📖 Pause 3 (The Magnificent Broom Climax): Prompt: "The witch taps her cauldron: Iggety, ziggety, zaggety, ZOOM! Out came seats for all the riders! How many seats do you count?"
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🧙 Facilitation Script & Formative Checks
Page 2 of 2 Instructional Sequence
| Slide | Core Focus | Teacher Talk & Student Action (TPR) |
|---|---|---|
| Slide 1 | Title & Story Hook | "Hold your magic wands high! Today we turn one thing into many things using our magic S!" |
| Slide 2 | The Magic 'S' Rule | Contrast 1 broom vs. 3 brooms. Tap hand for each broom: "Broom... Broom-z!" Note the +S badge. |
| Slide 3 | Cat → Cats | Movement: Paws up! Purr softly for cat, then hiss the plural: "Cat-ssss!" |
| Slide 4 | Hat → Hats | Tap head when saying "Hat". Clap hands on final sound when saying "Hat-S!" |
| Slide 5 | Frog → Frogs | Movement: Squat down. Hop 4 times: "1 frog, 2 frogs, 3 frogs, 4 frogs!" Feel throat buzz. |
| Slide 6 | Wand Magic Game | Point to wand vs. wands. Ask: "Does this word need our magic S? Thumbs up or down!" |
| Slide 7 | Cauldron Recipe | Stirring arms: "Two bats, three pumpkins, two bones!" Toss pretend items into the big pot. |
| Slide 8 | Celebration & Wrap | Wave wands! Give gentle partner high-fives: "You rock, plural wizards!" |
🌱 Multilingual Learners
Pair gestures with every word (1 finger for singular, spread hand for plural). Use concrete manipulatives before abstract cards.
🗣️ Speech Articulation
If a child omits final /s/, elongate the vowel and prompt with a gentle snake hiss: "caaaat... sssss". Celebrate approximations!
🚀 Extension / Challenge
Challenge students to spot classroom plurals: "Look around the rug! One rug... but many crayons, shoes, blocks!"
✔ = Mastered | P = Progressing | N = Needs Support
| Student Name | Identifies 1 vs. Many | Vocalizes Final /s/ or /z/ | Applies to Story Nouns | Notes / Articulation Observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. __________________ | [ ] | [ ] | [ ] | ____________________________ |
| 2. __________________ | [ ] | [ ] | [ ] | ____________________________ |
| 3. __________________ | [ ] | [ ] | [ ] | ____________________________ |
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