Are you looking for a springtime science lesson with a handy literature connection? This is it! Connecting lessons and learning objectives to picture books or mentor texts is one of the best ways to set up pathways between students and learning. Read on for more tips on how to use this FREE resource in your lessons this spring.
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Little Blue Truck and his friend Frog are on a journey around the farm in Spring. And what do they see? All of their animal friends and their newly born babies! You and your kiddos will love the beautiful and colorful illustrations in this book. Also cute farm animals, you are absolutely winning here. Click here to find this book!
It’s a yoo-hoo, sky-blue, spring-sing day! Who do they see along the way?
Six animal pairings are introduced in the book: sheep/lamb, duck/duckling, goat/kid, cow/calf, pig/piglet, rabbit/bunny, & hen/chick.
Connecting lessons and learning objectives to picture books or mentor texts is one of the best ways to set up pathways between students and learning.
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Little Blue Truck’s Springtime Lesson Ideas
This colorful, low prep baby animal match-up puzzle activity is perfect for your pre-schoolers, kindergarteners, or young child at home. Keep reading to find fun ways you can use this resource, and download it for FREE below!
Read Little Blue Truck’s Springtime during your daily read aloud or science lesson. Extend the literature in the following ways:
- Use a pocket chart or magnets to organize animal parents with their offspring. Discuss new animal pairings/parents and vocabulary not introduced in the book: horse/foal, dog/puppy, cat/kitten, llama/cria, turkey/poult.
- Introduce the words parent and offspring. Explain to students that offspring is a word used to describe an animal’s young/baby. Write the words making two columns. Shuffle the activity pieces. Ask students to pull a card and sort it into the correct category: parent or offspring.
- Make a list of the animal parents you saw in the book. Ask students to name the offspring connected to each parent. Send students to work on a journal entry or illustration about their favorite animal pairing.
This simple and useful FREE activity is the perfect companion for Little Blue Truck’s Springtime.
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