tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64926310142538348682024-02-20T13:19:51.402-08:00ABCs of ReadingIntegrating the ARTS with BOOKS to teach COMPREHENSION StrategiesJayne Gammonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10336017877146949513noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492631014253834868.post-62170831019258896492015-05-19T19:28:00.000-07:002015-05-21T09:42:17.589-07:00The Animal Boogie<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Can you boogie? Down in the Indian jungle, the children and animals are learning about actions like leaping, stomping, shaking and flapping while meeting jungle creatures. (Summary from <a href="http://store.barefootbooks.com/the-animal-boogie-6.html" target="_blank">Barefoot Books</a>.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>We're going down in the jungle. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Turn your story time into a moving singing adventure with <i>The Animal Boogie—</i>an award winning title from <a href="http://store.barefootbooks.com/the-animal-boogie-6.html" target="_blank">Barefoot Books</a>. The simple, predictable text, written as a song by acclaimed children's performer Fred Penner, offers clues to the discovery of six different animals, each with their own movements and own style of "boogie boogie." The inviting illustrations by Debbie Harter are arranged in a pattern so that every other page first invites students to look for details and then surprises them with with a child and animal dancing pair. My favorite reason for recommending this book for story time is the accompanying song, performed by Fred Penner himself. (The book includes an enhanced CD with the song on it, plus an animated video.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Want to see if this sing-along book is right for your literary jungle? Take a peek at the video:</span><br />
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Prior to your story time, purchase toy binoculars from a discount store or make pretend binoculars by stapling pairs of toilet paper rolls together. Provide the children with the binoculars. Explain that there are many things they will see "down in the jungle" and that it will be important to focus on important details in the illustrations. As you read the verses of the book, the questions in the text will provide clues as to what the children should look for. For example:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">"What can you see swinging through the trees?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">"What can you see stomping its feet?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">"What can you see flying in the sky?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Ask the children what special body parts each animal has to help it boogie oogie. Then help the children discover ways that they can move their own bodies like each animal. Use the binoculars again to examine how the illustrated children are copying the dancing animals. At this point, taking a break to dance along with the CD is sure to be a hit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">To extend the movement opportunities, also consider these ideas:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Have the children help you decide on a movement that will be repeated every time you hear "boogie, woogie, oogie!" For example, in the following verse featuring the bird, students might flap their arms and then point upward. In this way, the movements become a slightly choreographed dance with an AB pattern.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">"IT'S A BIRD!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">He goes flap, flap, boogie, woogie, oogie.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Flap, flap, boogie, woogie, oogie!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Flap, flap, boogie, woogie, oogie!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">That's the way he's flying in the sky!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Dance with a partner.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Invite pairs of children to face each other as they dance the pattern described above. You might also challenge them to take turns so that one partner does the first movement and the second child does the movement designated for "boogie, woogie, oogie." Students are introduced in a simple way to the teamwork of partner dancing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Dance in an ensemble.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Assign each of six children a different animal part. Then have the entire group of children form a circle. As his or her animal is featured, each of the six children can be invited to step into the middle of the group to perform the animal's action. The group continues to move along in the "boogie, woogie, oogie" style. All dancers sway on the last verse. What a performance!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">A mouse is taking a stroll through the deep, dark wood when along comes a hungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. The mouse is smart enough to know he would be a tasty treat, so he describes the gruffalo. Visualize the gruffalo: a creature with terrible claws, terrible tusks, terrible jaws, knobbly knees, turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of its nose. Wait. Could there really be such a thing as a gruffalo?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Before you begin reading, show your class the spread of pages in the book that shows the setting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Have you ever been in the deep, dark wood?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Show the cover of the book <u>with the picture of the gruffalo covered</u>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Explain that as you read the first half of the book, the students should listen for clues that help them visualize what a gruffalo might look like. Read aloud until the gruffalo makes his first appearance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">During another read aloud time, use the illustrations to have the children practice inferring. Show the students the picture of one of the animals as it approaches the mouse (remember that predator/prey relationship!). Compare to the picture of the animal after Mouse describes the gruffalo. What facial expressions change? How do the animals' movements change from showing confidence to fear? Invite the students to practice making these actions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">These masks are a hit when it comes to retelling and dramatizing the story. Of course, you can use them when leading students through a reenactment. To increase the thinking-skill level, ask a student to choose a character mask. Then interview the character to find out what it was thinking at different points in the story. Click the image to download the masks from <a href="http://www.earlylearninghq.org.uk/" target="_blank">Early Learning HQ</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Reading Strategies:</b> inferring, making connections</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Summary: </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Little wombat spends a day doing favorite things--what could they be? Are they your favorites, too? Let's look and see! He especially enjoys walking around and around, and doing a pigeon step till he falls down. Or sticking out his pink tongue--and pulling funny faces (now that can be fun)! And maybe he'll jump just as high as he can, and see how much noise he will make when he lands. But when the day ends and the sun starts to fall...he goes back home to mama and curls into a ball. Good night!