“Horton'Hears'A'Who”'Lesson'Ideas!

Idea #1 Clover Project!!PART 1!After the read aloud. Discuss the phrase: “a person’s a person no matter how small.” Some questions to ask:!!

● What did Horton do that was so important? ● How do you think it made the Who’s feel that Horton cared so much? ● What would have happened to the Who’s if Horton didn’t protect them? ● What was the lesson of this story? ● What does, “ a person’s a person no matter how small” mean? ● Have you ever done a good deed for someone else? ● How did it make them feel? ● How did it make you feel?

!PART 2!On the clover, the students draw a picture of a nice thing (or things) that they did for someone else. On the lines provided, students write sentences that says what they did and another sentence that describes how it made them feel.!!Lesson'Source:'http://www.scribd.com/doc/13737698/HortonCHearsCaCWhoCLessonCPlan!

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!Idea #2 Creating a Whole New World!!Create your own world: Horton found a world floating on a small speck of dust. Ask the students to imagine if they had found a small speck of dust floating by them. Ask them to imagine that there was a small world with cities, towns, etc. on this small speck of dust. What would this world be like? The children will develop their very own small world and draw a map of this world. The students can label the various parts of their world including buildings, streets, etc.!

Give students an XL sheet of construction paper and black markers to draw the roads. Then have them cut out the pictures they want to use from the “Horton Images” file and they can design their own world. They can draw their own buildings too!!

Supplies Needed!

● Large construction paper ● Black Markers ● Regular markers and/or colored pencils and/or crayons ● Horton Images printed out (color if possible) ● Scissors ● Glue/tape

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