GIPS TIE Program: goldensower08: Fuzz Frenzy


Grand Island, Nebraska

Click on the link below to find out more about them.                    Prairie Dog Information

Open Kidspiration, click Science, click Animal Concept Map. Fill in the spaces to tell more about the prairie dog.
Compare a prairie dog to a domestic dog. How did they earn the name praire dog? Fill in a Venn diagram to compare them.
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Use a different animal in its habitat and find a new use for (choose one): popcorn, newspaper, paper bag, plastic fork, or any other commonly discarded item.
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Conduct some experiments and hypothesize what tennis balls are made from. What do they have inside that makes them different from other types of sports balls? Research to find out how they are made/what they are made of. Possibly cut one in half to show kids what they are made of. Draw/label a cross section.
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Pretend cotton balls are ball fuzz and have students create something from it. Have a fashion show or art gallery to show off their ideas.
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This is a great book for word choice. The authors uses many forms of said and many other descriptive words. Find examples in the story and use them in 6-traits lessons for word choice.
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Create an acrostic using PRAIRIE DOG or TENNIS BALL.
Tell ways to:
    -use the ball fuzz
    -facts about either prairie dogs or tennis balls or the game of tennis
    -different words for said, or fiesta, or any of the other great words choice-type words
    -characteristics of Big Bark or Pip Squeak
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Use Garageband to write a rap that Big Bark or Pip Squeak would perform for the other prairie dogs-it should tell about them, their life, their personality. Have students work alone or in pairs, and host a "concert" so students can share with masterpieces.
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Pretend you are Pip Squeak or Big Bark or another prairie dog in the group--rewrite to book as diary entries that tells the story from that point of view.
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Pick your favorite part of the story and act it out for your class.
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Read The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss, or think about examples from history to compare and contrast with this story.
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