Teacher Book Bag’s

Winter Book Bag

2012-2013

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Dear Homeschool Parent, The first section of this eBook focuses on activities dealing with literacy that have to do with winter. We’ve organized the sections in this way to give you an opportunity to preview some of what we have in store for you in the Winter eBook before you buy. The following sections include Math, Science, The Arts, Coloring and Crafts, Miscellaneous Activities, and we chose to wrap the eBook up with Learning through the Winter Calendar. Learning through the Winter Calendar is a key feature of this eBook. First, it provides researched websites that support elementary, intermediate, and high school levels. These websites are filled with activities you can incorporate into your teaching and have been reviewed by our staff. Unlike the Fall eBook, the writing prompts are in their own section. These prompts can be used by intermediate and high school levels. If a parent acts as a scribe, those writing prompts can be altered for early elementary level children. The prompts can even be used for elementary level students with the assistance of a parent. We have worked hard to see that the activities in this eBook are not a repeat of activities in earlier Book Bags. We hope that you find this eBook to be of great assistance in supplementing materials to your already existing homeschool studies. Happy Homeschooling! Donna L. Bathalter Teacher Book Bag, LLC

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Adjectives Rule!!!

The grid below is a great way to generate adjectives. There are four nouns listed across the top. The challenge for you is to find an adjective that begins with the letter to the far left. Feel free to use a dictionary or thesaurus. A few examples have been done for you.

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1. My ________________________Andy and I will make a candy house.

2. He is coming to my home on _________________________________. 3. We will ____________________________ not to eat too much candy. 4. We have to _____________________________ a plan for the house. 5. Then we will __________________________ the plan on the gingerbread. 6. We first will start with a __________________________ to build it on. 7. Andy got the tray __________________________________his mother. 8. We will be careful so that the frosting does not ___________________.

Word Bank

Friday trace try from

friend draw tray drip

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red blue green

purple orange yellow

Color the Cars

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Warming Up with Compound Words!

Use the following pages of mittens to mix and match and form compound words.

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Great site for interactive writing of a diamante poem.

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/diamante-poems-30053.html

How to Write a Diamante Poem WHAT IS A DIAMANTE?

A diamante – pronounced dee-uh-MAHN-tay – is an unrhymed seven-line poem. The beginning and ending lines are the shortest, while the lines in the middle are longer, giving diamante poems a diamond shape. “Diamante” is the Italian word for diamond, so this poetic form is named for this diamond shape. Believe it or not, the diamante was invented just 40 years ago. It was created by an American poet named Iris McClellan Tiedt in 1969, and has become very popular in schools. Also known as a “diamond poem” because of it’s shape, there are two different types of diamantes; synonym diamantes and antonym diamantes. THE RULES OF A DIAMANTE

There are just a few rules to writing a diamante: 1. Diamantes are seven lines long. 2. The first and last lines have just one word.

The second and sixth lines have two words. The third and fifth lines have three words. And the fourth line has four words.

3. Lines 1, 4, and 7 have nouns. Lines 2 and 6 have adjectives. Lines 3 and 5 have verbs.

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Here’s an easy way to visualize all three rules:

Noun Adjective, Adjective Verb, Verb, Verb

Noun, Noun, Noun, Noun Verb, Verb, Verb

Adjective, Adjective Noun

In a synonym diamante, the nouns at the beginning and end are two words that mean basically the same thing. In an antonym diamante, the two nouns are opposites. Here are a couple of examples:

SYNONYM DIAMANTE

In this diamante, the words “Monsters” and “Creatures” mean the same thing, so they are synonyms.

Monsters Evil, Spooky

Howling, Shrieking, Wailing Ghosts, Vampires, Goblins, Witches

Flying, Scaring, Terrifying Creepy, Crawly

Creatures

ANTONYM DIAMANTE

In this diamante, you might say that the words “Cat” and “Dog” are opposites, or “antonyms,” so this is an antonym diamante.

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Cat

Gentle, Sleepy Purring, Meowing, Scratching Whiskers, Fur, Collar, Leash

Barking, Licking, Digging Slobbery, Playful

Dog

GETTING STARTED

To start writing a diamante, you first need to decide what thing you want to write about. The reason you want to pick a thing is that your first and last lines need to be nouns. In other words, your diamante will be about a noun, such as a “pencil” or a “pizza,” rather than about a verb, such as “jump” or an adjective like “smelly.” An easy thing to write about is something you like or something you see around you. Next, you’ll want to decide whether you want to write a synonym diamante or an antonym diamante. If you want to write a synonym diamante, you’ll want to select another word that means the same thing as your subject. If you are going to write an antonym diamante, choose a word that is its opposite. For this example, I will show you how to write an antonym diamante about the “sun,” and my second noun is “moon,” since the sun and the moon can be considered opposites.

