a torch or bright light to make shadow puppets with your hands. Experiment with making shadows using various things around the house. Can you turn them into puppets by making them move?

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A Find different action words to rhyme with the words in big letters.

Try to nd the words without using the clues if you can!

make
Action words Clues Action words

bend
Clues

_ ake _ ake _ ake _ _ ake _ _ ake

to cook a cake opposite of give to pretend to stop (on a bike or in a car) to rattle

_ end _ end _ end _ _ end _ _ _ _ end

to post a letter to x something broken opposite of borrow to mix together to make-believe

B How many smaller words can you nd in these words?

Keep the letters in the same order. shadow puppets

Score 3 = well done; 5 = very good; 7 or more = brilliant!

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shadow puppets
You can make shadow puppets with your hands. You need a torch or a lamp in a dark room.

STUDENT TUTOR SESSION DATE

Make a Spider
1 Cross one hand over the other
to make the spider legs.

2 Wiggle your ngers to move

the legs.

Make a Dog
1 Bend your rst nger to make
the dogs eye.

2 Point your thumb up to make

the dogs ear.

3 Move your little nger up and

down to make the dog bark.

Make a Swan
1 Bend one arm. Hold your other hand across
the bend to make the swans feathers.

2 Bend your rst nger to make the

swans eye.

3 Use your thumb and ngers to make

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the swan open and shut its beak.

In todays session I read the instructions. I looked at the action words. I made up some new instructions. I made words that rhyme with make and bend. I looked at the number of syllables in different words. I found small words inside bigger words. My favourite part of the session

With help

By myself

One thing I learned about reading today

My new word or favourite word

How I feel about todays sessions

COMMENTS

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2A Shadow puppets

shadow puppets
You can make shadow puppets with your hands. You need a torch or a lamp in a dark room.

Make a Spider
1 Cross one hand over the other
to make the spider legs.

2 Wiggle your ngers to move

the legs.

Make a Dog
1 Bend your rst nger to make
the dogs eye.

2 Point your thumb up to make

the dogs ear.

3 Move your little nger up and

down to make the dog bark.

Make a Swan
1 Bend one arm. Hold your other hand across
the bend to make the swans feathers.

2 Bend your rst nger to make the

swans eye.

3 Use your thumb and ngers to make

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the swan open and shut its beak.

COMMENTS

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A Find different action words to rhyme with the words in big letters.

Try to nd the words without using the clues if you can!

make
Action words Clues Action words

bend
Clues

_ ake _ ake _ ake _ _ ake _ _ ake

to cook a cake opposite of give to pretend to stop (on a bike or in a car) to rattle

_ end _ end _ end _ _ end _ _ _ _ end

to post a letter to x something broken opposite of borrow to mix together to make-believe

B How many smaller words can you nd in these words?

Keep the letters in the same order. shadow puppets

Score 3 = well done; 5 = very good; 7 or more = brilliant!

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