Take a journey to India with a read aloud of The Drum: A Folktale from India by Rob Cleveland. Make connections to the story's theme by building and practicing drums, role playing story characters, and practicing skills in phonics, math, and writing.

 

Concepts

folktales, phonics, reading comprehension, dramatic plays, numbers, tracing, tracing lines, tracing numbers, the /d/ sound, making predictions, illustrations

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• When introducing the folktale, show the class where India is and pictures of different cities and people to make a real-life connection to the setting 
• Preview then show videos of drums being played
• Play and listen to percussion music while scholars are working

Classroom Considerations

• Copies and materials required
• Classroom may become louder when learners practice tapping their drums

Pros

• Descriptive instructions for easy implementation
• There are two additional worksheet activities provided for early finishers or extended learning

Cons

• Literature is not included

Common Core

RL.K.1 RL.K.3 RL.K.10 RF.K.3.a SL.K.1.a SL.K.2 SL.K.6 K.CC.A.1 K.CC.A.3 K.CC.B.4.a