</span><span style="background-color: white;"> (Summary from <a href="http://www.sterlingpublishing.com/kids-catalog?isbn=9780806979434" target="_blank">Sterling Children's Books</a>.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Do <i>you</i> ever feel like curling up in a ball? Or maybe jumping as high as you can? Either way, you and your little listeners are sure to connect with the feelings of the toddler-like wombat in <i>Sometimes I Like to Curl up in a Ball</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In this charmingly illustrated book, the wombat and his woodland friends spend the day doing some of their favorite things, such as jumping, walking around, falling down, and just standing still. Along with all the romping and rolling, there's rhyming as well. The simple rhyming phrases are easy for little ones to listen to, repeat, and understand. In much the same way, the simple movements are easy for young movers to watch, mimic, and enjoy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Begin your story time by simply asking the children, "Have you ever wanted to curl up in a ball?" Go ahead. Let them wrap their arms around their legs and curl up into balls. Next explore the feelings that would make someone want to curl up so small that no one could see him or her, like the combat wants to do in the beginning of the book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Continue this exploration of emotions with a picture walk through the book. Invite the children to look carefully at the wombat's facial expressions on each spread. Also consider the expressions of his companions. What feelings and situations would make them want to move the different ways they move in the book?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After you've used the illustrations to infer the animal's feelings, invite listeners to connect to the text through movement. Help the children find their own spaces. As you read each rhyming phrase, allow the children to copy the wombat's actions. Help them describe his movements. Where are his arms? Do his legs go in the same direction every time? When is his body up high? When is it down low?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's the gist of this monstrously fun book written by Candace Whitman. Through the book runs a line of rhyming text that reads with a steady beat. A glittery purple line that wiggles, bends, curves, and curls also runs through the book. The illustrator, Steve Wilson, tops the book off with creepy and creepy and creative creatures. Sound inviting? You and your little ones won't be able to take your hands off of it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Lines that Wiggle</i> is a great book for teaching rhyming and for teaching lines in art. But after moving my finger along the glittery purple line that runs through this picture book, I wanted to move more! I can say with a giggle, <i>Lines that Wiggle</i> is a great book for teaching movement, too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For a sneak peek inside, visit the publisher's site <a href="http://www.blueapplebooks.com/books/lines-that-wiggle" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Simply stop after you read each page. Ask the children to explore how they can make their own bodies wiggle like the line on that page. Can they move just their arms like the line? How about just their legs? Can they move their feet to make an imaginary line on the floor that looks like the line on the page?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Provide your listeners with lengths of ribbon or scarves. Again stop after you read each page. Encourage the youngsters to make matching lines with their ribbons on the floor. Can they make the same lines in the air with their ribbons?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you have the space, use painter's masking tape to create all kinds of lines on the floor—wavy, straight, curvy, crisscrossed and more! Encourage the children to move along the lines. How would you move on lines that scurry? How would you move on lines that twist? How would you move on lines that sway? Of course, adding music makes the movement more fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When you read you constantly gain information and so your thinking changes. Every new piece of information changes your understanding and helps you make meaning. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the end, you put it all together to make big conclusions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When explaining your thinking about this book to your students, you might say, "At first I thought the line would be a snake and then I thought it would be a bridge. Then I saw that the line could be whiskers or even waves. At the end of the book, I realized that lines can change. When lines change they can remind me of different things."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Synthesis combines new information with old information to create new meaning. Your thinking out loud might sound like this, "At first I just looked at the line, but then I looked at the other art around it. When I looked at everything, my thinking changed. The head at the end of this line, made the curvy line a snake."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You can use this book conversation to start your little readers on a path to understanding how to synthesize, or you can use the book with older readers as a simple reminder of how synthesizing works.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #262626;">It
begins with a bare brown tree. But tap that tree, turn the page, and one bright
green leaf has sprouted! Tap again—one, two, three, four—and four more leaves
have grown on the next page. Pat, clap, wiggle, jiggle, and see blossoms bloom,
apples grow, and the leaves swirl away with the autumn breeze. The
collage-and-watercolor art evokes the bright simplicity of Lois Ehlert and Eric
Carle and the interactive concept will delight fans of <i>Pat the Bunny</i>.
