There Resources
This wiki gives good examples of questions which could facilitate discussions based on this book. Some philosophical questions about the future and our capacity to know about it are geared towards older children. http://www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org/wiki/There For the younger classes, teachers could focus the discussion on how the pupils will change when they get older: will they still like to do the same things, or will they change, and what do they think will be different about them when they are older In Maths, the class could discuss some of the beliefs the girl has about the future and decide if they are possible, impossible, definite, likely, or unlikely. This book is told exclusively in questions. During English, ask students to construct or write other questions that they would like to ask about the future. This would also a good opportunity to focus on the question mark and could be linked with Tom Lichtenheld's book Exclamation Point. In Art, children could paint or draw what they think 'There' looks like. They could also paint a picture of what they think they will look like when they are older. |
I am I Resources
On this wiki a lesson plan in doc and ppt format were shared, for older classes. http://english378.wikispaces.com/Picture+Book+Teaching+Ideas
This is a book about the power of words, and also about how we can achieve more when we work together, rather than apart. These are two issues that could be examined in S.P.H.E. Teachers could ask students to think of examples when people, or groups have worked with each other, and against and examine the consequences in History, and today.
This is a powerful book, where most of the story is told in the pictures. Teachers could ask students to put words to the story by closely examining the illustrations. This is also a story about the imagination, and how it can take us to new worlds. Begin a discussion about imaginary games that pupils like to play, or played when they were younger. |
Izzy and Skunk resources
Compare and contrast Izzy and Skunk's characters The PPDS has created a lesson plan for Junior and Senior Infants when reading Izzy and Skunk, with activities to develop the theme. This is the link for the pdf http://www.ppds.ie/pcsparchive/english/izzyandskunk.pdf or it can also be downloaded here
As Izzy was afraid of shadows, this could lead to a science lesson and investigations into how shadows form.
Discuss what Izzy was afraid of, and then ask the pupils what they are afraid of, and why. Martin Waddell's books Owl Babies and Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? would be good companion books for this discussion. |
The Long March resources
This book is based on a true story, about the Choctaws, who were forced by the U.S. government to leave their ancestral home in Mississippi in 1847 but collected $170 from their savings for the Irish during the Great Famine. As a result of reading this book, readers will learn about the Choctaw's 'Long March' to the west, and also about the Irish who were walking looking for food during the famine. Therefore, an in-depth study into these subjects would be very appropriate. In the following PDF are New Jersey lesson plans, based on caring, respect and tolerance, for Fourth Grade. Included in this packet is a lesson plan based on the book The Long March. The PDF can downloaded from the following link http://www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/downloads/curriculum/ caring_makes_a_difference_K-4_%20curriculum_guide.pdf Marita Conlon-McKenna's trilogy 'Children of the Famine' would be good companion books for this topic. |