Once you’ve chosen your two nouns, take a piece of paper and brainstorm as many words as you can that have to do with each of

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them. For example, make one column for each word and write down everything you can think of. You’ll want adjectives (descriptive words), verbs (action words), and even more nouns. Your lists should look something like this:

Sun Moon hot cold yellow silver fiery night day still light orbiting blinding shining exploding beautiful distant crescent Don’t worry if you have more words than you need. It’s better to have too many words to choose from than not enough. Finally, you’ll want to arrange your diamante, putting the synonyms or antonyms at the top and bottom, the adjectives next, on lines 2 and 6, the verbs after that on lines 3 and 5, and lastly your additional nouns on the middle line. In the top half of the poem – lines 2 and 3 – your adjectives and verbs should be ones from your first brainstorming column – words that have to do with line 1, like this:

Sun Fiery, Yellow

Burning, Blinding, Exploding

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In the bottom half of the poem – lines 5 and 6 – your adjectives and verbs should be related to the noun on line 7, like this:

Shining, Orbiting, Reflecting Cold, Silver

Moon On line 4, the line in the middle of the poem, the first two nouns should be related to the noun on line 1, and the last two nouns should be related to the noun on line 7, like this:

Flame, Light, Night, Crescent When you put everything together, you’ll end up with something like this:

Sun Fiery, Yellow

Burning, Blinding, Exploding Flame, Light, Night, Crescent Shining, Orbiting, Reflecting

Cold, Silver Moon

THINGS TO REMEMBER

As you begin writing your own diamantes, here are the important things to remember: Diamantes can be about anything They are 7 lines long The word count is simple: 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1

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Your lines should have: noun, adjectives, verbs, nouns, verbs, adjectives, noun

Try to “center” your poem on the page to give it a diamond shape Most importantly, have fun!

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Don’t Wake Up the Bear

By Marjorie Dennis Murray

Illustrated by Patricia Wittman

A big, soft, warm bear is hibernating for the winter when he is spied by a group of cold animals wishing to share his warmth. One by one the animals cozy up to the sleeping bear. Despite the hare’s warning, “Don’t wake the bear,” a mouse’s sneeze wakes the bear. The animals all scramble because the bear is hungry. All is safe and well as the bear finds berries to eat.

Here are links to additional information about hibernation and added activities.

http://notjustcute.com/2009/12/11/dont-wake-the-bear/

http://all4mychild.com/dont-wake-up-the-bear/

http://www.preschool-plan-it.com/hibernation.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_8367335_teach-children-bears-winter.html

Have your little one color the following illustration of a bear brown. Have them trace the letters in the sentence with their pencils.

Animal cards have been created to go with the story.

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The brown bear is awake.

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Down on the Farm with Prepositions

Directions

Put a red X on the word “in”.

Circle the word “out” in green.

Underline the word “above” in blue.

Put a purple X on the word “below”.

Circle the word “beside” in orange.

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Drop Everything and Draw Opposites! Follow the directions on the next page.

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Draw the opposite of the following things.

1. Your favorite pair of shoes in square D. 2. A pet you’d like to own in square E. 3. Your favorite kind of food in square F. 4. Your favorite book to read in square C. 5. Your favorite toy in square G. 6. Your family car in square I. 7. Your favorite place to visit in square A. 8. A picture of yourself as a grown up in square B. 9. Your favorite person from history in square H.

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Color Code Ends in a “d” - red Ends in a “g” - blue Ends in a “t” - green

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How to Build a Snowman

The next seven pages are illustrations depicting the building of a snowman by a group of people. Run off the pages and shuffle them. Have your learner put them in sequential order and then write about what’s going on in each picture. When they’re done, they will have a book that they can be proud of. Bind it together with the cover on front. There’s a word bank to use in choosing the right word and spelling as they write. Cut it out separately. Have your child read their story to the family. Celebrate their hard work.