Combining a playful spirit and a sense of wonder about nature, Christie
Matheson has created a new modern classic that is a winner in every season—and
every story time! (Summary from HarperCollins <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Children’s</i>.)</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Begin your lesson by
focusing on students’ background knowledge. If possible provide a collection of
photographs of trees in all seasons. You might collect these photos from
calendars, Google images, or photography books. A walk outside to look at trees
would be a nice beginning to discussing how trees change during the seasons. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What will happen if we tap the tree? Is it really magic?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ask, "How do the heat of the sun and the movement of the wind affect the tree?”
To explore these ideas through creative movement, pair the students. Explain
that one student will be the tree. The other student will be the wind and the sun. As you reread the text, invite the sun/wind partner to move around
the tree. This student will pretend to tap, jiggle and rub the tree to create a
collaborative dance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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read, “Now blow a whooshing breeze...” the wind partner might wave his arms
toward the tree. When you read “Rub the tree to make it warm...”, ask the tree
partner to explore how she might move her hands to represent the leaves and
flowers as they bloom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To create a tactile
center for creating art similar to the text’s illustrations, you’ll need red,
yellow, orange, blue, purple, pink and two different colors of green felt. Duplicate
the bare tree at the beginning of the story onto card stock. Cut simple leaves,
blossoms, apples and snowflakes out of the felt to match the colors and sizes
in the story. To use the center, a child taps and claps and wiggles his fingers to change
the magic tree. As he is arranging the felt pieces on the tree, he will also
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Meet Gerald, the humble and inspiring giraffe in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Giraffes Can’t Dance,</i> written by Giles
Andrae and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees. Gerald is tall and slim and a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">really</i> bad dancer. Other animals show up
at the Jungle Dance to skip and prance. In fact, the warthogs waltz, the rhinos
rock and roll, the lions dance a tango, the chimps do a cha-cha and the baboons
even spin a Scottish reel. Feeling useless and lonely, Gerald leaves the dance.
Just in time, a cricket gives him a wonderful piece of advice: “...sometimes
when you’re different you just need a different song.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gerald finds his boogie, and his dance is
like a dream. The moral of the story? “We all can dance...when we find music
that we love.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We know that good
readers <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ask questions</i> before, during
and after a story. With this lesson, good readers will be guided to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">making connections</i> before, during and
after a story. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Begin by asking, “Have
you ever tried to do something and you didn’t think you were very good at it?”
