Story Retelling with Ozobot

As a library media specialist, I love this lesson because it combines two aspects of my job - literacy & robotics!  This lesson teaches sequencing and is perfect for 1st and 2nd graders.

Do you know the “There Was an Old Lady . . . “ books by Lucille Colandro?  There are a TON of fun books in this series!  Any of these books can be used for this lesson.  Students can recall the sequence of items swallowed by the old lady and code Ozobot to retell the story.

With the help of my colleague, Blythe Lamont, we created an Ozobot track that can be used to retell any book in the “There Was an Old Lady . . . “ series.  It looks like this:

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LESSON DETAILS

1) Read aloud one of the books from the “There Was and Old Lady . . . “ series.  

2) Review the sequence of items swallowed by the old lady.  Have students write each item, in order, on the track.  The line is curvy, so pay close attention to the placement of each number!  

 3)  Use markers to add Ozobot codes to each swallowed items.  Students can choose their codes or the teacher can lead the students with specific codes.  Since the track is a curvy line, some codes need to be recorded “backward.”  Pay close attention to the path that the Ozobot will travel!  I like to add a u-turn code at the end and at the beginning of the track to make Ozobot move non-stop!

4)  Watch Ozobot read the codes, perform tricks, and retell the story.  Since the Ozobot is the old lady eating all the items in order, I like to tape an image of the old lady to each Ozobot.

#mustreadin2021

I'm pleased to be participating in the must read fun again this year!  All the books on my list are new 2021 releases (see publishing dates for each book listed below).  I hope this reading goal motivates me to read more books throughout the year so I can introduce these new titles to my students.  I'll provide updates on my reading in April, September and December.  Below are my lists of new picture books and chapters books to read in 2021:

PICTURE BOOK RELEASE DATES:

1/5/21 - Outside Inside by LeUyen Pham

1/26/21 - Bear Island by Matthew Cordell

2/2/21 - Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson

3/2/21 - A New Day by Brad Meltzer & Dan Santat

3/9/21 - The Ramble Shamble Children by Christina Soontornvat & Lauren Castillo

3/23/21 - Blue Floats Away by Travis Jonker

4/13/20 - The Rock From the Sky by Jon Klassen

5/4/21 - Fred Gets Dressed by Peter Brown

5/4/21 - Fitz and Cleo by Jonathan Stutzman & Heather Fox

6/15/21 - The New Kid Has Fleas by Ame Dyckman

7/20/21 - Vampenguin by Lucy Ruth Cummins

8/24/21 - Chez Bob by Bob Shea

CHAPTER BOOK RELEASE DATES:

1/5/21 - Shaking Up the House by Yamile Saied Méndez

1/5/21 - Katie the Catsitter by Colleen AF Venable & Stephanie Yue

1/12/21 - Alone by Megan E Freeman

1/19/21 - 365 Days to Alaska by Cathy Carr

3/2/21 - Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd & Michelle Mee Nutter

3/2/21 - Endling: The Only by Katherine Applegate

3/16/20 - The One Thing You'd Save by Linda Sue Park

5/4/21 - Flight of the Puffin by Ann Braden

5/4/21 - Thrive by Kenneth Oppel

5/11/21 - Stamped for Kids by Sonja Cherry-Paul & Jason Reynolds & Ibram X Kendi

5/25/21 - The Mending Summer by Ali Standish

9/21/21 - Room to Dream by Kelly Yang

9/28/21 - Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo

#mustreadin2020 - final update

This is my #mustreadin2020 final update.  I love participating in this reading challenge hosted by Carrie Gelson of There's a Book for That because it connects me with a community of readers and encourages me to read newly released books to share with my students.  In January, I created my #mustreadin2020 reading goal.  As a reminder, here they are:

I'm happy to report that I've read ALL of the books on reading list - plus A LOT of additional new titles!  

To see the #mustreadin2020 books that I read from January to April, click here.   

To see the #mustreadin2020 books that I read from April to September, click here.   

Scroll down to see the #mustreadin2020 books that I read from September to December:

Picture Books I Read - #mustreadin2020 (September-December)

Chapter Books I Read - #mustreadin2020 (September-December)