Theme Pockets, January, Grades 1-3 – Teacher Resource, E-book

Theme Pockets, January 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 January and examples of the activities that go in the pockets are:

The Four Seasons:

• cut, paste and paint an apple tree in each season
• torn-paper snowman
• summer beach scene
• scarecrow crayon resist
• "Things That Fall" and “Things That Spring" books
• a writing form for each season

Penguins:

• penguins minibook
• penguins picture cards
• 2 bookmaking projects
• penguin life cycle wheel
• map activity

Famous Americans:

• John Hancock
• Betsy Ross
• Benjamin Franklin
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Lessons include:

• colorful art projects
• creative writing
• nonfiction writing
• science
• informational reading and writing