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Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley (grades 4+)
Valentine's Day Fun You will LOVE: What
Is Love? Literature
to enhance informative writing:
From
Suzy Red: One year, five days before Valentine's Day, I divided my
class into 5 groups, each with a copy of The
Totally Terrific Valentine Party Book.
They carefully followed the book's directions, page by page to write
invitations, decorate the room, write poems, prepare games, and make
cupcakes for a Valentine Party. They were each given play money to
purchase the ingredients for the cupcakes from our classroom store
and had to accurately make change. From the dozen eggs in our "store,"
they had to figure out how much two eggs cost (ah-ha! division).
They learned
to wash their hands and keep their work space clean. They had to measure
the ingredients and learn how to break eggs.
It is ALL we did that week and they learned more and remembered more
than any other week of the year! (No one took credit for the cricket
that was baked into one cupcake.) As a follow-up, each group researched,
wrote, edited, illustrated and printed a NEW how-to book modeled from
The
Totally Terrific Valentine Party Book about another holiday
to put in our library.
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2005, Suzy Red, Lockhart, Texas
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