👨🏾🏫In this fun reading skills exercise, the teacher explains that six dogs are lost in the park, and the students must help their owners find them. To do this, the students must read the owners’ descriptions of their dogs and match each description to a picture of the missing dog.
👨🏾🏫 To begin, the teacher puts up a picture of the six lost dogs on the board (aren’t they cute!).
In this example, I used AI to generate dogs that look slightly similar to one another, so students have to read carefully to identify each dog. Challenging but not difficult for the beginner students. Feel free to use this image and copy and paste the descriptions in your own class.
👨🏾🏫 The teacher explains to the students that six owners have lost their dogs in the park, and they have to help each owner find their dog.
👨🏾🏫 The teacher hands out a sheet with descriptions of each dog to the students. The students have to look at the picture and read each dog’s description. Then they write the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F on the blank given at the end of each description.
👨🏾🏫 Once the students have read through each description and matched it with a dog, the teacher holds a feedback session asking the question;
Who is dog A?
The students call out the dog’s name.
Why?
The students read out the key information that matches the dog’s description.
Please help find my dog!
1.) Owner 1: “Shep is a lovely dog. He is so smart, and he always listens well. Shep loves to chase a ball or a stick. He can even catch a Frisbee in the air! Shep has one black ear and one white ear, and he has beautiful, big brown eyes.” Dog ____
2.) Owner 2: Fang looks a little scary, but he’s really friendly. he has a brown coat and long brown ears. Oh, and he has different colored eyes. One eye is brown, and one eye is blue. Dog ____
3) Owner 3: “Bobby is so cute. He is only two years old. He loves to play and do tricks. When he does a trick, I give him a doggy snack. His coat is black, brown, and white. He has very long brown ears, cute brown eyes, and a big, wet black nose.” Dog ____
4) Owner 4: “Suzi is my best friend. She follows me everywhere. Suzi is 10 years old, so I am really worried about her. She has a white and light brown face with big, dark brown eyes. She has big, soft, light brown ears. Oh, and she is wearing a pink bow!” Dog ____
5) Owner 5: “Henry is such a smart dog. His hobby is swimming. He has a chocolate colored coat and a very big, wet, brown nose. Today, he is wearing a red collar.” Dog ___
6) Owner 6: “Pongo is always the smartest dog in the park. He doesn’t think he is a dog. He thinks he is a professor. Sometimes he helps me with my word puzzles. He is very handsome, with long brown ears and a brown-and-white face. Usually, he wears a red bow tie, but today he wanted to wear a green bow tie.” Dog ___
👨🏾🏫After the exercise is completed, the teacher can have a class discussion with the students, asking them which dog they would like to have and why.
See you in the next reading lesson right here!