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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie: Conditional Statements Lesson PlanIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie: Conditional Statements Lesson Plan
Publisher
K20 LEARN
Resource Details
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Grade
7th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Technology
Presentation
Year
2022
Usage Permissions
Creative Commons
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Language
English, Spanish
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie: Conditional Statements

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This If You Give a Mouse a Cookie: Conditional Statements lesson plan also includes:
  • If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (.pdf)
  • Lesson Slides (.pptx)
  • Chain Story Handout - English (.pdf)
  • Chain Story Handout - English (.docx)
  • Chain Story Handout - Spanish (.pdf)
  • Chain Story Handout - Spanish (.docx)
  • Conditional Mood Practice - English (.pdf)
  • Conditional Mood Practice - English (.docx)
  • Conditional Mood Practice - Spanish (.pdf)
  • Conditional Mood Practice - Spanish (.docx)
  • Conditional Sentence Card Pairs - English (.pdf)
  • Conditional Sentence Card Pairs - English (.docx)
  • Conditional Sentence Card Pairs - Spanish (.pdf)
  • Conditional Sentence Card Pairs - Spanish (.docx)
  • Conditional Sentence Card Pairs - Answer Key (.pdf)
  • Conditional Sentence Card Pairs - Answer Key (.docx)
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If, then, Else is not only a basic programming language command, it is also the basis for conditional statements used in writing. Middle schoolers try to craft conditional statements with a card sort activity and then collaborate on a chain story styled after Numeroff's tale.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

conditional statements, conditional sentences, explanatory writing, narratives

Instructional Ideas

  • Create a diagram of a conditional sentence and post it on the classroom wall
  • Print the Conditional Sentence Cards on card stock and laminate them to permit reuse

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires a copy of Laura Joffe Numeroff's If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
  •  A projection device is needed for the PowerPoint and the video

Pros

  • Includes modifications for distance learning, links to descriptions of the learning strategies used in the lesson, and a PowerPoint to guide the lesson

Cons

  • None

Common Core

L.8.1.c

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