The story I tell my kids is actually about dancing. When I took my movement
class during my Integrated Arts program, I was very nervous. I didn’t think I’d
be able learn the steps fast enough and I already knew I wasn’t very
coordinated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Read aloud <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Giraffes Can’t Dance</i>. There is also an
animated version you can enjoy: <a href="http://vimeo.com/33829782">http://vimeo.com/33829782</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After the read aloud, use these ideas to practice making
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Travel through the story from Gerald’s perspective:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How does it feel to be tall and slim? Stretch your neck to
eat the leaves.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Try to run around, but buckle at the knees. What are your
feelings when you fall?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Slowly walk onto the dance floor. Freeze. How does your body
look when you feel useless?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Creep away. How do you move when you are sad and lonely?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Find your own space where you can look up at the moon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Shuffle your hooves in circles on the ground. Gently sway from the neck. Swish
your tail.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just for fun, try out some dance movements inspired by the
other animals. Your students’ will probably not be familiar with this dance
lingo, so be sure to use the illustrations to increase their understanding of
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Waltz like the warthogs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Get a partner and do a bold and elegant tango like the
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now for making
connections after the story. Again, I tell my kids that in my class, I learned
to enjoy moving in my own way—even if it was a little bit fun and funky. When
we acted out this story, guess who played the part of Gerald? (I’m not sharing
pictures of this part!) Ask, “What special skills or talents do you have? What
is something you didn’t think you were good at but you now you have fun doing
it anyway?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Need more Gerald?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Visit Deep Space Sparkle
for a step-by-step art lesson.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/2008/02/04/giraffes-cant-dance/">http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/2008/02/04/giraffes-cant-dance/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One night on the farm, the cows overhear a fantastic
tale. “Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the
moon!” Inspired by this classic rhyme, a plucky cow named Cindy Moo sets out to
prove that cows really can leap over the moon. The other cows laugh at her, but
that doesn’t stop Cindy from trying—and failing—night after night . . . until a
trick of nature shows Cindy a way to triumph. As delightfully silly as the
original nursery rhyme, this hilarious picture book will have readers of all
stripes (and spots) cheering for its determined heroine. (HarperCollins)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It’s time to get your
kids “moo-ving!” All you need is a copy of this book and some hoops. (Real rain
puddles would be best, but...well, they’re wet.) Begin by making sure that all
of your little ones are familiar with the nursery rhyme “Hey Diddle Diddle.” For
fun you can check out the many versions of the rhyme/song on YouTube. Here are
two I liked. The first has the words and a pleasant version of the tune. The
second video is from vintage Sesame Street.</span></div>
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introducing...Cindy Moo! She’s the determined cow that is going to help your
young readers practice our comprehension strategy of the day: questioning. After
all, Cindy Moo wouldn’t be where she is today (famous) if she hadn’t asked the
question, “WHY can’t a cow jump to the moon?” Let the questions begin before
you even open the book. Just look at the cover. WHY is the cow jumping? WHAT
are the three cows on the back thinking as they look on? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now on to the first
pages...WHY is the cow peeking out of the barn? WHAT is the girl reading? And
before too long, the burning question..."WHY can’t a cow jump to the moon?”
Give your listeners time to discuss the issues, just as the cows in the barn
did that very night. To really stretch their thinking, insert a question that
isn’t in the book. Ask students to problem-solve with partners. If a
cow wanted to jump over the moon, HOW could it be done? You might get some
pretty creative answers! Continue reading to find out how Cindy Loo finally
makes it over the moon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your kids a mighty-fine, bovine time with this movement activity. First locate
some hoedown style music on the internet. I found this fun music<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and also songs on this site that I could download for free <a href="http://www.mediamusicnow.co.uk/royalty-free-music-loops/country/hoedown">http://www.mediamusicnow.co.uk/royalty-free-music-loops/country/hoedown</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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or open area. Arrange your hula hoop puddles throughout the area. Place a
paper-plate moon in each puddle. Now just play the music and encourage the
kiddie cattle to start jumping puddles. Yee-Haw!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Kristen Balouch (Author
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book, one loud little girl looks for a friend to play with. She searches the
jungle high and low for a pal, but her BIG voice scares all the animals away!
One by one, an elephant, a snake and a croc quickly retreat away from her
booming vocals, until at last she finds the perfect playmate-whose
"roar" is even louder than hers! (Summary from Simon & Schuster.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let me say this loud and
clear. “THIS IS A FUN BOOK!” In fact, when I saw this book it screamed, “BUY
ME!” This simple story is useful at the beginning of the year when you are
teaching appropriate voice volume and you are focusing on classroom management.
