LITERACY PROP BO X

DOCTOR BAG PROP BOX

ITEMS TO BE FOUN D IN LITERACY PROP BOX Clipboard Stethoscope Otoscope (toy) Thermometer (toy) Magnifying glass (toy) Tweezers (toy) Paper nurse hats Lab coats Medicine bottle (toy) Hospital gown Band aids Rubber gloves Paper surgical masks/booties Dolls LITERACY OBJECTIVES Students should recognize familiar objects in this Doctor Bag Prop Box. Learning terminology with which to identify each of these items, students will expand their vocabulary and understand the functionalities of these words. Students should be able to comprehend the simplicity of the texts introduced, while expanding their knowledge upon the introduction of new, highfrequency words. Children may be prompted to utilize oral language development in order to make connections with the literature which require a basic development of reading comprehension. Based off their own experiences, students should be able to contribute predictions as well as thoughtful reflections. SPOTLIGHT VOCABULARY Teachers will build childrens vocabulary when they teach students the explicit meanings of new words. The items within the prop box can be used for demonstration to facilitate in childrens understanding of this new terminology. For example, the word stethoscope may on its own be unfamiliar to most young children. Teachers should explain the functionality of a stethoscope, explaining how it is used to listen to a patients heartbeat. More importantly than this verbal definition, however, students are likely to remember the functionality of a stethoscope if they experience one in action. Giving students a chance to listen to each others heartbeats using the prop boxs stethoscope will facilitate their active participation in the literature while permeating their definition of the word.

OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS

After initially presenting the items of the prop box, teachers should facilitate discussion in asking students where they have seen the items before. Calling upon prior knowledge, teachers may also use objects one at a time to ask students what each object is used for. Of the books listed, ABC Doctor and Doc McStuffins: Doctor Bag are mostly informative. The others, however, have more of a storyline and provide more opportunity for student engagement through open-ended questioning. Students can make predictions before the story as well as during the beginning pages. Throughout, they can make connections with their own experiences at the doctors. Students can answer reflective questions after finishing these books that will encourage discussion and literacy comprehension through oral or written participation. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES After exploring the Doctor Bag Prop Box and reading one or two works of literature, students can demonstrate their language development and comprehension in many ways. To practice print, students could have a variety of reflective worksheets after this unit. One idea would be to tell students to pretend they are a doctor, and complete the sentence My name is Doctor ________________. I use my ___________________ to __________________________________. In one conclusive sentence, students are allowed practice writing their name and are called upon to apply their new set of knowledge by displaying an understanding of new vocabulary. For most of these words introduced, as a teacher I would create labeled pictures for students to use when spelling whichever item they would like to write about. Another activity could incorporate the Language Experience Approach by having students illustrate their last visit to the doctor and dictating a caption that explains their experience, which the teacher will record demonstrating proper writing technique.

SONGS / FINGERPLAYS The Doctors Song (tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat) I use a stethoscope, To listen to your heart, To help you be a healthy child And heal you when you arent Im a Helpful Doctor (tune of Im a Little Teapot) Im a helpful doctor, dressed in white, I help people feel better, day and night, When you get hurt or sick, Come see me, Ill get you all fixed up, Just as quick as can be

The Doctor In The Clinic

(tune of Farmer in the Dell) The doctor in the clinic. The doctor in the clinic. Hi-ho the derry-o, The doctor in the clinic, The doctor takes a nurse The nurse takes a patient The patient gets help The patient gets better

RESOURCEFUL BOO KS FICTION: Berenstain, S. (1981). The berenstain bears go to the doctor. New York, NY: Random House, Inc. Jackson, K. (1954). Nurse nancy. Random House Children's Books. London, J. (2004). Froggy goes to the doctor. Penguin Group. FICTION, INFORMA TIVE: Kelman, M. (2013). Doc mcstuffins: Doctor bag. Los Angeles: Disney Press NONFICTION: Ziefer, H. (2002). Abc doctor: staying healthy from a to z. Blue Apple Books.