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Fun Activities with Hannah and Jack
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Each child can make and send a postcard
to a friend or relative. Use real postcards
as models. Discuss the uses of postcards
and what types of things the children might
want to write on their postcards. |
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To help build visual literacy skills, have children
use the illustrations to figure out what Hannah
packed in Jack's suitcase. What would they
pack for their pet? |
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Have children make a list of other famous cats
they know! Record their contributions on chart
paper. |
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Make a sensory map! Assign a group of
children to listen for each of the following:
1. things that Hannah saw
2. heard
3. smelled
4. touched
Re-read Hannah and Jack aloud. Have
each group report out their findings and
record their responses on a chart. Dis-
cuss the results. Was one sense used
more than the others?
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Mary Morgan used watercolors and gouache
to illustrate Hannah and Jack. Can children
do a library search and find other books that
are illustrated in watercolors? Can they find
books that are illustrated in a different medium?
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| A postcard from a student at Hoopa Valley Elementary School. |
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Egg-cellent Activities for Mary Veronica's Egg!
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Have students identify creatures that hatch
from eggs. Put the names of these creatures
across the top of a piece of chart paper. Each
student can place a sticker under the animal
they think will hatch from Mary Veronica's egg.
Discuss results of their poll before and after the
book is read.
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Using the list above, have students make
a bar graph that compares how long it takes
for each creature to hatch. Students can
form teams to research this data.
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Students can organize a pet fair for the
classroom. Pick a day and time. Make
posters and ribbons. Write a press release
for the local newspapers. Who will be the
judge?! |
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Students can design their own egg cradles.
Ask each student to choose a creature from
one of the lists above. How big is their crea-
ture's egg? How much does it weigh? Have
them draw a picture of how their egg cradle
would look, or make a real one using found
materials. Can they prove that their designs
would really be able to carry their egg? |
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Students can fold a piece of paper in half;
cut the paper in the shape of an egg, leaving
the fold at the top so it will open up like a
greeting card. On the inside, they can draw
what's inside THEIR egg. |
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| Eggs, eggs and more eggs! |
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