Theme Pockets - July

About this book

We all know kids love to stuff their pockets with neat things. Now with our new How to Make Books with Pockets Series theyll have a book they created themselves with plenty of pockets to stuff with all sorts of neat "discoveries." Each volume contains complete instructions and materials to make three different books with pockets based on a topic pertinent to the month and utilizing items and information you have readily available. The three topics for July and examples of the activities that go in the pockets: America the Beautiful: glittering fireworks displayed with cinquain verse "Things Werent Always Like This" minibook "Coming to America" shape book Statue of Liberty cut paper project a special "America the Beautiful" songbook Space: Planets flip book; comets asteroids and meteors minibook on a ring sponge-painted sun rocket mitt puppet astronaut in space art project rocket shape book Transportation: transportation riddles wheeled vehicles report sailboat shape poems submarine shape book make and test fly a paper airplane Lessons include colorful art projects creative writing nonfiction writing science informational reading and writing and literature. You get 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. All 96 pages perforated for easy removal. Help your students make books with pockets and theyll have a resource they created themselves of which they can be proud.