4th Grade Storytelling Lesson Plan: The Sucker and the Eel

Through the Native American (Yurok) tale of the Sucker and the Eel, students will begin to explore how different species compete for resources. Storyboards for the tale are included. Also included is a chart of California animals and the resources they compete for, from which students can create their own stories.

Students in Sandra Posey's EWS 411: Education, Diversity and the Arts course created storytelling-based lesson plans which integrate multidisciplinary standards. These lesson plans were then implemented at the Boys and Girl's Club of Pomona Valley as a service-learning project. This lesson plan, by Denisse Lopez, Heather Ramsey, Aisha Rangoonwalla, Amelia Renteria and Erin Takeuchi, addresses California theater and life science standards for fourth grade.

Lopez, Ramsey, Rangoonwalla, Renteria and Takeuchi. "The Sucker and the Eel" 4th (CA) Grade Lesson Plan (Life Science, Theater).

4th Grade Storytelling Lesson Plan: Discovering a Compass Through Science and Theatre

Students in Sandra Posey's EWS 411: Education, Diversity and the Arts course created storytelling-based lesson plans which integrate multidisciplinary standards. These lesson plans were then implemented at the Boys and Girl's Club of Pomona Valley as a service-learning project. The version here was created based upon California Content Standards (corresponding Colorado Standards are also included).

The attached lesson plan, by Jasmin Madrigal, uses a compass as the basis for both understanding science concepts and exploring the creation and performance of narrative. Students create their vey own compass and watch it find Earth’s magnetic north. They then produce a story about using a compass and create costumes and props to help their story come to life.

Madrigal, Jasmin. "Discovering a Compass through Science and Theatre." 4th Grade Lesson Plan (Science, Theater).