Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.
Read story and discuss feelings in light of skits.
Objective: To have the children enjoy a story and integrate their feelings from the previous experience into the story.
Activity: Read the children the story, The Island of Skog. Show the pictures. Integrate how the children felt as mice and how the mice feel in the story. Discuss how the mice attempt to solve their problems.
