Our first grade class decided
to adapt the Raffi song (and book) Five Little Ducks. We had so much
fun. First we brainstormed what animals we could use for the story
other than the ducks. We considered- red horses, brown cows, yellow
ducks and grey elephants. The vote was taken and yellow ducks were
chosen.
Next we brainstormed where the
ducks could go (and get into trouble). We considered- a deep dark
cave, up and tree in a forest, in a pond on a farm, at the zoo and
to a school. The students liked the deep dark cave.
We then considered what
creatures the ducks might encounter in the deep dark cave. Our final
choices were- a hungry bear, a black widow spider, one duck would
get lost all night, a duck would fall into a deep hole and one would
get bitten by a rattlesnake.
Mrs. Goudie typed out the
story, one verse on each page. All students chose a page to
illustrate. Each student wanted their own copy, so the pages were
duplicated then they were bound.
The next day we had so much
fun reading the story out loud to our classmates.
Here is the story for you to
enjoy!
Five yellow ducks went
out one day,
over the hills and into a cave.
One yellow duck was eaten by a bear.
When Mama duck said, "quack, quack, quack"
only four little ducks came back.
Four yellow ducks went
out one day,
over the hills and into a cave.
One yellow duck fell into a hole.
When Mama duck said, "quack, quack, quack"
only three yellow ducks came back.
Three yellow ducks went
out one day,
over the hills and into a cave.
One yellow duck was bitten by a snake.
When Mama duck said, "quack, quack, quack"
only two yellow ducks came back.
Two yellow ducks went
out one day,
over the hills and into a cave.
One yellow duck was lost all night.
When Mama duck said, "quack, quack, quack"
only one yellow duck came back.
One yellow duck went out
one day,
over the hills and into a cave.
One yellow duck was bitten by a black widow spider.
When Mama duck said, "quack, quack, quack"
no little ducks came back.
Poor mother duck was so
sad.
She went over the hills and into the cave.
Mother duck YELLED, "quack, quack, quack"
and all her babies came running back.
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