As all of the libraries are currently closed due to the pandemic, you can either purchase these books or watch them being read aloud here. The amazing illustrations have earned artist janet stevens a caldecott honor medal. Tops and bottoms book companion close reading activities. When it was time for the harvest we can split the profit right down the middle. He offers to grow all the crops and all bear has to do is decide if he wants the top half of the crop or the bottom. Label the right column hare and label the center column both. Unfortunately, whether the crop is potatoes, lettuce, corn, or radishes, bear keeps picking the wrong half. Hare and bear have a problem in this story tops and bottoms by janet stevens. Hare and his family dug up the carrots, the radishes, and the beets. Discussionlanguagevocabulary tasks activities that encourage discussion. For tops, i am thinking that 45 tanks tops with a couple of cardigans and maybe one warmer long sleeve shirt, one sweatshirt or sweater, and one down vest.
The students will learn how to find the main idea in a story by participating in various group activities. Cannock chase children s centre, cannock, united kingdom. Giving you things to think about before reading the book with your child. Any vegetable that has a top, bottom or middle can work. Comparing and contrasting with tops and bottoms stories. Tops and bottoms by janet stevens will capture the heart of young readers. Gardenbased learning kindergarten the tops and bottoms garden unit. This caldecott awardwinning picture book by janet stevens tells the tale of a clever hare who helps his family by outsmarting a bear. Jan 08, 20 use details andinformation from the book tosupport your answer. Tops and bottoms book by janet stevens storyboards. Young children can relate to the role of the small hare being. This book companion teaches reading comprehension, character traits, sequencing, problems and solutions, phonics, vocabulary, and writing.
Full of activities for jan bretts story gingerbread friends, this resource will get your kids in the mood for some snacks, fortify their need for. In 1861, the city council accepted joseph sellenys draft for the park, and rudolf sieback began to plan and organize the construction and planting stadtpark. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. We also happened to read a number of fun books about vegetables named below, so this week we have been focusing on some vegetables learning activities. Then hare agrees to give bear both the tops and the bottoms. Find tops and bottoms sequencing lesson plans and teaching resources. Tops and bottoms is an adaptation combining several folk tales from the past.
The entertaining story is illustrated with stevenss now familiar artwork. Plot beginning the characters are introduced and the setting is described. Use the activities below to bring meaning to the story and help students make personal connections. Tops and bottoms craft common core ela, common core standards, hands on activities. This read aloud kit is a companion to book, tops and bottoms by janet stevens. Then hare plants crops that grow above the ground because bear chooses the bottoms. Hare solves his familys problems by tricking rich and lazy bear in this funny, energetic version of an old slave story. Clever hare solves his familys problems by tricking bear. In this book, a tricky hare makes a deal with a lazy bear. Hare, the book s main character, tricks his lazy colleague into sharing crops which only benefit the hard work of the hare. One of the books that we read this week was tops and bottoms. The hare family works together to help fight off hunger, while bear gets a lesson on how being lazy and not learning can backfire.
Cut out different fruits and vegetables pictures from grocery store flyers. The hare uses his wit to outsmart the lazy bear and maximize his profits during the cropping season. Helping you explain the key ideas covered in the book, and then providing you with signs your child understands the key ideas and can use them in daily life. Your readers place seven words in a word bank correctly into seven fillintheblank sentences. There are differentiated math and literacy centers that go with the book tops and bottoms. Here are some ideas for bringing books to life through the garden and garden activities. Beginning readers practice sequencing skills at home or at school with a variety of activities that require cutting out multiple sets of picture cards and putting them in the correct order. Comparing and contrasting across texts is an important skill for our students. One of the included books was tops and bottoms, by janet stevens. Fruits and vegetables preschool activities, lessons, and. Cute idea to go with a plant unit or for the book tops and bottoms.