Word Bank

snow snowman snowball strong roll packed heavy bottom middle top together balance girls boys carrot top hat happy smiling excited branches arms coal buttons scarf smile eyes helped lifted celebrated hard work cold field boots dressed earmuffs coats toboggans scarves gloves cheery

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I’m Quite a Character!

A Picture of Me!

My name is _____________________________________________ .

Here is a description of myself:

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What I plan on being when I’m older:

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I think the most important thing that ever happened to me is

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One way I am like other people is

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One way that I am unique is

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preschool rewrite preview

misuse disrespect disagree

unhappy rearrange unwrap

Color the mittens where the underlined word is the base word.

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misplace impolite precook

dislike misread remove

uncover replay unable

Color the mittens where the underlined word is the base word.

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Person Place Thing

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church

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store

brother

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sweater

living room

airplane

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Cut out the nouns and place them in the correct column. Glue them down. Afterwards, write a story using the nouns in your list.

Hint: There are six nouns in each column.

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Person Place Thing

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brother

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church

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living room

store

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sweater

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Read an interesting piece about penguins while you correct the bloopers. Circle the incorrect words as you go. Feel free to use a dictionary. Rewrite the passage

with corrections.

Watch Me Go!

Im a penguin. I live in the Antartic where it is very cold. Im a bird but I do not fly. I swim in the oceon to find my food. I use my flipers like wings to help me move undr the water. I also have long, shrp claws to grip the ice and snow. I am an Emperor penguin. We live together in a big groop called a colony.

My mthr and father spend most of the yr apart at sea. In Aprl, when it is time to mate, they come ontoo land. They recognize each othr by their crys. Emperor penguins have very loud vooces. This is important, since they recognize each othr by their vooces, not by sight.

Penguins retorn to the same colony every yr. There are only about 40 coloneys of Emperor penguins in the world, and aboot 400,000 adolts.

When my mthr lays an egg, she give it to my father. He tucks it undr his pouch. Now its time for Mom to go off in surch of food while Dad keeps the egg safe and worm. Fathr penguins don’t eat while the mthrs are away. The egg sits safelie undr its Dads fluffy feathers. Fathr penguins have to move slowly and carfully so they don’t drop the eggs.

Female penguins scoot off to the sea by slidding on their tummies, since this is quiker than walking. They spind the winter feeding in the sea, then return in the spring jest before their egg hashes.

Dad keeps the egg worm for two moonths. Then Mom returns and he give her the egg. The new penguin will be boorn in Moms pooch, while Dad gos to eat.

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The new penguin chick uses a hard spot on its beek, called an egg tooth, to pech its way slowly out of the egg. It can take three dais to hatch out.

The chicks downy fathers are soft and worm, but they are not waterproof. Mom helps keep them cleen and fluffy. Moms big toes lift the chick off the frozen ground to keep it worm.

Aftr the chick is boorn, Mom and Dad take turns feding it a keeping it safe and worm. How wood you like spit-up for dinner? The penguin parrents store food in their stomaches and than spit it up for the chick. While the parrents gathr food, the chicks hoodle together in groups called crèches. The chicks only eat about 16 meels in the five months it takes them to grew up. Hoodling togethr keeps the chicks worm. Parents recognise their chick by its cry.

Aftr five moonths, the chick is starting to grew its adolt, waterprof feathrs. This meens itll be able to swim and find its own food. A penguin can be as big as its fathr, but it cant feed itselve yet.

It take the penguin a few weeks to loose its baby feathers and grew adolt feathrs. This is called fledging. Adolt penguins also grew new feathrs each yr as the old one ware out. Once the new penguins have their watrprof feathrs they are reedy to start swimming and hoonting for their own fish diner.

Penguins eat many kind of food, like fish and shellfish, but their favorit foods are squid and small shrimp called krill. The young penguins dive deep by watching othr penguins do the same. When they catch a fish they swollow it hold. Emperor penguins can spind up to 20 minoutes underwater on one breathe.

Here are some fax you may not knew. Penguins can drink booth saltwatr and freshwatr. They have bristles on their tongues that keep slippary seefood from getting aweigh. They also live only in the Soutern hemisphere.

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Mistakes!

Im a penguin. I live in the Antartic where it is very cold. Im a bird but I do not fly. I swim in the oceon to find my food. I use my flipers like wings to help me move undr the water. I also have long, shrp claws to grip the ice and snow. I am an Emperor penguin. We live together in a big groop called a colony.

