Stories: Supplemental Guide 5B | The Bremen Town Musicians 97 Vocabulary Instructional Activity
Word Work: Musician- In the read-aloud you heard, “The donkey took the road to Bremen,
where he had heard a street band play sweet music. He thought he
could be a fine musician, too.” - Say the word musician with me three times.
- A musician is someone who plays a musical instrument or sings.
- The musician played a beautiful song at the wedding.
- Have you ever seen or heard a musician? What did he or she play?
Use the word musician when you tell about it.[Ask two or three
students. If necessary, guide and/or rephrase the students’ responses
to be complete sentences: “I’ve seen/heard a musician play... ”] - What’s the word we’ve been talking about?
Use a Drawing activity for follow-up. Directions: Draw a picture of
yourself being a musician. What instrument would you play or which song
would you sing? Where would you be a musician?
- Show students the different realia or images of instruments you have
prepared and briefly describe each one. - Have students share with their partner or in small groups what they
have drawn.
End-of-Lesson Check-In
The Bremen Town Musicians
Choose four students to focus on and record their scores on the Tens
Recording Chart. For this type of informal observation, you should
give a score of zero, five, or ten based on your evaluation of students’
understanding and language use.
0 Emergent understanding and language use
5 Developing understanding and language use
10 Proficient understanding and language use
- Have students place Response Cards 1 through 5 on their lap. (You
may wish to focus on a few stories at a time.) Say a few key words
from any of the stories from the past five lessons (e.g., Henny Penny,
bricks, billy goats, troll, kids, miller, rooster, robber) and ask students
to hold up the Response Card that relates to the words you say.