Lower elementary teachers, be sure to check out the activity book and the teacher's guide below. Both pdfs contain the template for the pizza collage activity. Activity Name: Pizza Collage Activity Description: Make your favorite pizza using ingredients you color on the handout, or draw and color your own!
Upper elementary teachers, don't let this book pass you by. Put it to use in your fraction unit.
Activity Name: Pizza Pie Day Activity Description: On 12 by 18 construction paper, trace a plate. Make three copies of your tracing. Then, draw a line on one circle to divide it in half, on another circle draw fourths, and on the final circle draw eighths. Make multiple copies of each circle. Give some of your students halves, some of your students fourths, and some of your students eighths. Tell them they are going to turn their circle into a pizza. Have them draw their favorite toppings onto their circle. Then, tell them they have to trade their circle pieces with two other classmates so that they end up with one half of a pizza, one fourth of a pizza and two eighths of a pizza. Finally, I ask my students to write a short story, using the fractions 1/2, 1/4 and 2/8. I look forward to using Pizza Day to introduce our Pizza Pie Day. www.melissaiwai.com/
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Upper elementary teachers, be sure to click on the teacher's guide below. It is full of writing activities you can use in your classroom. Activity Name: Point of View Activity Description: Select a minor character in the novel and write a scene from his or her point of view.
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Teachers, be sure to click on the link to the teacher's guide. It's full of incredibly, useful resources that you can easily download. I'll be using the Doughnut Ring homophone worksheet for sure! Activity Name: Once Upon a Rhyme Time Activity Description: Students match rhyming words and make up their own couplet about a dragon or knight.
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vimeo.com/190132782 Teachers, this activity can easily be extended by asking students to write a sequential how-to piece after they've finished brainstorming their ideas. Also, be sure to check out the teacher's guide. There's a phenomenal math activity that I plan on adding to one of my math centers. It'll be perfect for students looking for a challenge. Activity Name: Make It Easier Activity Description: Have the children choose a household chore and brainstorm ideas about how they make it easier and faster to do.
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To watch the trailer for Where Oliver Fits, click on the link below: vimeo.com/226057089 The coloring sheet could be a Friday fun follow up during morning work, or you could extend this activity by having students draw their own picture, cut it up into puzzle pieces, and have students personify one of the puzzle pieces. This could be a creative way to introduce personification. Activity Name: Coloring Sheet Activity Description: Color in the final puzzle image from the book!
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This is a fun, feel good activity that can be done on paper and posted on the classroom wall, as well as on social media. Activity Name: #EveryoneCounts! Activity Description: One of the major themes in Counting Thyme is figuring out how you count in the world at large. Sometimes that’s an awfully tough thing to figure out. But like Thyme, we all bring something unique and valuable to the world. Print the #EveryoneCounts template, fill it with words or pictures, and share on social media under the hashtag to celebrate what you bring to the world!
To watch the Accident trailer, click on the link below: vimeo.com/223669931 The comic activity is a great way to introduce or reinforce problem/solution with students of all ages. Activity Name: Make Your Own Comic Activity Description: Make 4-panel comics that highlight problem/solution
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Website url: http://andreatsurumi.com/Accident If you have students who are lukewarm about reading, try a Skype visit with an author. It can make all the difference in the world!
Activity Name: Skype with the Author! Sign up here: http://www.elizabethatkinson.com/?page_id=112 Activity Description: Free 30-minute Q&A with the author including a visit from her furry writing partner! Teacher’s Guide Link: https://www.islandportpress.com/elizabeth-atkinson.html Website url: www.elizabethatkinson.com Kindergarten teachers, this is a fun before/during naptime read, complete with a cute puppet activity. Activity Name: If I Were a Kangaroo Hand Puppets Activity Description: Using common materials, students can make a mommy kangaroo hand puppet, complete with a baby kangaroo puppet in her pouch.
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Looking for a fun way to teach your students how to incorporate evidence into their writing? Start off with the third activity below. It's a great way to incorporate media into the curriculum, and it's a small amount of information to process. Then, ask students to complete the fourth activity below and be sure to incorporate evidence from both trailers to back up their claim about which trailer conveys a stronger message. Activity Name: Book Trailers: Predictions & Comparisons Activity Description: Before You Read... 1. Take a close look at the "Official Book Trailer of The Unlikely Story of a Pig in the City" on YouTube. Create a list of everything you see. 2. Can you predict what this book might be about? 3. Can you make any predictions about the main character, Josie Shilling? What from the book trailer scenes and title of the book supports your prediction? 4. Watch the "Director's Cut" Version of the Book Trailer on YouTube. The "Director's Cut" Version is below. How are the two book trailers different? How are they the same? Which book trailer version do you think conveys a stronger message about the book's premise? 5. Look closely at the design of the book cover: the colors, text, illustrations, and word choice. How would you describe the design? 6. Who do you think is the intended audience for this book? If you saw this book on the shelf, would you want to read it? Why or why not? Teacher’s Guide Link: www.jodikendall.com/press/ Website: http://www.jodikendall.com |
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