My mthr and father spend most of the yr apart at sea. In Aprl, when it is time to mate, they come ontoo land. They recognize each othr by their crys. Emperor penguins have very loud vooces. This is important, since they recognize each othr by their vooces, not by sight.

Penguins retorn to the same colony every yr. There are only about 40 coloneys of Emperor penguins in the world, and aboot 400,000 adolts.

When my mthr lays an egg, she give it to my father. He tucks it undr his pouch. Now its time for Mom to go off in surch of food while Dad keeps the egg safe and worm. Fathr penguins dont eat while the mthrs are away. The egg sits safelie undr its Dads fluffy feathers. Fathr penguins have to move slowly and carfully so they don’t drop the eggs.

Female penguins scoot off to the sea by slidding on their tummies, since this is quiker than walking. They spind the winter feeding in the sea, then return in the spring jest before their egg hashes.

Dad keeps the egg worm for two moonths. Then Mom returns and he give her the egg. The new penguin will be boorn in Moms pooch, while Dad gos to eat.

The new penguin chick uses a hard spot on its beek, called an egg tooth, to pech its way slowly out of the egg. It can take three dais to hatch out.

The chicks downy fathers are soft and worm, but they are not waterprof. Mom helps keep them cleen and fluffy. Moms big toes lift the chick off the frozen ground to keep it worm.

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Aftr the chick is boorn, Mom and Dad take turns feding it a keeping it safe and worm. How wood you like spit-up for dinner? The penguin parrents store food in their stomaches and than spit it up for the chick. While the parrents gathr food, the chicks hoodle together in groups called crèches. The chicks only eat about 16 meels in the five months it takes them to grew up. Hoodling togethr keeps the chicks worm. Parents recognise their chick by its cry.

Aftr five moonths, the chick is starting to grew its adolt, waterprof feathrs. This meens itll be able to swim and find its own food. A penguin can be as big as its fathr, but it cant feed itselve yet.

It take the penguin a few weeks to loose its baby feathers and grew adolt feathrs. This is called fledging. Adolt penguins also grew new feathrs each yr as the old one ware out. Once the new penguins have their watrprof feathrs they are reedy to start swimming and hoonting for their own fish diner.

Penguins eat many kind of food, like fish and shellfish, but their favorit foods are squid and small shrimp called krill. The young penguins dive deep by watching othr penguins do the same. When they catch a fish they swollow it hold. Emperor penguins can spind up to 20 minoutes underwatr on one breathe.

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I’m a penguin. I live in the Antarctic where it is very cold. I’m a bird but I do not fly. I swim in the ocean to find my food. I use my flippers like wings to help me move under the water. I also have long, sharp claws to grip the ice and snow. I am an Emperor penguin. We live together in a big group called a colony.

My mother and father spend most of the year apart at sea. In April, when it is time to mate, they come onto land. They recognize each other by their cries. Emperor penguins have very loud voices. This is important, since they recognize each other by their voices, not by sight.

Penguins return to the same colony every year. There are only about 40 colonies of Emperor penguins in the world, and about 400,000 adults.

When my mother lays an egg, she gives it to my father. He tucks it under his pouch. Now its time for Mom to go off in search of food while Dad keeps the egg safe and warm. Father penguins don’t eat while the mothers are away. The egg sits safely under its Dad’s fluffy feathers. Father penguins have to move slowly and carefully so they don’t drop the eggs.

Female penguins scoot off to the sea by sliding on their tummies, since this is quicker than walking. They spend the winter feeding in the sea, then return in the spring just before their egg hatches.

Dad keeps the egg warm for two months. Then Mom returns and he gives her the egg. The new penguin will be born in Mom’s pouch, while Dad goes to eat.

The new penguin chick uses a hard spot on its beak, called an egg tooth, to peck its way slowly out of the egg. It can take three days to hatch out.

The chick’s downy feathers are soft and warm, but they are not waterproof. Mom helps keep them clean and fluffy. Mom’s big toes lift the chick off the frozen ground to keep it warm.

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After the chick is born, Mom and Dad take turns feeding it and keeping it safe and warm. How would you like spit-up for dinner? The penguin parents store food in their stomachs and then spit it up for the chick. While the parents gather food, the chicks huddle together in groups called crèches. The chicks only eat about 16 meals in the five months it takes them to grow up. Huddling together keeps the chicks warm. Parents recognize their chick by its cry.

