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 Interactive Questions for partner discussion Choose monthly partners

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 Interactive Questions for partner discussion Choose monthly partners

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Why do you think Verdi didn’t want to grow up?Do you think being an adult is harder than being a kid?What do you want your life to be like when you grow up?What would you tell Verdi to make him not so scared to grow up? Do you think you will be the same person you are now when you grow up?

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Why do you think Verdi didn’t want to grow up?Do you think being an adult is harder than being a kid?What do you want your life to be like when you grow up?What would you tell Verdi to make him not so scared to grow up? Do you think you will be the same person you are now when you grow up?

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Have groups of students use the following vocabularywords to write their own stories about snakes!- Mud - Green - Tree- Big - Yellow - Hiss

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Have groups of students use the following vocabularywords to write their own stories about snakes!- Mud - Green - Tree- Big - Yellow - Hiss

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Interview with a snake! Pick students to act as the snakes from Verdi. Have the rest of the class pretend to be young, new, yellow snakes that ask questions to Verdi and the oldersnakes. The students acting as Verdi and the older snakes should answer questions as if they were actually the snakes from Verdi

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Interview with a snake! Pick students to act as the snakes from Verdi. Have the rest of the class pretend to be young, new, yellow snakes that ask questions to Verdi and the oldersnakes. The students acting as Verdi and the older snakes should answer questions as if they were actually the snakes from Verdi

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Have students draw a picture of what they are like now, and what they think they will be like asadults. Have them write three key differences between the two drawings!

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Have students draw a picture of what they are like now, and what they think they will be like asadults. Have them write three key differences between the two drawings!

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Create a your own snake!                                                    Have students each design and decorate their ownsnake. Get students to be creative and have them write at least one thing that makes them special and unique on their snakes!

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Create a your own snake!                                                    Have students each design and decorate their ownsnake. Get students to be creative and have them write at least one thing that makes them special and unique on their snakes!

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   Have students write a letter to Verdi telling him why he shouldn’t be worried about growing up and turning green. Try to have the students creatively work in the vocabulary words mentioned above!

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   Have students write a letter to Verdi telling him why he shouldn’t be worried about growing up and turning green. Try to have the students creatively work in the vocabulary words mentioned above!

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INTERACTIVE READ ALOUD   USE HEIDI'S QUESTIONS VERDI    GO Tuesday Characters Wednesday Setting Time and Place  Thursday  Beginning, Middle,End      Friday  Genre My book is Fiction or Non Fiction?

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INTERACTIVE READ ALOUD   USE HEIDI'S QUESTIONS VERDI    GO Tuesday Characters Wednesday Setting Time and Place  Thursday  Beginning, Middle,End      Friday  Genre My book is Fiction or Non Fiction?

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we love the book Verdi

by Janell Cannon. Verdi is a little yellow python who didn't want to grow older and turn green like the other elder snakes. they turned green and lazy and Verdi does all he can to try and escape the inevitable. his daredevil antics end up getting him hurt. that's when he learns that it is "easy being green".

here are a few of the learning activities we did to extend the book.

Verdi vocabulary words and writing practice

to practice writing, i used the words: big, mud, tree, green, and hiss, from the Verdi book. one the handwriting page, i wrote the words in green marker first. before i wrote them, i told Bear (4.5) the words and had him help me sound them out as i wrote them. then i wrote each one in yellow marker for him to trace over. after that, he was able to try to write them on his own.

we took the work with the vocabulary words one step further with some plastic snakes. i used the word cards from our Little Blue Truck activities post. i put the words into sentences for Bear to slither the plastic snakes to. i stressed the card word in my sentence. example: "The snake went swimming and got ."

other Verdi activities for children are:

ask children to list the differences between children and adults

read other books based on growing up and changing

look at old photos of the kiddos when they were "green" (young)

if you're a teacher, make a classroom snake. each child has a piece to decorate, then pieces are put together to create a long snake on the wall.

explore different types of snakes by reading books, doing internet searches, or going to your local zoo

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we love the book Verdi by Janell Cannon. Verdi is a little yellow python who didn't want to grow older and turn green like the other elder snakes. they turned green and lazy and Verdi does all he can to try and escape the inevitable. his daredevil antics end up getting him hurt.