Theme 3: That's Amazing!           

If sunlight fell like snowflakes, gleaming yellow and so bright, we could build a sunman, we could have a sunball fight......Frank Asch

Books can bring us a bit of magic and fantasy.  Meet some unforgettable characters in these stories:

    The Stranger by 

Chris Van Allsburg    

Writing Activity:

Writing an Explanation

On-line Activity: 

Post a Book Review

Other Sites:

An Activity for the Stranger  

Author Spotlight    

  Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella by Robert D. San Souci

Writing Activity:

Five Story Beginnings

On-line Activity:

Send an e-card

Writing a Story: this is a neat site that gives you a good description of the ways plan, begin and end a story.

 

Other Sites:

The Princess and the Golden Shoes A Cinderella Variant

Grimm's Version of Cinderella (with audio)

Grimm's Kid's Activity

 

 

Heat Wave! by Helen Ketteman

Writing Activity:

Writing a Story

Flat Stanley Stories

On-line Activity:

Go on a Web Field Trip

Writing a Story: this is a neat site that gives you a good description of the ways plan, begin and end a story.

 

Other Sites:

Paul Bunyan

 

Book Reports  

There will be 1 book report for this theme.  Choose from the book report options below. Click here to get the scoop on book reports in Mrs. Byer's class.

Mini-booklet

Create Your Own Book Report

Make A Puppet

Theme Celebration

A Camp Out

We will push back the chairs and desks and lay down sleeping bags. You will share your stories that you have written.  We will make so'mores to eat.

On to the next theme: Problem Solvers

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