After five months, the chick is starting to grow its adult, waterproof feathers. This means it’ll be able to swim and find its own food. A penguin can be as big as its father, but it can’t feed itself yet.

It takes the penguin a few weeks to lose its baby feathers and grow adult feathers. This is called fledging. Adult penguins also grow new feathers each year as the old ones wear out. Once the new penguins have their waterproof feathers they are ready to start swimming and hunting for their own fish dinner.

Penguins eat many kinds of food, like fish and shellfish, but their favorite foods are squid and small shrimp called krill. The young penguins dive deep by watching other penguins do the same. When they catch a fish they swallow it whole. Emperor penguins can spend up to 20 minutes underwater on one breath.

Here are some facts you may not know. Penguins can drink both saltwater and freshwater. They have bristles on their tongues that keep slippery seafood from getting away. They also live only in the Southern hemisphere.

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Plurals Wrapped with a Bow on Top!

For the following activity you need some additional information. Cut out the following and use for reference.

Rules for Forming Plural Nouns

Add “s” to form the plural of most nouns. Example: gift, gifts Add “es” to nouns that end in the letters “ch” , “sh” , “s” , “x” , or “z” .

Example: church, churches Add “es” to nouns that end with a consonant before an “o” . Example:

hero, heroes For nouns that end with a consonant before a “y” , change the “y” to an “i”

and add “es” . Example: puppy, puppies For nouns that end with a vowel before a “y” , just add “s” . Example:

monkey, monkeys For nouns that end in “f” or “fe” , change the ending to “ve” and add “s”.

Example: leaf, leaves or knife, knives For some nouns, use the same singular and plural forms. Example: deer, deer

or moose, moose For some nouns, change the spelling of the singular noun. Example: man, men

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Use the information on the previous cut-out to identify the plural rule for the nouns listed on each box. Then write the plural form of each noun on the blank provided. Finally, circle the noun that does not fit the rule in each box. Use a dictionary if necessary.

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1. saleswoman ______________________ 2. grandchild ______________________ 3. ox ______________________ 4. hand ______________________

1. donkey _________________________ 2. butterfly _________________________ 3. candy _________________________ 4. strawberry _________________________

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Poetry Patchwork

A Light in the Attic Written and Illustrated by Shel Silverstein Published by HarperCollins Children’s Books Ever have a bag of potato chips and couldn’t eat just one? That’s what reading the poems in this wonderful collection are like. One just won’t do it!

Click here for activities and printables:

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“Crowded Tub” from Shel Silversteins’s A Light in the Attic bubbles over with zany fun.

1. Read the poem aloud to your child. 2. Show them the illustration. 3. Give your child several paper plates and access to a variety of

art supplies and scraps. 4. Have your child decorate the paper plates to resemble his/her

family members including himself/herself. 5. Mount the paper plate portraits above a tub cut-out bearing

the poem. 6. Have him/her to make arm and leg cut-outs as well. 7. This is a great poem to recite and act out.

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Where the Sidewalk Ends Written and Illustrated by Shel Silverstein Published by HarperCollins Publishers If you have a child who is crazy about playing doctor, Shel Silverstein has the prescription for them.

1. Read aloud “Band-Aids.” 2. After getting your child’s spontaneous reactions to the poem, ask

him/her where he/she has used bandages and why bandages are necessary.

3. Give your child several pages, each of which has been programmed with “Band-Aid on my…”

4. Assist your child as he/she draws a different ailing part of his/her body on each of his/her pages.

5. Provide self-adhesive bandages (you can substitute masking tape or cut out the Band-Aids on the next page) for your child to attach to his/her illustrations.

6. Assist your child in finishing the phrase on each page . 7. Staple your child’s illustrations between construction paper covers

to complete the booklets.

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Where the Sidewalk Ends continued: As a prelude to the poem “What’s In The Sack?”, engage your child in a critical-thinking game.

1. Place an object in a sack without letting your child see what the object is.

2. Have your child ask questions that can be answered by “Yes” or “No” about the contents of the sack.

3. When your child correctly identifies the contents of the sack, have them turn away while you place a new object in the sack.

