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submitted by Cheryl
Weighill
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Print the sentence frame on a strip
of heavy paper and stapled on a stack of papers so the children could add
their own illustrations and words.
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Make frame sentences to make an
add-on book. For example:
I like peaches
I like pears
I like eating on the stairs
I like sandwiches,
I like stew
I like eating next to you.
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Use Chicka Chicka for a poem
starter. For example:
This group-comprised poem was a
follow up to the story. The children loved using it as a transition poem in
the classroom. Wherever there are lines we inserted classmates' names.
Skit, skat, skoodle doot, flip flop
flee
Everyone come to the carpet with
me.
Chicka chicka boom boom’
will there be enough room?
Here comes _______ and __________
and __________ and tag-along _____________ all on their way to the carpet
with me.
Chicka chicka boom boom will there
be enough room?
Look who’s coming!
It’s ____________, _____________,
______________, _____________ and ___________, _____________, ______________
and _____________, ____________, _______________.
Still more ____________, and
______________, _____________, ____________.
The whole class is on the carpet
with me.
Skit, skat, skoodle doot.
Flip flop flee
Everybody’s ready and looking at
me.
We also substituted the word carpet
with gym, tables, lockers, etc.
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We brainstormed a list of red
things. (Notice the plurals)
Cherries, Boots, Sweaters,
Tomatoes, Foxes, Flowers, Hearts, Socks, Markers, Paint, Apples, Lava,
Pillows, Ants, Shoes, Blood,
Lips, Fire, Pants, Earrings, Leaves, bikes, doors,
Sample of student work: After
hearing the story and compiling the chart together children were invited to
write their own red poems. Below is a sample of some of their writings.
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Red, red
What is red?
A bike is red as fast as can
be.
Red, Red
What is red?
A door is red.
Look I see one! |
Red, red
What is red?
Leaves are red.
A leaf as red as September. |
Red, red
What is red?
Ants are red/
As small as can be.
Fires are red, as hot as can
be.
Lips are red as eating as can
be. |
Red, red
What is red?
A heart is red.
As lovable as can be |
Red, red
What is red?
Apples are red as juicy as can
be.
Paint is red as sticky as can
be.
Lava is red as lava hot as can
be.
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After reading the story,
Those Green Things,
the children brainstormed and compiled a list of green things.
Socks, Pajamas, bugs, Worms,
Garbage bags, Beans, Garden hoses, Snakes, Martians, Grass, Shirt,
Leaf, Tree, Pillow, Sheets,
Streamers, Alligator, Plant, Car, Grapes, Frogs, Crayon, Dragon, Binder,
Umbrella, Pants, Juice
Samples of student work: After
hearing the story and compiling the chart together children were invited to
write their own green poems. Below is a sample of some of their writings.
(written the first week, second day of grade one)
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Green, green
A tree is green.
I like green. |
Green, green
A pillow is green
I like green. |
Green, green
Beans are green
I like green. |
Green, green
A car is green
I like green. |
Green, green
A candy is green
I like green.
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