Storytelling - The Selfish Crocodile What happened next?

We've been studying what happens first, next, then, and finally in a story. We're also still talking about what our responsibilities to each other are, so I thought the story of The Selfish Crocodile would be perfect. The story can be found on YouTube here. First, they watched the video, and we discussed the story and the moral they got from it. They then made a paper crocodile, and I elicited the sequence of the story from them. After they had written their ideas on the board, everyone copied the sequence on a white sheet of paper and glued it onto the back of the crocodile. I had them practice reading what they wrote in pairs. The green crocodile was my sample for them. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough green paper for the whole class, so the crocodiles came out very colorful. Luckily, the students ended up loving the different colors. I used a paper cutter for the paper circles, but you can also fold a paper sheet twice and cut out different-sized circles. I handed out the crocodile head already cut for them to save time, but they drew and cut out the teeth. If you have enough time, it would be really nice if they could do the whole thing on their own.

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