4. Read aloud “What’s In The Sack?” 5. Have your child draw what they think is in the sack. 6. Have your child take a lunch bag and shape it and flatten it. 7. Assist them in stapling the lunch bag over the picture so that

they can still lift it up to see the drawing underneath. 8. Have your child write “I think he has a _(their guess)_ in the

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Something BIG Has Been Here Written by Jack Prelutsky Illustrated by James Stevenson Published by Scholastic Inc. Ready for a coop full of language fun?

1. Read aloud “Last Night I Dreamed Of Chickens.” 2. Engage your child in a conversation about all the different

places that the chickens were in the person’s dream. 3. Brainstorm with your child several more places that chickens

could be and what they could be doing there. 4. Have your child draw or paint pictures illustrating that. 5. Give your child a few sprigs of straw (or shredded tissue paper),

feathers, and parts of a clean eggshell, if possible, to glue to his/her pictures once the drawings are complete.

6. Label each page to match his/her description of what the chicken is doing and where it is.

7. Bind the pages together to make a book entitled “Chicken Dreams.”

More Poetry Books to Consider Poems of A. Nonny Mouse Selected by Jack Prelutsky Illustrated by Henrik Dreschler Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

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Ring Out, Wild Bells: Poems About Holidays And Seasons Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins Illustrated by Karen Baumann Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich For Laughing Out Loud: Poems to Tickle Your Funnybone Selected by Jack Prelutsky Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child’s Book of Poems Selected by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, Eva Moore, Mary Michaels White, Jan Carr Illustrated by nine Caldecott Medal Artists Published by Scholastic Inc. Eats: Poems Written by Arnold Adoff Illustrated by Susan Russo Published by Mulberry Books Sleep Rhymes Around The World Edited by Jane Yolen Illustrated by 17 international artists Published by Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, Inc.

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Cats Are Cats Poems Compiled by Nancy Larrick Illustrated by Ed Young Published by Philomel Books Tickle Day: Poems From Father Goose Written by Charles Ghigna Illustrated by Cyd Moore Published by Hyperion Books for Children Ride A Purple Pelican Written by Jack Prelutsky Illustrated by Garth Williams Published by Greenwillow Books Poems For The Very Young Selected by Michael Rosen Illustrated by Bob Graham Published by Kingfisher Books Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems Written by Mary Ann Hoberman Illustrated by Marilyn Hafner Published by Scholastic Inc.

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Hailstones And Halibut Bones Written by Mary O’Neill Newly Illustrated by John Wallner Published by Doubleday Eric Carle’s Animals Animals Illustrated by Eric Carle Published by Scholastic Inc. The Baby Uggs Are Hatching Written by Jack Prelutsky Illustrated by James Stevenson Published by Greenwillow Books Winter Poems Selected by Barbara Rogasky Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman Published by Scholastic Inc. Blackberry Ink Poems Written by Eve Merriam Illustrated by Hans Wilhelm Published by William Morrow And Company, Inc.

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Poetry Pizzazz Write your topic on the line below. List words that tell about your topic in the different columns.

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Poet’s Toolbox

Alliteration

Definition: Alliteration occurs when the poet uses a sequence of words that begin with the same letter or consonant sound. Example: The slithery snake sneaked sideways. Directions: Select a consonant letter. List as many words as you can that begin with that letter. Then write a sentence using at least three of the words.

Assonance

Definition: Assonance occurs when a poet uses a sequence of words that have the same vowel sound.

Example: These words all have the long “o” sound: thrown, stole, stroll, boast, owe, code, slope, flow, hose, dough.

Directions: Use at least three of the words above in one sentence.

Consonance

Definition: Consonance occurs when a poet uses words that have the same consonant sound anywhere within the words.

Example: The following words all have the consonant sound “r” in them: ready, sorry, run, poetry, picture, ridiculous.

Directions: Use four of the words listed in the example in a sentence.

Poet’s Toolbox Cut out and make a book out of the following poetic devices.

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Definition: Repetition is when the poet repeats words or phrases to create a rhythm or mood.

Example: The water dripped, dripped, dripped from the leaky faucet.

Directions: Write three short sentences that use repetition.

Onomatopoeia

Definition: Onomatopoeia occurs when the poet chooses words whose sounds make you think of the meanings.

Example: meow, woof, zap, bang, pow, buzz, thump, quack, yuck, boom, beep

Directions: Write three short sentences using onomatopoeia.

End Rhyme

Definition: End rhyme occurs when a poet uses words that rhyme at the ends of two or more lines of poetry.

Example: The girl walked down the street.

Listening to the rhythm of her feet.

