Winnie won't put on her gloves.

  She will not wear her sweater.

  Even when it's freezing out,

   she doesn't mind the weather.

  She can't stand scarves;

  they're much too itchy.

   Mittens make her fingers twitchy.

  She wouldn't even wear a hat,

  till Mom said, "That's enough of

    that!"

             (By:  Teddy Slater)

2.  Read the poem to your students.

3.  Focus on the sounds /w/, /ch/ etc.

4.  Point out the contractions (won't, it's, doesn't, can't, they're, wouldn't and that's.

5.  Questions:  Develop questions from the concrete such as: what was Minnie's problem? to the more abastract: "what would happen to Minnie if she did not wear warm clothes for the winter?"  "What kind of clothes are most comfortable for you?  What are most uncomfortable?

           This is the hat that

            I wear on my head.

            I wear it to breakfast.

            I wear it to bed.

            I wear it to school, and

            I wear it to play.

            I wear it all night, and

            I wear it all day.

            I wear it in springtime

            and summer,

            and fall.

            When I read a book

            or when I play ball.

            It's a piece of my clothing

            I love most of all,

            my wonderful,

            beautiful,

            hat!

                   (By:  Helen H. Moore)

2.  Read the poem with the students.

3.  Find the rhyming words.

4.  Questions:  When does the person in the poem wear the hat?  How many seasons are mentioned? Do you have a favorite hat?

5.  What did Mother Bear make for Little Bear in Chapter One?  Do you think he would wear this hat all of the time too?

6.  Make a hat for Little Bear.

7.  What is your favorite hat?  Bring your favorite hat to school.

8.  Phonics:  /ea/ sound as in read and wear?  Are they the same or different.

9.  The letter I is capitalized in the poem.  Why?

10.  Punctuation.  ! what does this mean when you are reading a sentence?

   Once a child said:

    "I wouldn't like to be a bear-

    I couldn't stand being covered with hair!

    But the thing I'd really hate-

    Would be

    To have

    To hibernate!"

     Once a bear replied:

     "I wouldn't like to be a child -

     I like it out here in the wild!

     And the thing I'd really hate -

     Is children

     Never

     Hibernate!"

                  (By:  Helen Moore)

2.  Read poem to students.  This can be done more than one time.

3.  Ask children what the child said; what the bear said.  Compare each.  Would you like to be a bear?

4.  What does it mean to hibernate? 

5.  Draw attention to contractions and /ed/ endings to words; long vowel /a/ and /ild/sound. 

6.  Find rhyming words in the poem.  Highlight with a magic window or colored tape.

7.  Fold a white piece of construction paper in half.  Draw each point of view.  Write a sentence for each picture.

     A WEEK OF

    BIRTHDAYS

 A teddy bear is nice to hold

 The one I have is getting old.

 His paws are almost wearing out

 And so's his funny furry snout

 From rubbing on my nose of skin.

 And all his fur is pretty thin,

 A ribbon and a piece of string

 Make a sort of necktie thing.

 His eyes came out and now instead

 He has some new ones made of thread.

  I take him everywhere I go

 And tell him all the things I know.

 I like the way he feels at night,

 All snuggled up against me tight.

            (By: Margaret Hillert; Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young)

Tuesday's child is full of grace,

Wednesday's child is full of woe,

Thursday's child has far to go,

Friday's child is loving and giving

Saturday's child works hard for its living.

But the child that's born on the Sabbath day,

Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

    (From:  Mother Goose Rhymes)