The+Enormous+Turnip

=//The Enormous Turnip// by Alexei Tolstoy=

1. SMARTboard activity[[file:The Enormous Turnip Centers.notebook]]
===2. (//Writing//): “How Do I Help?” In the Writing Center, place two index cards, each with one of the following writing prompts (“I help in school” and “I help at home”). Have students choose one of the prompts to write about and draw an illustration with their writing.=== ===3. (//Computer//): Using the website [] (also found on the portaportal page under Harcourt/The Enormous Turnip), students sequence the events of common everyday tasks. This could also be used with a SMARTboard or SMARTtable.===

5. (//Phonics//): Using a decodable book, go on a word hunt for “ock” and “ack” words (//Frog with Tacky Toes, Mary’s Flock// are from the Harcourt series).
===6. (//Phonics//): “Moon Word Sort”: Write the words on sticky notes (pack, sack, rack, rock, tock, sock). Place a picture of a rocket on one side of the table and a sack on the other. Tell students to imagine that they have traveled to the Moon to collect moon rocks and other items. Explain that students should stick notes with words that have –ock on the rocket and words that have –ack on the sack.=== ===7. (//Phonics//): Create a flip book with students, starting with “ock” and “ack” on sentence strips. Students then use cards to create letters that will make words with these phonograms, stapling them to the sentence strip.=== ===8. (//Syllables//): Fill in a tic-tac-toe grid with multi-syllabic words (grew, strong, planted, turnip, enormous, granddaughter, etc) from the story. Students play tic-tac-toe by reading the word and telling how many syllables are in the word.===