Directions: Write a word and list other words that rhyme with it. Then write two sentences, each ending with a different word from your list.

Rhythm

Definition: Rhythm is the way a poem moves from one idea to the next. In many poems (but not all), words are arranged in patterns of accented and unaccented syllables. Example: Ro/ses /are /red Vio/lets /are /blue (4 syllables; accents on the first and last syllables) Directions: Write two sentences that have the same number of syllables.

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Same Vowel Sounds

Spice up this activity by using the green board or the whiteboard with children for laying down cards. This activity has four sets of words and pictures with the same vowel sound. Provide different directions to work with these.

Match the word cards that have the “i” sound as in chick to the picture cards.

Match the word cards that have the “u” sound as in bus to the picture cards.

Match the word cards that have the “a” sound as in bat to the picture cards.

Match the word cards that have the “e” sound as in hen to the picture cards.

Lay down the bat and can picture cards. Have your child name them. Lay down the duck, pig, hen, and ant picture cards. Ask your child which one has the same “a” sound as in bat and can.

Do the same with other combinations of cards.

Lay down the word cards bus and truck. Have your child read the words. Then lay down the word cards chick, fence, cat, and duck. Have them read the words and match the words with the “u” sound as in bus and truck.

Do the same with other combinations of cards.

Lay down the word cards fence and fish. Point out that although the vowel sounds are the same, the vowel is different. Do the same with hen and chick. Finally do the same with pencil and pig.

After your child is familiar with all of the words and picture cards, shuffle the cards and lay them out in rows. Have them play a game of Concentration. They can either match a word card to a picture card that shares the same vowel sound or they can match the correct word card with the exact picture card. You might want to narrow the selection to make the game easier. For instance, you could use all of the “i” vowel sound cards and all of the “u” vowel sound cards. Gradually increase the number of cards involved.

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Simple Similes

Read each of the similes below. Then, in the blank beside each, list items that fit the simile’s description.

Example- As black as pitch: midnight, a black cat, up a chimney

1. as blind as a bat_____________________________________________ 2. as brave as a lion____________________________________________ 3. as busy as a beaver__________________________________________ 4. as clear as a bell_____________________________________________ 5. as clean as a whistle__________________________________________ 6. as clear as mud______________________________________________ 7. as cold as ice________________________________________________ 8. as cool as a cucumber_________________________________________ 9. as dry as a bone______________________________________________ 10. as easy as A.B.C._____________________________________________ 11. as flat as a pancake__________________________________________ 12. as free as a bird______________________________________________ 13. as fresh as a daisy____________________________________________ 14. as gentle as a lamb___________________________________________ 15. as good as gold______________________________________________

Create five similes of your own. List items that fit your simile’s description.

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S-S-S-S-S-S

Seven silly snowmen Sitting side by side Out came the sun, And they had to hide. Two behind the sled Two behind the tree, Two behind the snowbank, And one behind me.

1. How many snowmen are there? ______________________________ 2. How many do you see? ______________________________________ 3. Where did they all hide? ________________________________________

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4. Why did they hide? ________________________________________ 5. What letter do you hear at the beginning of the words in the first two

lines? ____________________________________________________ 6. List the words in the poem that begin with that letter. There are eight words.

One is used twice so we’ll count it one time.

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7. What word rhymes with side?

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8. What word rhymes with tree?

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9. Snowmen is a compound word. What other compound word starting with snow do you see? __________________________________________

10. Draw all seven hidden snowmen the way you think they would look peaking at you. Draw what they are hiding behind. Don’t forget the eighth one.

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1. Eight; “me” refers to the snowman telling the poem. He’s at the top of the

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2. One

3. Behind the sled, behind the tree, behind the snowbank, and behind the snowman telling the poem

4. The sun came out.

5. “S”

6. Seven, silly, snowmen, sitting, side, sun, sled, snowbank

7. Hide

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S Is for Snowman

S is for snowman Round and fat. Sitting outside, Wearing a hat.

I brought him inside, And sat him on the mat. And before very long, The snowman was flat.

1. What does the letter “S” stand for?

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2. What two words describe the snowman?

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3. Where is the snowman at first?

