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