creepy carrots
DESCRIPTION
Brainstorm ways to use this story across the curriculumTRANSCRIPT
Literature Ideas
Title:
Author:
Fiction or Nonfiction
Theme:
Reading
Phonics/Phonemic Awareness:
Word Identification:
Writing
Math
Social Sciences Other
Comprehension/Vocabulary:
Fluency
Creepy CarrotsAaron Reynolds
Fiction (fantasy)Scary things, Vegetables
r consonant blends (cr, gr, scr, br)
proper nouns, common nounsverbs with -ed, -ing endingcontractions
PredictionLiterary Device: SuspenseSequence the EventsPersonal Connection
Transition words (tell a story words)“first, that night, the next morning,by the end of the week, as the sun finally set”
Dialogue and tag words other than “said”
Surprise endingsWrite a story about another food or item rebelling against humans
How to read … in textLarge text!
hatchedpassionyankedsinister
Food Groups:sorting vegetables/fruits
How to solve a problem
Feelings
Use carrots as a manipulative toadd, subtract, multiply, divide
Elapsed time (or telling time)
Collect data and graph favorite vegetable
Caldecot Honor books
Art… illustrations/drawing
Pair with other vegetable books: Tops and Bottoms, Growing Vegetable Soup, Carrot Soup
Eat carrots for snack