There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly

As a whole class:

• the teacher can create an old lady with a slit for the mouth
• after reading the book, have the students make pictures of all of the different things that the old lady swallowed out of paper
• as you read the book out loud for the second time, let the children place the different objects in the old ladies mouth!
• if there are not enough objects for every student in the class, the students could create more objects for the old lady to swallow!

The Cat in the Hat

• create a word search with key terms from the book "The Cat in the Hat"
• have your students complete the word search (great interactive, different activity for the students to complete)
• tell the children to pick ONE word from the word search, and create a drawing about that word. (it can relate to family, friends, school etc.)

Ode to a Giant Poem Example

Ode to a giant,

lying dead in my yard,

living in this house will be oh so hard!

What should we do (everyone says this together)

Jack is to blame,

he is so lame,

he tries to turn everything into a game

something must be done or this town will go to shame

What should we do?

Our town will not longer be bland

we decided to open fee fi foo fun land!

We will sell bean soup,

call all the newspapers to give them the scoop.

Now we know what to do!

Jack and the Beanstalk

In small groups:

• decide what you would do if you lived in the house next to Jack and you have a huge beanstalk and a Dead Giant in your yard...with those ideas the teacher will help put them all together to create

-a museum

-a theme park

-a carnival

• have each group write a poem to read at the grand opening starting with "Ode to a giant..."

Rainbow Fish to the Rescue

• let the students make their own rainbow fish using different materials (i.e: aluminum foil, colored paper, crayons, glitter etc.)
• have the children write about a time when they included someone when others didn't want to
• put the students in the place of the rainbow fish, and have them write about how they feel
• each student can decorate their own "shiny scale" with information about themselves and then put every students scale on one big blown up fish (this will help the children realize that they should all come together even with all their differences)

Rainbow Fish

provide an example so the kids feel more comfortable...

• let the children share their feeling with the rest of the class
• have them create a story on the feelings that they described out loud in class

Where the Wild Things Are...

In groups:

• form 3 groups-act out the beginning. middle, and end of story

Individually:

• draw a picture of your own wild thing and name it
• let the children share amongst their classmates