First, hare plants crops that grow below the ground because bear says he wants the tops. Children have opportunities to expand their use and appreciation of oral language. This book was also selected as one of the books for the november 2016 this is a fantastic trickster fable type of story with an interesting top and bottom book format. This activity was inspired by the book tops and bottoms by janet stevens. A furious bear insists next time hell take bottoms so hare plants corn, leaving empty stalks. You can also encourage them to think like botanists as they sort and classify, discussing which parts of each plant is ediblethe leaf, stem, or. Hare plucked off all the tops, tossed them into a pile for bear, and put the bottoms aside for himself. Structure book opens top to bottom both story structure or form of piece language demands and conventions including vocabulary load and sentence structure knowledge demands life, content, culturalliterary levels of meaningpurpose once upon a time story sequential causal and problem solution vocabulary load business partners. In this trickster tale, a clever hare outwits the lazy bear while planting and harvesting the tops and bottoms of their vegetable garden.
In pairs, students should brainstorm words that fit in each column and write them on scrap paper. In my recent donors choose project, i got funded for the storytelling kits from lakeshore. Fun ideas to use with our favorite janet stevens book. My favorite diversity books for kids ages 112 is a book that i created to highlight books written by authors who share the same marginalized identity as the characters in their books. Tops and bottoms craft read aloud, interactive read aloud. Apr 8, 2018 this is a literacy pack to go with the book tops and bottoms by janet stevens. Tops and bottoms apparel, jerseys, sportswear, hats, shoes. But when you attach them, make sure they are in mixed up order. See more ideas about plant science, preschool activities, book activities. Tops and bottoms, by janet stevens, is a trickster tale that will capture the attention of young readers. With her sister and coauthor, susan stevens crummel, she created the acclaimed bestsellers the great fuzz frenzy,help me, mr. Giving you things to think about before reading the book. Art with jenny k art activities for kids for classroom teachers childrens art tops.
It is the kind of book that children will pick up just. Root vegetables tops and bottoms flip book teach beside me. Vegetables learning activities line upon line learning. If you havent ever read the book tops and bottoms, its about a clever rabbit who tricks a bear into going into a farming business with him. They especially enjoy being able to share their cooking skills with their families.
Tops and bottoms apparel, jerseys, sportswear, hats. Parts of the book beginning middle end predicting setting with illustrating sentence writing first, next, then, last character traits 2 activities character change create your own brochu. Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. Internet rediscovers the awardwinning childrens book tops.
Annas vienna adventure portfolio and daily journal. The story starts out with a little back info on both lazy bear with the father who gave him everything and the hare who made a bet with a tortoise and lost. Tops and bottoms activities for word work the kindergarten. Let children sort the fruits and vegetables in to the two groups. Add shovels, rakes, buckets, cups, spoons, or whatever else you have on hand for children to play and explore with. May 31, 2019 carrots with tops, corn, lettuce, beets, radishes. A wonderful collection of activities that correlate with the book, tops and bottoms. Get these printable lessons and activities for reading comprehension, writing skills, and grammar. The illustrations are certainly worthy of the caldecott honor book award that stevens received. All bear has to do is decide which half tops or bottoms he wants. The book has six different root vegetables included. By august 20, 1862, the portion of the park on the left side of the river was opened.
Hare hatches a plan to use bears land to grow crops to sell. Tops and bottoms lesson plan and sensory bins beetbox. Read aloud the spring picture book then use the printables or go. For visual interest, the book is designed to flip from top to bottom as opposed from left to right. In this post, youll find ideas for teaching compare and contrast using the book, tops and bottoms. Tops and bottoms the montana department of agriculture. Bear chooses tops so hare plants root crops, leaving bear with a useless harvest. Jun 23, 2020 hi campers kasey here and since we had to move our boot camps this week to the week of july six, i thought itd be a great idea to get on facebook and do a read readaloud of one of my favorite books tops and bottoms i plan on getting on facebook or uploading videos of different activities so stay tuned and ill make sure to keep everyone updated on what ill be doing this so lets get started.
Everything from the life cycle of plants to how to plant them. Engaging readers april tops and bottoms stem and more exploration for tops and bottoms the following activities are from our science math and more units. After using it last week, ive refined my first round of activities that i used to accompany the book. And although hare and bear learned to live happily as neighbors, they never became business partners again. How to assemble the root vegetables tops and bottoms flip book. The tops and bottoms garden kokua hawaii foundation.
