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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Nobody Hugs a Cactus

 


Nobody Hugs a Cactus by Carter Goodrich is a great read aloud for all students.  It has a great message about kindness, friendship, and change.  This leads to a great discussion about character traits and how characters can change throughout a story.

After discussing the character traits of the main characters, we discussed our own personal traits that we would use to describe ourselves.  A fun way to share a little more about ourselves was to make these mini foldable character trait books.  We drew a picture of ourselves and wrote down a few traits that might describe us.  Accordion fold them to make a little mini book. Trade with a partner so everyone can learn a little bit more about each other.  This could be a fun beginning of the year  getting to know you activity.  

You can find these mini books at my TPT store HERE!


Another fun activity that correlates to this book involves a little research.  Allow students to come up with a list of other "prickly" animals.  Use books and research databases to learn a little bit more about their prickly animals.  Here are some animal ideas!

    -Porcupine

    -Hedgehog

    -Sea Urchin

    -Bearded Dragon

    -Lionfish

    -Stingray

We also created a list of animals that might have a prickly personality. They don't want hugs either! Here are a few ideas.

    -Sharks

    -Bears

    -Spiders

    -Rattlesnakes

After doing a little research on the animals, students can create their own page to showcase the prickly animal and add in a few fun facts about why we might not want to hug them.  Students can draw a picture to go with their fun facts.

You can find this page at my TPT store HERE!



Enjoy!

Giant Pants!


 

Have you read this super fun book aloud to your students yet?  You should definitely check it out!  It's a crowd favorite. In this book, the giant can't find his pants anywhere!  He asks his friends if he can borrow theirs, but none of them fit.  He has to go to town and have the tailor make him new pants.  

We decided that the giant might not lose his pants anymore if we designed some wild and crazy pants for him! This was super fun. The students loved coming up with the craziest designs and sharing their ideas with everyone.

You can download the design page from my TPT store HERE!




Enjoy!