Silly Sally went to town,

Walking backwards, upside down

This silly tale of Silly Sally and her silly friends is great fun for any elementary school student.

It’s fun for teachers, too.

The story is simple enough for any grade as the story itself is just Sally going to the town and doing some silly things on the way. For all grades the students will need to be introduced to the actions that occur. Older grades would already be familiar with words like dog, pig and sheep, but words like backwards, tickle and upside down will be new to all of them.

Unlike many of the books I choose for the younger grades, this one doesn’t include a funky video. That’s too bad, but the rhyme itself is easily adapted to make some rip-roaring fun silly rhymes.

Without further ado, here are the lessons:

Lesson 1

Focused on introducing the vocabulary then using that to introduce the book and do some concept checking questions.

• Warm up – 5 min
• Vocab intro – 3 min
• Drills – 5 min
• Individual practice – 10 min
• Vocab game – 7 min
• Story reading – 7 min
• Wrap up – 3 min

Full lesson plan: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eVApRvM717DT7EB0QtgrjRPiwkryNWycDje74LyguwQ

Lesson 2

Review the vocabulary again. This time when reading the book, build on the concepts and expand to using different animals and different actions. It should be noted that the younger grades will not totally understand the expanded items, but try your best and they’ll get something out of it.

• Warm up – 5 min
• Vocab drill – 3 min
• Vocab game – 15 min
• Reading – 5 min
• Creative storytelling – 5 min
• Silly song – 2/3 min
• Wrap up – 3 min

Full lesson plan: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YJOCg1rbggqDuoFaOODfxtECd1DBx5EdSEEPxTi92jI

Download

All of the materials can be found and downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1_kMzgBOCTgRnFlY0xGSEZad3c