Story element activitiesstudent unit cover pagestory elementsmak. Lesson is based upon childrens book tops and bottoms by janet stevens. For example, create a peter rabbit garden using some of the vegetables mentioned in the tale of peter rabbit by beatrix potter and include a few little rabbit statues or doll jacket scarecrows. Bear and hare get involved in a gardening business where hares tricks and hard work allow him to reap all the vegetable profits, while lazy bear sleeps through every planting season and doesnt make any profits. Tops and bottoms teaches students the importance of teamwork. Students love cooking projects, and this one is no exception. This lesson is important because it will teach the students basic comprehension skills that are essential in understanding literature. Apr 16, 2012 i wanted to post this again as a freebie for teachers who love this book as much as i do. This is a great book to introduce gardening topics. This lesson is best to teach in the early fall when harvest is near materials. One of the books we loved reading this past week was tops and bottoms by janet stevens.
Students will understand that plants have different parts. The weeklong lesson plans are structured, and standar. Feb 15, 2021 as it has for the past 25 or so years, the childrens book tops and bottoms is delighting readers with minds dirtier than your average vegetable garden. Let students know that after harvest we buy the foods farmers and gardeners grew. Hare has a wife and children and they are having a hard time with money.
During the process children learn which foods grow above the ground and which grow below ground, hence the title tops and bottoms. Its an adorable caldecott winning picture book that we love at our house. Literature units for tops and bottoms can include a variety of activities that will work well for students in grades k3. Use this qr code or link to parent reading guide for. Tops and bottoms is a story of a cunning farmer hare who takes advantage of a landowning bears lethargy by conning him into accepting the. Potato plant, spinach or lettuce with roots attached, radishes and carrots. After the children have read the book, the teacher may give them a piece of construction paper to draw and visually represent things that they learned by reading the book. Packed with fun literacy ideas and guided reading activities. They had no money and the children were starving, so hare and his wife came.
Some possible books may include topics on farming, vegetables, animals, bears, hares, etc. Structure book opens top to bottom both story structure or form of piece language demands and. Our tops and bottoms activities are now digital for distance learning with editable teaching slides and worksheets based on janet stevens book. Providing activities, services, information and advice to all families with children. The next time the bear chooses the bottoms and the rabbit plants lettuce, broccoli and celery and gives bear the roots. Bury some of the vegetables like carrots so that the tops are above the soil, and the carrots under. Explain that when the characters in the book gather the food this is called harvesting food. I am considering 3 lightweight pants, 1 thicker pair of pants, and 2 capris, as well as yoga pants that can double as pajama bottoms. We buy these foods in our local grocery stores or at farmers markets. Reading, responding to literature, retelling, center and craft ideas too. See more ideas about plant science, plants unit, kindergarten science.
When the bear chooses tops, he plants root vegetables such as carrots and beets, and gives bear the leaves. Hare, the books main character, tricks his lazy colleague into sharing crops which only benefit the hard work of the hare. Here are some great book activities for kindergarten and first grade. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development. Janet stevens book tops and bottoms is the source for a vocabulary exercise worksheet. Its a silly book that will get kids laughing, but also teach them about how different vegetables grow. Apr 15, 2019 tops and bottoms book study companion activities to go with the book by janet stevens. This book was selected as one of the books for the may 2014 gardening discussion at the picture book club in the children s books group here at goodreads. This document features 10 science activity packets developed for elementary students by science teachers in a graduate seminar. Set up and prepare for this activity youll need access to running water. This caldecott honor book is chockfull of goofy animals and fun illustrations. This is a hillarious story that kids of all ages will appreciate.
The trick is in whether the hare or the bear will collect either the tops or bottoms of crops. The pack can be used for whole class learning, individual student work, during small group guided reading time, or as part of a book club. Unique, one of a kind, and handmade infant and children s collections. Comparing and contrasting with tops and bottoms stories and. Fun, differentiated, and easy to use literacy and science activities for tops and bottoms by janet stevens. The activity packets were designed to cover existing commercial children s books on specific content areas.
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