Written by Ed YoungCyberlesson by Norma Cierto

Grade Level: Pre-Kindergarten

Have you ever imagined how life would be without eyes?

In this book you will learn about seven blind mice who due to lack of the sense of sight, used the sense of touch to discover a strange “something” in their pond by

exploring during seven days.

MaterialsMaterialsSeven Blind Mice book Computer Answering chartsConstruction paperWorksheet papersPencils, crayons ,scissors ,glue etc .A empty box and different shape and texture objects:

sponge, pencil, eraser, puppet, icepack, book, markers, apple, ball, rock, etc.

Before ReadingBefore ReadingLook at the cover illustration, listen to the title of the

book, and make predictions. Then discuss with your partner: what will the story be about?

Take a picture walk through the story and make predictions (children will participate predicting by answering questions orally and teacher will record the answers on the chart) and the students will also make pictures of their predictions.

Do you see the pictures? What color are them? How do you know it? What sense did you use to know it?

Click on the eye to listen to a five senses song

During Reading During Reading Activity for whole group: Reading strategies: I will read the story, show the pictures and

make questions to the children in each passage of the story. While reading, think about the characters and what they did in

each passage. What do the pictures look like? What did the mouse think he found? Was it really a snake? What was it really? What day did it happen ? What color was the character? Did he use the sense of sight? why not? What sense did the mouse use to investigate? What other sense could he have use to explore it? What was the strange thing?Click on the mouse to learn about five senses

After ReadingAfter Reading Two Comprehension activities for small group

1.- Retell the story by decorating the elephant.Glue the elephant picture in a construction paper. Decorate the elephant with the mice, remember what

part of the elephant they discovered in each passage of the story. For example “red mouse goes on elephant’s feet” because he discovered it.

what part of the elephant does green mouse go on ?

what part of elephant does yellow one go on ?what part of elephant does purple mouse go on?what part of the elephant does orange mouse go on?what part of elephant does blue mouse go on what part of elephant does white mouse go on?

Click on the elephant to print your picture

Name: Date:

The Seven Mice

After Reading After Reading (continued)(continued)

2.- Guessing boxYou have already learned that without the sense of sight, people’s life would be difficult. But we still can use our other senses to experience things around us. Imagine that you are blind like the seven mice of the story and your classmate (Jalen). Blindfolded, try to identify the objects contained into the box.

Click on the mice to print the blindfolding answer chart

Guessing chartstudent’s name

Beyond ReadingBeyond Reading

Did you enjoy this story? Would you like to know more about blindness? Watch the video and then write a letter to your friend with visual impairment.

Enjoy it!

Click on the boy to open the website

RubricRubricStudent Assignment

Score 3 Score 2 Score 1

comprehension:What did the seven blind mice discovered on each day? (decorating the elephant)

correctly record all 7 things discovered by the seven mice.

correctly record 4 to 6 things discovered by the seven mice.

correctly record 3 or less things discovered by the seven mice.

KnowledgeDemonstrate understanding of the importance of the sense of sight in our life and how people can use the sense of touch when the sense of sight is absent.(guessing box)

Identify all 8 items contained in the “guessing box “.

Identify 4 to 7 items contained in the “guessing box”

Identify 3 or less items contained in the “guessing box”

CreditsCredits1.- Websites: http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/5senses.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCVnaeoQNcw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5CHfLP71T4 http://montessoriimages.com/downloads/SharedBookExample.pdf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0BBRbvde2U&feature=related2. Text:

Seven Blind Mice by ED Young 3. Graphics: most of the graphics were taken from the clip art gallery of Microsoft. http://images.google.com/images?

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http://images.google.com/images?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS292&=&q=seven%20blind%20mice&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

Teacher’s PageTeacher’s PageI will do this Cyberlesson in four parts. The first day I will do introduction to the class about the five senses and before reading activities, on second day I will do the during reading activities, third day, after reading first part and fourth day, after reading second part and beyond reading.