Connect students directly to the concept in a personal way. Capture students' attention by initiating a group problem-solving activity before delivery of instruction. Begin with a situation that is familiar to students and builds on what they already know. Construct a learning experience that allows diverse and personal student responses. Facilitate the work of cooperative teams of students.
Student cat-mice pantomime skits.
Objective: To help children empathize with animal characters in a story through role playing.
Activity: Children pretend they are mice. Act like mice. Make noises like mice. Walk like mice. Act like cats. Make cat noises. Stalk like cats. Divide into groups of four, and create a skit. One cat, three mice. Children need to decide who will be which animal. Children will be instructed per group who will win, cat or mice, in each group. These skits must be acted without voices. Pantomime only.
