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	<title>April Pulley Sayre Children's Book Author &#187; holidays</title>
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		<title>Language fun with Crocodile Listens and the chant books</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crocodile Listens]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This amazing teacher worked with her students to put together a Thanksgiving-appropriate story using the structure of Crocodile Listens. See what happens when turkey listens! They also created a turkey chant using the chant books as a structural element.  Mrs Schwartz is clearly an extraordinary teacher.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This amazing teacher worked with her students to put together a Thanksgiving-appropriate story using the structure of Crocodile Listens. See what happens when turkey listens!</p>
<p>They also created a turkey chant using the chant books as a structural element.  Mrs Schwartz is clearly an extraordinary teacher.</p>

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<a href='http://www.aprilsayre.com/2008/12/14/language-fun-with-crocodile-listens-and-the-chant-books/img_0029/' title='Turkey Listens 1'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.aprilsayre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/img_0029-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="The students map out sounds a turkey might hear" title="Turkey Listens 1" /></a>
<a href='http://www.aprilsayre.com/2008/12/14/language-fun-with-crocodile-listens-and-the-chant-books/img_00301/' title='Turkey Listens 3'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.aprilsayre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/img_00301-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="They set the story when the pilgrims arrived!" title="Turkey Listens 3" /></a>
<a href='http://www.aprilsayre.com/2008/12/14/language-fun-with-crocodile-listens-and-the-chant-books/img_0031-2/' title='Turkey listens 4'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.aprilsayre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/img_0031-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="They imagine what the turkey heard!" title="Turkey listens 4" /></a>
<a href='http://www.aprilsayre.com/2008/12/14/language-fun-with-crocodile-listens-and-the-chant-books/img_0032-2/' title='Turkey Listens 5'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.aprilsayre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/img_0032-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Onomatopoeia comes into play." title="Turkey Listens 5" /></a>
<a href='http://www.aprilsayre.com/2008/12/14/language-fun-with-crocodile-listens-and-the-chant-books/img_0035-2/' title='Turkey Listens 6'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.aprilsayre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/img_0035-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Creating the stories touches many kinds of descriptive writing." title="Turkey Listens 6" /></a>
<a href='http://www.aprilsayre.com/2008/12/14/language-fun-with-crocodile-listens-and-the-chant-books/img_0036/' title='Turkey listens 7'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.aprilsayre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/img_0036-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="This writing is early elementary. Wow!" title="Turkey listens 7" /></a>

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