Story Stretchers for the Primary Grades: Activities to Expand Children's Favorite BooksThe teacher's favorite whole language curriculum--now with 450 fresh new teaching ideas for grades 1-3. Each of 90 best-loved children's books is the basis for five cross-curriculum activities, including writing center. ". . . Raines and Canady have lost nothing of the creative insight and imagination that makes their work the best of its kind".--Jim Trelease, author of The New Read-Aloud Handbook. |
Contents
Story Stretchers | 12 |
Preface | 19 |
Josephina The Great Collector | 27 |
A Bazaar A Mar | 33 |
Families | 39 |
Star | 45 |
Our Amelia | 48 |
Frog and Toad Together | 54 |
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald | 60 |
Three Brave Women | 66 |
Alexander And The Terrible Horrible | 72 |
Something Special For | 75 |
Decorating A Cake | 81 |
The Empty | 87 |
Farewell To Shady Glade | 94 |
Common terms and phrases
Amelia Bedelia animals Ask the children Barbara Cooney Bill Peet cassette tape chalk CHARLOTTE'S WEB chil child children will learn Classroom Library collection colored pencils construction paper crayons Creative Dramatics Discuss display draw dren favorite flannel board funny glue graders Greenwillow index cards Jacket illustration John Himmelman Josephina Let the children look MAGIC SCHOOL BUS markers Materials Miss Rumphius Music And Movement names need Chalkboard need Chart tablet need Writing paper Older children parents pets play poem polar bear posterboard rain Read-Aloud Suggestions Story record Reprinted by permission retell Roxaboxen scene Science And Nature Show the children small groups song stapler Storyline Read-Aloud Suggestions STRETCHER For Art STRETCHER For Classroom STRETCHER For Music STRETCHER For Science STRETCHER For Writing Suggestions Story Stretchers talk tall tall tale teacher Tell the children tion Toad tures watercolors Writing Center York Younger children