GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS

1st grade of Primary

Once upon a time there were three bears who lived in a house in the forest. There was a great big father bear, a middle-sized mother bear and a tiny baby bear.

One morning, their breakfast porridge was too hot to eat, so they decided to go for a walk in the forest.

While they were out, a little girl called Goldilocks came through the trees and found their house. She knocked on the door and, as there was no answer, she pushed it open and went inside.

In front of her was a table with three chairs, one large chair, one middle-sized chair and one small chair. On the table were three bowls of porridge, one large bowl, one middle-sized bowl and one small bowl – and three spoons.

Goldilocks was hungry and the porridge looked good, so she sat in the great big chair, picked up the large spoon and tried some of the porridge from the big bowl.

But the chair was very big and very hard, the spoon was heavy and the porridge too hot. Goldilocks jumped off quickly and went over to the middle-sized chair.

But this chair was far too soft, and when she tried the porridge from the middle-sized bowl it was too cold. So she went over to the little chair and picked up the smallest spoon and tried some of the porridge from the tiny bowl.

This time it was neither too hot nor too cold. It was just right and so delicious that she ate it all up. But she was too heavy for the little chair and it broke in pieces under her weight.

Next Goldilocks went upstairs, where she found three beds. There was a great big bed, a middle-sized bed and a tiny little bed. By now she was feeling rather tired, so she climbed into the big bed and layed down.

The big bed was very hard and far too big. Then she tried the middle-sized bed, but that was far too soft, so she climbed into the tiny little bed. It was neither too hard nor too soft. In fact, it felt just right, all cosy and warm and in no tine at all Goldilocks fell fast asleep.

In a little while, the three bears came back from their walk in the forest. They saw at once that pushed open the door of their house and Father Bear looked around. Then roared with a growly voice. Mother Bear said in a quiet gentle voice.

"Somebody has been sitting in my chair.

Then Little Bear said in small squeaky baby voice.  

"Somebody has been sitting in my chair and nas broken it!"

Then Father Bear looked at his bowl of porridge and saw the spoon in it and he said in his great big growly voice,

"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN EATING MY PORRIDGE"

Then Mother Bear saw that her bowl had a spoon in it, and said in her quiet voice.

"Somebody has been eating my porridge"

  Little Bear looked at his porridge bowl and said in his small squeaky baby voice,

"Somebody has been eating my porridge, and has eaten it all up"

Then the three bears went upstairs, and Father Bear saw at once that his bed was untidy, and he said in his great big growly voice,

"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BED!"

Mother Bear saw that her bed, too, had the bedclothes turned back, and she said in her quiet gentle voice,

"Somebody has been sleeping in my bed!"

Then Little Bear looked at his bed and said in his small squeaky baby voice,

"Somebody is sleeping in my bed!"

He squeaked so loudly that Goldilocks woke up with a start. She jumped out of bed, and she ran away down the stairs and out into the forest. And the three bears never saw her again.

PRE-TELLING: CATCH THE OBJECT

In this part of the activity, the teacher explains the vocabulary helped by some objects or toys. For example, in order to show the bear, he or she would use a bear mask; to represent goldilocks, we’d use a toupee, etc.

Then, when the children have assimilated the different concepts, the teacher will ask somebody to catch the object, which represents the vocabulary word. With this, pupils will assimilate better the vocabulary.

Materials:

Mask: bear

Toupee: goldilocks

Toyed: bears

Different sized spoons

Bowls

Toy beds

Vocabulary: To be tired, too hot, too cold, just right, too big, too soft, to be hungry.

POST-TELLING: KAHOOT (COMPETITION GAME)

After we play the story, we’ll try to keep their attention with a digital game.

It’s a competition for them but they are learning at the same time. It’s a quiz where they have 4 answers for each question and they just have to press a colour depending on the answer.

You have the activity created on the link below.

https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=4073216c-ebec-4ffc-b560-9953020724ac

*This would fit in a classroom where the students use an iPad as a learning tool.

Screenshoots from the activity

 

PLAY A SCENE

After we have finished the KAHOOT, we’ll do this activity to complete the session.

The teacher has to choose some of the pupils who must play one scene of the story. The teacher can help the children choosing the scene and giving ideas to the stage. The rest of the students will have to guess the scene of the story.

Materials: Pupils can use materials of the story like pillows, bowls, character’s accessories, etc. They must use sentences seen in the story like: too hot, too cold or just right.