If you love Magic Tree house books as much as I do, then you will love all of the special materials that Mary Pope Osborne has created for students, on her website.
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There are games, book reviews, student activities, read a louds, and my FAVORITE the video mailbox where Mary Pope Osborne actually reads and responds to fan mail live!
but..Fast Tracker Showdown Game is totally AWESOME (you have to try it out)
Mary Pope's sister Natalie Pope Boyce writes companion books, which are the non-fiction- components to some of the books in the series.We will also read Pilgrims..
after we read Thanksgiving on Thursday.
OK enough about the
amazing interactive web-site....
SO what kind of magic do these books hold?...
Well... there is always some kind of magic;
mummies, dinosaurs, dragons, ghosts and of course, Merlin..
Jack and Annie are two very, likable kids that find a magic tree house that can transport them to different places and different times. I find that the books are a great spring-board into science and social studies lessons.
These books are great because they allow students to experience other places beyond their small world.
The books are also amazing for promoting discussions, making predictions,
building vocabulary, comparing and contrasting and so many other reading strategies.
We will do both: read and discuss the book chapter by chapter, and then you can work on other books in the series with your buddy! We will surely have..magical results..
A great book to start reading right now as we are discussing
"Giving Thanks".. is..
Thanksgiving On Thursday. To prepare ourselves a little in advance, we will identify the Mayflower route on a map and discuss the type of journey, and what the Pilgrims might have expected to find when arriving on land. Then we will begin reading together.
Jack and Annie are whisked back to 1621, The very First Thanksgiving!
Where they have a very hard time doing anything the "Pilgrim" way.
We will learn a bit of history, vocabulary, and many reasons to be thankful for what we have!
After reading we will create a THANKSGIVING QUILT
When Jack and Annie return from their adventure among the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag, they realize just how much they have to be thankful for in their own lives and time.
In class we will Decorate the THANKSGIVING QUILT below, filling in each blank square with words or a picture showing something you are thankful for.
A THANKSGIVING QUILT by: Class 3-1
( start thinking of things you are thankful for to add to the classroom quilt)
Remember to bring in a copy of the book
Thanksgiving On Thursday
If you have one at home!!!!
If you haven't checked out National Geographic web site..
