Little Dragon’s Birthday

Once upon a time there lived a little dragon. He lived with his parents in the great woods. Like all dragons, he puffed fire. Little Dragon puffed orange fire.

On Little Dragon’s birthday, his mother said,

“I’ve made a birthday cake for you. You may run and look for your friends. Tell them to come and have some birthday cake.”

Little Dragon ran into the woods. He found Mouse, Fox and Frog there.

“It’s my birthday”, he said. “Come and have some birthday cake.”

“Thank you,” they answered. “We’d like to come. But tells us something, please. With your breath of fire, how do you blow out your candles?”

“Wait and see,” he told them, and they followed Little Dragon to his house.

Mother Dragon put the cake on the table. Little Dragon made his wish, and then he blew a big breath of fire.

He lit every candle on the cake! “Oh,” laughed his friends. “Now we know what dragons do. They don’t blow out the candles. They blow them on!”

“That’s what we do,” laughed Little Dragon. “And I got my wish, too.”

LEAD IN:

·         A teacher shows children the cards with pictures of key words: dragon, wood, fox, mouse, frog, birthday cake, candles.

·         The children repeat the words after teacher.

·         Children see the pictures and connecting with suitable words. After that they write what the animals (frog, fox, dragon and mouse) have similar for example: They all live in wood.

·         Children can draw or write answer this question: What was your last wish on your birthday? They don’t show it other pupils. They connect in pairs and talk about their wish but they can’t tell what was it. They have to describe it, and the other person have to guess.

READING:

·         Reading bit by bit and children try to guess what is next.

·         Question after each paragraph: “Who can be invited for Dragon’s birthday?”; “Do you think that the animals follow the Dragon?”; “What happened when the Dragon blew a big breath of fire?”; “What do you think Dragon’s birthday wish was?”

FOLLOW – UP:

·         A teacher ask children: How do you feel? Was it funny story?

·         Children get a text with gaps and they have write a word from the box.

There once lived a little ……………………..in the great wood. He …………… orange fire. On Little Dragon’s birthday, his mother made him a birthday cake. Little Dragon went looking for his ………………. to invite them to have some birthday cake. Little Dragon found Mouse, Fox, and …………..They were glad to come. But they wondered how Little Dragon would ………………. the lighted candles on his cake.

When they got to the house, Mother Dragon put the cake on the table. Little Dragon made a ………………. And with a big breath of fire, he lit every candle on his birthday cake.

·         Children get a picture of dragon and colour it