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Underdogs in the Classroom!

Pipsqueaks,
Slowpokes and Stinkers: Celebrating Animal Underdogs
has
now spent 6 days in the world, and so far, it’s been getting terrific feedback from
kids and adults.

Because the book can enhance science lessons and also works
well as a gentle lead in for discussions about accepting others and celebrating
differences, it’s a great addition to elementary classrooms.

 

To make it
even more useful, I’ve created four different educational resources full of
teaching ideas. I hope you’ll check them out.

There’s a read
aloud guide
that’s perfect for #classroombookaday. It includes questions
to guide reading and activities students can do to reinforce the science and
character building content.

There’s a teacher’s
guide
with science activities that support NGSS as well as a range of fun
ELA and art activities.

There’s a readers
theater
script that students will love practicing and performing. It
includes 21 roles at a range of reading levels, so every student can successfully
participate. Readers theater is a powerful ELA
activity
because it gives students an authentic reason to practice reading
the same text over and over.



And finally, there’s a groovy
mega map
that shows where the animals in the book live and provides
some vital stats about each creature. Kids will love poring over it and sharing
the info with friends.

2 Responses

  1. I just discovered this, Melissa! What a treasure trove! We’ll be practicing the Reader’s Theatre soon! Thank you so much for the fantastic resources for the classroom and/or library!

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