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4. What is he wearing in the poem? ________________________________________________________________

5. What is he wearing in the picture? ________________________________________________________________

6. How did he end up inside? ________________________________________________________________

7. What word rhymes with “fat”? (There are three of them.) ________________________________________________________________

8. What happened to the snowman? Why? ________________________________________________________________

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1. Snowman

2. Round and fat

3. Sitting outside

4. He’s wearing a hat.

5. Hat, scarf, coat, and gloves

6. The person telling the poem, the poet, brought him inside.

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Sight bleary blurred brilliant colorless dazzling dim dingy faded faint flashy gaudy glance gleaming glimpse glistening glittering gloomy glossy glowing grimy hazy indistinct misty peer radiant shadowy shimmering shiny smudged sparkling streaked striped tarnished twinkling

Sound bellow blare buzz cackle cheer clamor clang crackle creak grumble gurgle hiss howl hush jabber mumble murmur mutter rant rave roar rumble rustle screech shriek shrill sizzle snarl squawk squeal swish thud thump whimper yelp

Touch biting bristly bumpy chilly coarse cold cool crawly creepy cuddly dusty feathery feverish fluffy furry fuzzy gooey greasy gritty hairy icy limp lumpy moist oily powdery prickly scratchy shivery silky slimy slippery springy squashy sticky sweaty velvety

Taste appetizing bitter bland creamy delectable delicious flavorful flavorless gingery luscious nauseating palatable peppery piquant refreshing ripe rotten salty savory scrupmptious sharp sour spicy spoiled stale sugary sweet tangy tasteless tasty unappetizing unripe vinegary yummy zesty

Smell acrid ambrosial aroma aromatic fetid foul-smelling fragrant malodorous mephitic moldy musty nidorous odiferous odor odeorless olid perfumed pungent putrid rancid rank redolent reeking scent scented smell spicy stenon sweet waft whiff

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.Vocabulary Hunt Write a word in each box.

an action word

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a synonym for hot

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a seasonal word

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a descriptive word

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an adjective that starts with

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a homograph

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a geographical term

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a three-syllable word

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a verb that has less than five letters

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an antonym for large

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a contraction

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a greeting

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a word used in gardening

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a two-syllable word

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a noun that has five letters

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an emotion

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a compound word

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a holiday word

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Winter Word Bank

winter, season, weather, December, January, February, scarf, hat, cap, beanie, mittens, gloves, sweater, jacket, coat, vest, shawl, leggings, boots, pajamas, robe, slippers, socks, booties, wool, fleece, heavy, wrap, bundle, blanket, comforter, quilt, patchwork, skiing, sledding, skating, jingle, shiver, chill, breath, snowstorm, blizzard, rain, sleet, snow, snowflakes, snow bank, snowball, powder, drift, crust, ice, icicles, crystals, frost, cold, bitter, windy, nippy, gusting, frozen, frigid, sparkling, slippery, icy, crunchy, lacy, delicate, soft, fluffy, knee-deep, powdery, freezing, melting, blustery, cloudy, dreary, drippy, slushy, rainy, snowman, shovel, bells, sled, sleigh, skis, ice skates, snowboard, toboggan, hill, mountain, pond, rink, forest, woods, creek, river, lane, road, holly, pine, cedar, fir, balsam, scent, boughs, wreath, trees, branches, bare, dark, silvery, blue, white, gray, brown, clear, piney, bird feeder, cardinal, suet, berries, hibernate, knit, sew, snuggle, read, book, stories, hearth, smoke, chimney, coals, flames, fire, fireplace, blazing, crackling, glowing, warm, cozy, toasty, spiced, spicy, tea, cider, cocoa, mug, popcorn, sugar, vanilla, spice, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking, aroma, waft

Use these words to have your learner categorize them.

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Outdoor Words Indoor Words

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Writing Prompts

The following pages are to be used to prompt your learner into writing short paragraphs or stories. They are for all ages and for that reason we have not formatted lines for them. Have your child cut them out and glue them at the top of the paper they normally use. Some of the pictures are to be put in sequential order. The following word bank has been created for their use. Have them cut it out in order for it to be accessible. In order to make the most of each prompt ask your child questions. What is happening in the illustration? What will happen next? What happened before the illustration occurred? What’s a great title? Name your characters. Describe the setting. Describe the weather.

Word Bank snow angel dog barking window snowflakes girls boys shoveling path helpful throw snowball taste icy cold scarf thankful playful chase tugged escaped caught skis skiing hill climbed brushed off downhill swoosh sled sledding toboggan feed deer fawn pulled ice skates ice skating balance fight fort

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