Peter and Polly Series by Rose Lucia Peter and Polly by Rose Lucia    

Lesson 22: Comfort

Directions

Study the lesson for one week.

Over the week:

• Read the story multiple times.
• Review the synopsis.
• Study the vocabulary words.
• Learn the concepts.
• Complete the enrichment activities.
• Study the review questions.

Synopsis

Comfort is a poem. A little girl pretends her dolls are sick and making too much noise. She becomes angry and leaves her dolls in the playroom all alone. When the little girl gets a toothache, her mother is kind to her. Her mother holds her, kisses her, and sings to her. The little girl decides the next time she pretends her dolls are sick, she will comfort them, the way her mother comforted her.

Vocabulary

Scamper: Run with quick, light steps.
Moan: Low sound made by a person, perhaps because they are in pain.
Soothed: Gently calm.
Blue: Sad or gloomy.

Concepts

Why do we get sick?

Facts about sickness:

1. Sicknesses are infectious when they spread from person to person.
2. Colds and flus are sicknesses caused by viruses. Viruses are so tiny we cannot see them without special tools called microscopes.
3. Food poisoning and strep throat are sicknesses caused by bacteria. Bacteria are larger than viruses, but are also very small and cannot be seen without microscopes. Doctors may prescribe special medicine called antibiotics to combat bacteria. Antibiotics do not work against viruses.
4. We can help to prevent sickness by washing our hands, especially after using the restroom.
5. Many bacteria are helpful to people. For example, we use bacteria to turn milk into yogurt and cheese.
6. There are millions of benign (not harmful) and helpful bacteria living on your skin right now. Even more bacteria live inside you. But don't worry. These bacteria are harmless and many are even helpful.

Enrichment

Activity 1: Narrate the Story

• After reading or listening to the story, narrate the story events aloud using your own words.

Activity 2: Bacteria - They're Everywhere!

Objective:

Reinforce the concept that friendly bacteria grow inside and outside of our bodies.

Materials:

Pencil, crayons or markers, and paper.

Procedure:

• Examine the picture of bacteria below. The picture shows many bacteria. It was taken using a special tool, an electron microscope. Remember, in real life, these bacteria are so tiny we can't see them with our eyes.
• Draw yourself.
• Draw bacteria in your mouth, in your stomach, on your skin, and in your hair.
• Draw tiny bacteria all over yourself, inside and out.

Review

Question 1

At the beginning of the poem, what does the little girl do with her dolls when they get sick and cry?

1 / 3

Answer 1

The little girl leaves her dolls in the playroom all alone.

1 / 3

Question 2

What does the little girl's mother do when the little girl gets sick?

2 / 3

Answer 2

Her mother holds the little girl, kisses her, and sings to her.

2 / 3

Question 3

What does the little girl decide to do the next time her dolls get sick?

3 / 3

Answer 3

The little girl will comfort her dolls, the way her mother comforted her.

3 / 3

❮ ❯

1. At the beginning of the poem, what does the little girl do with her dolls when they get sick and cry? The little girl leaves her dolls in the playroom all alone.
2. What does the little girl's mother do when the little girl gets sick? Her mother holds the little girl, kisses her, and sings to her.
3. What does the little girl decide to do the next time her dolls get sick? The little girl will comfort her dolls, the way her mother comforted her.

References

'Bacteria.' Wikipedia. Wikipedia.org. n.p.

'Virus.' Wikipedia. Wikipedia.org. n.p.