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1. Integrating the Internet Into the Curriculum: Jan Brett Author Study
...picture. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on speaker icon to Hear Jan Brett talk about her books. Discussion can include Brett as an author (person who writes the story) and illustrator (person who draws the pictures). Take time to read some of her books. Activity 2: Science Research hedgehogs using an electronic encyclopedia or simple animal books. Discuss the habitat and care of hedgehogs. Go to this website where you can find the recipe for preparing Hedgehog cookies. Read Brett's books about hedgehogs while the cookies are baking. Activity 3: English Language Arts Before starting this...
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2. Come to the Groundhog Day Party!
...ain, Go, winter, and come not again. Long ago, German peoples picked up on the Candlemas custom. If the sun shone on Candlemas Day, the Germans believed, the hedgehog would cast a shadow and another six weeks of winter was inevitable. A HEDGEHOG STAND-IN When the Germans arrived in the Americas, no hedgehogs were to be found. But another similar animal, the groundhog or woodchuck was here. Believed by the native Indians to be "a wise and sensible animal," the groundhog became a hedgehog stand-in. So it is that the tradition was born. Today, we call each February 2nd "Groundhog Day." And when one thinks...
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3. Birds of a feather, an interdisciplinary unit: Language Arts wing
...he attached rubric. Supplemental information For additional fables, see Virginia Hamilton's book of bird fables called When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing. In his series of Redwall books, author Brian Jacques uses dialect to personify many of his animal characters, especially the sparrows and hedgehogs. Modifications 1. Provide a key or teacher-made dictionary that references the English meaning of the slang words /phrases that appear in the dialect. 2. Illustrations to accompany the text/dialects. (Students could help provide these illustrations) 3. Pair students to decipher meanings that may be...
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