Theme Pockets: September

Theme Pockets: September by Barnett, Michelle. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781557997067.

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 September and examples of the activities that go in the pockets: School Days: helping hands book, treasure map of the school, school tools book, learner layer book, Things I Want to Learn memo list, interview school helpers Africa: the animals, land forms, and stories of Africa-cut and paste a dromedary, fold and cut an elephant, savanna/desert/jungle collages and writing, Anansi stories with a colorful web, monkey book, wide-mouthed hippo Whales: whale picture cards, make a model of baleen, whales blows book, whale haiku, As Big as a Whale Book 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.