Turkey Chant Using Breeds of Turkeys!

In Nov, 2008 I had a wonderful visit to Hamilton Traditional School in South Bend, IN. Curriculum leader Marcia LaBelle brought me in.  The school was decked with creative art and writing related to my books. Classrooms I visited were doing in-depth writing, using some of my books as structural models.

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Here are some ideas, sketched out, for what educators might do with the book, THE BUMBLEBEE QUEEN. 

BUMBLEBEE MATH 

(A mathematical look at The Bumblebee Queen by April Pulley Sayre) 

BEING A MATH DETECTIVE

(Building number literacy and sensitivity) 

After a first read of the book, as a story, look through it again, as a math detective.

Math can help you notice things and connect facts that you see. 

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See also the activities for The Bumblebee Queen, Army Ant Parade, and  If You Should Hear a Honey Guide.

School Visit Activities

From visits 2006 and earlier. See more recent posts for photos of other great activities, like the one where there were construction paper ants with the teacher’s photo heads marching all over the school. Too hilarious!

By the way, the Pettisville, OH kids dancing in the photo are performing their rendition of “The Ants Go Marching…”

Harrison, that extraordinary school in South Bend, had these activities!