Bobby's Lost Toy
Overview
This work, “Bobby’s Lost Toy", is a derivative of “The Lost Toy" authored by Sam Beckbessinger, illustrated by Amy Slatem, used under CC-BY-4.0.
The text for the adapted story “Bobby’s Lost Toy” was written by a team of educators during a short course on “Application of Open Educational Resources” in May 2022. The course was developed and delivered by the USAID LAC Reads Capacity Program and hosted by the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
About this book
Curriculum References
This story can be used to enhance the delivery of lessons in the Jamaican National Standards Curriclum (2018).
Example: Grade 1 Language Arts (page 160)
Strand: Comprehension
- Attainment Targets:
- Read for meaning, fluency and enjoyment of texts, using a variety of clues to gain information and identify ideas and events
- Use deduction and inference to interpret information and ideas and to predict outcomes
- Objective:
- Restate or recall information presented in texts
- Suggested Teaching and Learning Activity:
- Students will observe as teacher engages in a think aloud activity demonstrating how to recall/restate details from text read then ask and answer clarifying questions.
A child has lost a favorite toy.
The child is so sad.
Will some kind strangers help?
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Instructor Notes
Curriculum References
This story can be used to enhance the delivery of lessons in the Jamaican National Standards Curriclum (2018).
Examples:
Grade 1, Term 2, Unit 2 "Things in the Home"
- Focus Question 2: How do I care for the things in the home and use them safely? (page 98)
Grade 1 Language Arts
- Comprehension Strand (page 160)
“Bobby’s Lost Toy” is licensed under CC-BY-4.0 by Schontal Moore, Ashmin Sharma, Lois Golding, Winsome Francis, Suzanne Small, Judith Wilson, Janet Williams, Melanie Jones, Helen Harrison, Carlotta Joseph-Rose, Cherise Cotterell and Melody Williams (2022).
Narration by Suzanne Small