Theme 4 - Wild and Wonderful

Lesson 13 - Rich Gets Big
A Butterfly Grows
Caterpillars
Starfall /ch/ Sound
Starfall Story - Not Too Little to Help
Design Your Own Butterfly Online
Shelby the Butterfly - Online Story written by a student - No sound

Make Your Own Poem Magnetic Poetry
Whole Class Activity with Projector

Animal Goes to School Poem - Fill in the Blank Poem - Whole Class with Projector
   
Live Butterfly Cam
Life Cycle Animation
   
    Teacher Note: There are two films on the district content - "The Butterfly and Play" and "Discover with Digger and Splat - Growing Up"    
       
Lesson 14 - Ann's Trip to the Stars
Mark's Big Day
Putting on a Play
Starfall - Car Race /ar/
Starfall /ar/ Interactive
Online version of the Three Little Pigs
Starfall Three Little Plays
Be sure to look for the printer at the end of each story
Teacher Link: Reader's Theater Scripts for K-1
Moon trip Comic - Parts 1 and 2
Video Clip - Students Put on a Play using Shadows
  Teacher Note: "The Three Pigs" and "Hearty Gets Stage Fright" are in your district content Teacher Note: One film "Discover with Digger and Splat - Show Time" is in your district content. It covers all the steps in setting up a play
   
Lesson 15 - A Quiz for Brent
Tomas Rivera
I Can
Starfall /wh/ Sound
Don't Give Up - I Can Do It Tortoise and the Hare Starfall
Tomas Rivera Photo Biography Essay
Dot's Story Factory - Create Your Own Story
I am Special Poems and Songs
Story Scramble - PBS Story Sequencing practice
Mr. Rogers Tell Your Own Story
Sagwa Story Maker - Create Your Own Story
I Need Your Help To Write a Story
Teacher Note: Tortoise and the Hare is in your district content.
Another film entitled " Beginning, Middle and End: Go Bananas" focuses on story sequence in writing which goes with T233
Teacher Note: "Mighty Me Training Camp" is in your district content. This video is a physically active piece that builds self-esteem and helps students discover their talents.
Also there is a film entitled "Yes, I can! Building Self-Confidence"
Lesson 16 - A Perfect Lunch
One More Friend
Good Friends
Starfall - r-Controlled Vowels
Starfall - Surfer Girl
Alma Flor Ada Author Web page
Shadow Casting Interactive - Goes with T333 Science Connection
Country Mouse City Mouse Story Online - No Audo
Enchanted Learning Friendship Writing Activity
Starfall - Word Sort r Controlled Vowels
Picnic Short Readers Theater - Scroll WAY down
Imagine you're on the hammock: What shapes do you see in these clouds
   
Classroom Idea: Play the "I'm Going on a Picnic Game" Classroom Idea: Kindness Quilt - Students come upw ith ideas to show kindness into a large quilt.    
Teacher Note: "Picnic" is in your district content. This is an animated story about mice who experience troubles while on the way to a picnic.
     
Lesson 17 - Jungle Fun
Can Elephants Paint?
An Elephant's Three T's
Printable: Consonant +le speed drill - you might need to jump a ocuple of pages to see the drill page
Watch Cool Yo-Yo Tricks in this video clip
Videos of Elephants Painting - Scroll down. You might need to select more than one to find an active video.
Elephant Art Gallery - Click on the elephants names on the right to see even more
National Geograpic Kids - African Elephants - Be sure to click the Video and Sound tab for more information
 
Whiteboard Activity: Vote for Your Favorite Act from the Story - Just type in the number of votes and the graph will automatically generate
Anti-Coloring Book Printable Pages - Show how you can express yourself
Elephant Writing Paper - Write something you thing an elephant could learn to do
   
Teacher Note: " Play and Discover with Digger and Splat: Show Time!" is in your district content. It covers juggling, magic tricks, and more
Teacher Note: "Animal Profiles: Elephants" is in your district content.
           
Lesson 18 - Shadow in the Snow
Snow Surprise
The Snowflake Man
Starfall - Soap Boat
Curious George Video - Snowshoes and Sleds
Build a Snowman Online
Starfall Ten Liitle Snowmen
Make Your Own Snowflake
Wilson Bentley Snowflake Photos
Curious George Video - Animal Tracks in the Snow
 
Author Biography
Snowman Handwriting Page - Write something you made to surprise someone
Classroom Idea: Seven Snow Games from Family Fun Magazine