It also works beautifully if you want to zoom in on inferring. So if your
classroom sounds like a jungle, open the book and try this lesson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Before reading, place a
sticky note over the little girl on the cover. Without showing the
illustrations, read the beginning of the book in which the little girl attempts
to make friends with the elephant, snake, and crocodile. Ask students to make
inferences about what might be scaring the animals away. Read the beginning
again, this time showing the pictures. Allow students time to continue making
inferences. Continue reading, making sure to pause after you read, “But the
lion looked at the little girl...” After sharing predictions. continue reading,
but pause again after, “And the little girl looked at the lion...” Your
students will love the surprise that follows and will join in laughing with the
girl and the lion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have in mind a little, little child from your own class that as a big, big
voice. Give that child a chance to use that voice in a dramatic retelling of
the story. Invite students to play the roles of the girl, the elephant, the
snake, the crocodile and the lion. Prepare the actors by talking about how each of the
animals would move and what they were doing in the story. For example, the
elephant is blowing bubbles and the snake is swinging. How would the elephant
run away? How would the snake escape? As you reread, invite the
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Chris Raschka
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Any child who has ever had a beloved toy break will
relate to Daisy's anguish when her favorite ball is destroyed by a bigger dog.
In the tradition of his nearly wordless picture book <i>Yo! Yes?,</i> Caldecott
Medalist Chris Raschka explores in pictures the joy and sadness that having a
special toy can bring. Raschka's signature swirling, impressionistic illustrations
and his affectionate story will particularly appeal to young dog lovers and
teachers and parents who have children dealing with the loss of something
special. (Summary from Random House.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are a couple of
reasons you might want to share this book first with a small group. As you
know, wordless picture books can be powerful literacy tools. As students “read”
the pictures, allow time for them to create narration. Encourage students to
look at the pictures and retell the events to partners. As they retell, help students
discover the elements of story and the sequence of events. Another reason to
start with a small group is the opportunity for sharing personal connections.
You little ones are sure to connect to how Daisy felt about the new toy, the
broken toy and the new friendship. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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make connections to the events and Daisy’s feelings, find a red ball and gather
your group into a circle. Gently toss the ball to a volunteer who is ready to
tell about a time that he experienced a loss such as a broken toy. (Older
students may be able to make the connection to more significant life losses.)
After the student shares his connection, have him toss the ball to another
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throughout the story. Begin by asking each child to pretend she is Daisy. As
you show each illustration, have each child say out loud what she (as Daisy) is
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enjoy retelling the story with this second drama extension. Put students in
groups of four. Each child will play a character (Daisy, Daisy’s owner, the
second dog, or the second dog’s owner). Direct the students to act out the story,
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Inferring, Making Connections </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is often difficult for kids to talk about their feelings, especially anger. Bang offers a great opportunity for parents and kids to discuss anger and how Sophie handles it. The situation is typical; Sophie's sister has taken her toy, which makes her very angry. The vivid colors and illustrations likening Sophie to a volcano get the point across. So too does the resolution that Sophie finds, by escaping outdoors to climb her favorite tree. There she calms down and the world becomes a quieter place bathed in soothing green and blue. (Review from Children’s Literature.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let’s face it...we all get angry. Sometimes we even get <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">really, really</i> angry. Chances are you’ll know when the time is right to share this book with your class. There are just those days when you and your students are tired and grumpy. Begin by showing your group only the cover. Infer...How is the girl feeling and how do you know? Invite students to make a similar face. Next have students take a closer look at the first spread. How is Sophie feeling now? How can you tell? Uh-oh. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Now</i> how is Sophie feeling? Can you use your experience with the picture clues to infer Sophie’s feelings? Show the next spread. Oh, my. Have students closely examine Sophie’s face and the cat. Even the zig-zag lines are a clue. At this point, you might want to remind your readers that inferring means combining your background knowledge and the clues in the book to infer a character’s feelings. Remind them that their own experiences count as background knowledge. Provide time for students to share similar experiences and feelings they may have had in the past.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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On her website, Molly Bang expresses her own feelings about creating the illustrations for the book:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I made the pictures of gouache, which is a thick, mud-like paint and which feels nice and gucky when painted thickly. It is very satisfying to paint exuberant feelings with gouache. I began the book with bright pinks and purples and chartreuse, turning to reds and oranges when Sophie gets angry, then turning to browns, then blues and greens as she calms down, and then using the full palette when she returns home, "whole" again. It was interesting to notice how angry I felt while I was making the angry pictures, and how much calmer I felt when I was painting with the blues and greens.