Theme Pockets - June

Theme Pockets - June

We all know kids love to stuff their pockets with neat things. Now, with our new How to Make Books with Pockets Series, they'll have a book they created themselves, with plenty of pockets to stuff with all sorts of neat "discoveries."Each volume contains complete instructions and materials to make three different books with pockets, based on a topic pertinent to the month, and utilizing items and information you have readily available.The three topics for June and examples of the activities that go in the pockets:Amazon Rainforest: rainforest layers puzzle, blue morpho butterfly model, draw a jaguar, rainforest animals fact cards, make a kapok podArtists: learn about five famous artists and create art projects to imitate their styles-Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Georgia O'keeffe, Pablo Picasso, and Diego RiveraFarmers Feed Us: vegetable book on a ring, ear of corn mosaic, seed to cereal minibook, milk production wheel, many different farms shape bookLessons include colorful art projects, creative writing, nonfiction writing, science, informational reading and writing, and literature. You get reproducibles galore -- minibooks, patterns, writing forms. Interactive bulletin boards, calendar form, and up-to-date bibliographies included. Step-by-step instructions provided, including ways to make book covers extra special. Lots of reproducible illustrations included. All 96 pages perforated for easy removal. Help your students make books with pockets and they'll have a resource they created themselves of which they can be proud.