Theme Pockets, April contains reproducibles galore--minibooks, patterns, writing forms. Interactive bulletin boards, calendar form, and up-to-date bibliographies included. Step-by-step instructions provided, including ways to make book covers extra special. Lots of reproducible illustrations included. Help your students make books with pockets and they'll have a resource they created themselves of which they can be proud.
The three topics for April and examples of the activities that go in the pockets are:
Easter:
- baby bunny made from a lunch bag
- watercolor eggs
- paper plate chick
- woven basket
- writing projects
- "how do you like your eggs?" graph
Animals That Lay Eggs:
- a paper plate turtle
- fish prints
- a leaping frog
- fish & reptile flap book
- frog life cycle "movie"
- egg riddle book
Celebrate Earth Day:
- "garbage mobile"
- ozone layer "puppet"
- lunch box pop-up book
- Earth Day pledge
Lessons include:
- colorful art projects
- creative writing
- nonfiction writing
- science
- informational reading and writing
This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key.