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Already heading for the paints? Consider using fingerpaints. Even older kids will enjoy the experience. Another option is the dimensional paint recipe found here: <a href="http://familycrafts.about.com/od/paintrecipes/a/dimenpaint.htm">http://familycrafts.about.com/od/paintrecipes/a/dimenpaint.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Teachers of older students, Let me express my feelings...CHECK OUT THIS LINK! You’ll find a picture book writing lesson from WritingFix. The lesson focuses on idea development and voice using Molly Bang’s book as the mentor text. There are templates and student samples. More feelings...I ESPECIALLY LOVED the interactive pre-writing buttons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To read more about Molly Bang’s feelings about the book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There’s a book and there’s a hole. The hole goes right through the middle of the book...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Packed full with zany drawings and even zanier ideas by best-selling author Herve Tullet, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Book with a Hole </i>is endlessly inventive and bound to enchant children of all ages. (Summary from the book.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It’s my birthday today. So my sweet family took me to the HIGH Museum of Art in Atlanta to see the “Picasso to Warhol” exhibit. Did I leave the museum without visiting the gift shop? Nooooo. Did I leave the gift shop without looking at the children’s books? Noooooo. And did I leave the gift shop without the purchase of a children’s book? Nooooooo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Chances are you work hard to help your readers interact with a text. With this book, that goal just got a “hole” lot easier. Just look at this spread from inside with the question, “What are you going to cook?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Clickity! Clickety! Long green feet! Who is dancing that clickity beat? Lizard is dancing on clickity feet.” Introducing a get-up-and-dance book—so catchy and rhythmic, you’ll almost want to sing it. Lindsey Craig’s rollicking text features funny sound words (Tippity! Creepity! Stompity! Thumpity!), a singsong beat, and a guessing element just easy enough for little ones to anticipate. Marc Brown’s artwork is bright, textured, and joyful, a collage of simple shapes for kids to find and name. So grab a partner and tap your feet to this read-aloud picture-book treat. (Summary from book.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Want to get your little ones off on the right foot when it comes to thinking about reading? Read aloud this picture book to introduce questioning to beginning readers. Pause after you read the question for each animal. (“Who is dancing that tippity beat?”) Invite youngsters to look at the animal’s footprints and isolated body parts to predict which animal will be shown on the next page. After thinking about the answer to each question, turn the page and explore one of the movement suggestions below.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">To tell the story of this great American hero’s life and times, Doreen Rappaport weaves her words and the “big words” of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. into a captivating, emotional narrative. Illustrated by acclaimed artist Bryan Collier with stunning, shimmering collage art, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Martin’s Big Words</i> is an unforgettable portrait of a man whose dream changed America, and the world, forever. (Summary from the book.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Chances are you’ve spent the last few days thinking about the year gone by and determining what was most important. Focusing on significant events from the past, just might help you better understand the future. It turns out that “determining importance” is a skill useful in life and in reading. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Explain to your group that good readers are able to decide which words in a sentence or in a passage carry the most meaning. Direct the students to listen to the biography <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Martin’s Big Words</i> to discover the most important words. After reading, ask students which words they thought were necessary to determine what was most important in the story. List the words on a chart. Then reread the book, stopping on each page to add to your list those words your students think are the most important. Explain that the author made her choice of Dr. King’s most important words to use in the book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">To prepare for a poetry extension, type the words from the chart so that the words are fairly large and on one or two sheets of paper. For younger students, you may wish to put the words in dashed-lined boxes to create cutting guides. Duplicate a class supply of the pages. Provide each child with a set of the words to cut apart. Have him arrange his choice of the words onto construction paper to create a work of “found poetry.” After he has glued the words to the paper, invite him to share his poem with classmates. Display the poems along with a copy of the cover of the book or a picture of Martin Luther King, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here’s a dreamy way to help your students practice visualizing. Begin the lesson by asking students to describe their own sleep dilemmas and solutions. The main character in the story, Ava, counts sheep. Ask your students to consider this question: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What if the sheep got tired of being counted? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Over the River Mama, Papa, and Baby Turkey embark for their vegetarian Thanksgiving feast. But when a hungry boy and his dog start sniffing around, the turkeys have got to think fast before they become the main course! Readers of all ages will be wondering who's going to gobble up whom until the dessert finale. (Summary from www.derekanderson.net.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Thanksgiving is coming up on us like a hound dog on a turkey! Here's a quick side dish for your reading lessons this week. I saw this book at my local big-book-store chain last night. I "gobbled" it up, and thought you might like it, too. The recipe is quick and simple. Just cover the outside of the book. Read or <i>sing</i> the words; then have students discuss, draw or write what they visualized. Reread or re<i>sing </i>the story. This time invite students to carefully view the illustrations to discover the story of the turkey family on the way to their feast. Can your students infer how the turkeys are feeling along the way? Now it's time for all your little turkeys to sing along.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">possible instrument</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> rhythm sticks </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> sound tube</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">owl</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">WHOOO?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> sounder or </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a monster swallows ants, a lizard, a bat, and other creatures to try to cure a stomachache that began when he swallowed a tick. (Summary from book.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fellow teachers of boys and ghouls....usually I try to give you a teaching idea first and follow with some internet links. However, pleeeaase click this link NOW and get ready to scritchy-scratch with a free audio of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">There Was An Old Monster.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Isn’t that just pure inspiration? Not only will your little ones want to read along, they’ll want to scritcy-scratch along, too! These collage-style shakers—inspired by Emberley’s colorful illustrations—are sure to do the trick. For each child, pour a small amount of rice into an empty food box. Seal the lid with masking tape. To complete his instrument, a child cuts or tears colorful paper into shapes. He then uses a paintbrush and slightly watered-down glue to adhere the scraps to the box. (Older students might want to make their boxes look like monsters. Younger students may prefer abstract designs.) When the child is happy with the designs on the box, he paints a final layer of glue over it. When the shakers are dry, play the audio and sing and shake along!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Children will stomp their paws, twitch their tails, snort and growl, and wiggle and wriggle along with this bright and bold twist on "If You're Happy and You Know It." Rebecca Emberley has written a rollicking text, which she has illustrated in collaboration with her father, Caldecott Medalist Ed Emberley. (Summary from Scholastic.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Amazon Link: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pete-Cat-Rocking-School-Shoes/dp/0061910244?ie=UTF8&tag=abc0ba-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=abc0ba-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061910244" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Making Connections (Using prior knowledge, activating schema, text-to-self connections) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Pete the Cat is back—and this time he’s rocking in his school shoes. Pete discovers the library, the lunchroom, the playground, and lots of other cool places at school. And no matter where he goes, Pete never stops moving and grooving and singing his song . . . because it’s all good. (Summary from HarperCollins Childrens Books.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Red high-top shoes (Optional but totally desirable)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">I’m back in school and I’m blogging in my school shoes! The first step in this groovy lesson is to download the free song and listen to it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/feature/petethecat/">http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/feature/petethecat/</a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">You’re dancing and singing already aren’t you?! But wait, it gets better. The next step is to watch the video:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/harperkids%23p/u/7/QNAeRy6jS7c">http://www.youtube.com/harperkids#p/u/7/QNAeRy6jS7c</a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">The third step is to order the book, silly!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Amazon Link: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pete-Cat-Rocking-School-Shoes/dp/0061910244">http://www.amazon.com/Pete-Cat-Rocking-School-Shoes/dp/0061910244</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Read aloud the book to your class. (I put my copy under the document camera while we listened to the song.) When your students are familiar with the words, create your own class book or powerpoint that will focus on verbs ending in -ing. To begin, create a class list of things kids can do in their school shoes. For example, “I’m counting in my school shoes.” Next take a picture of each child performing an action in his school shoes. Combine the pictures in a class book or powerpoint along with the simple, repetitive text. Finally, invite the class to read and sing along.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">It’s all good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Pete the Cat has a unique story. Find out more here:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.petethecat.com/">http://www.petethecat.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">For more groovy music, visit Mr. Eric at Eric Litwin’s website:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.ericlitwin.com/">http://www.ericlitwin.com/</a></span><br />
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