This week we did activities with two Dr. Seuss books - The Foot Book and I Wish I Had Duck Feet.
The Foot Book
We read the book together, paying close attention to see if we could identify the relationship between many of the words (there were lots of ANTONYMS). After some discussion, we realized that many of the words in the story were opposites. We read the story again and this time identified all of the opposites we could find in the text. Next, students were given their own set of feet. In one foot they wrote a word they had been given, and in the other, they wrote an antonym of that word. They then illustrated their antonym pair. We concluded our lesson by looking at some antonym analogies!
I Wish I Had Duck Feet
This was such a fun story to read! It is all about a boy who wishes he had different body parts to make his life more fun and exciting (like duck feet, an elephant nose, horns on his head). After ready the story, students were asked to think about something they wished they had as part of them. They drew a picture and wrote sentences to tell what they wished they had and why. Some of their ideas included:
laser beam vision - to cook my own food
4 arms - so I could clean up faster
mermaid tail - so I could swim as fast as fish
There was a lot of creativity in this activity and it also flexed their writing skills!
The Foot Book
We read the book together, paying close attention to see if we could identify the relationship between many of the words (there were lots of ANTONYMS). After some discussion, we realized that many of the words in the story were opposites. We read the story again and this time identified all of the opposites we could find in the text. Next, students were given their own set of feet. In one foot they wrote a word they had been given, and in the other, they wrote an antonym of that word. They then illustrated their antonym pair. We concluded our lesson by looking at some antonym analogies!
I Wish I Had Duck Feet
This was such a fun story to read! It is all about a boy who wishes he had different body parts to make his life more fun and exciting (like duck feet, an elephant nose, horns on his head). After ready the story, students were asked to think about something they wished they had as part of them. They drew a picture and wrote sentences to tell what they wished they had and why. Some of their ideas included:
laser beam vision - to cook my own food
4 arms - so I could clean up faster
mermaid tail - so I could swim as fast as fish
There was a lot of creativity in this activity and it also flexed their writing skills!