Book Sharing & Role Play

Date: 2^nd April 2014

Day: Wednesday

Time: 4:00-5:00pm

Class: Starfruit

Theme: Underwater World

Teacher: Teacher Yeong

Book Sharing & Role Play

A few children were absent when I shared the book on “Sharing a Shell” the other day; therefore, I read it again today. This time round, for those who had listened twice, they could understand and remember the storyline as well as the character in it.

Therefore, I suggested that we shall have a role play of this story. Surprisingly, the children all agree and got excited. I looked around the classroom and decided that the red chair shall be the shell.

These were the list for the role play today:

Role	1st Round	2nd Round
Hermit Crab	Zen Hong	Pin Jee
Sea Anemone	Huey Xin	Thong Xuan
Bristle Worm	Yi Xuan	Ye Wern
Sea Gull	Thong Xuan	Zen Hong
Fish	Edmund	Yi Fai

When the children were ready, I started to narrate the story but in a simpler form. For the first round, as the children were not very familiar with the next plot, they seem to not know how to react accordingly and needed help.

The crab (Zen Hong) & sea anemone (Huey Xin).

The sea anemone sting the big fish (Edmund).

The bristle worm (Yi Xuan) trying to squeeze in the shell.

The crab & sea anemone looking at the bristle worm coming out from the new shell.
(Zen Hong, Huey Xin & Yi Xuan)

However, the situation got better with the 2^nd round and some of them could even act quite bravely.

The crab (Pin Jee) & the sea anemone (Thong Xuan).

The sea anemone sting the big fish (Yi Fai).

The bristle worm shares the new shell with the crab & the sea anemone.
(Pin Jee, Ye Wern & Thong Xuan)

All the children had a good laugh at their own acting and they enjoyed it very much.