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Voice
1: Have you ever seen a circus ship with animals aboard?
Voice 2: If you had ridden on such a ship, you would not have
gotten bored.
Voice 3: It had elephants, tigers, and even giraffes!
Voice 4: Camels and lions, too.
Voice 1: A zebra, an ostrich, and even a hippo!
All: It was like a floating zoo!
Voice 2: The animals were part of a circus on its way to another
show.
Voice 3: But what lay ahead for them was more than they could
know.
Voice 4: The fog was getting thicker and the captain could not
see.
Captain: “I think that we should stop awhile until this
fog will set us free.”
Voice 1: But the circus boss, the mean old man, screamed loudly
in his face:
Boss: “You may not stop! Continue on! You must keep up the
pace.”
Voice 2: I hate to say what happened next.
(Continued in the Kids Wings literature guide)
What do you think will happen? Will the animals be able to swim
to the shore? Will the evil ringmaster catch them again? You'll
be surprised what happens!
What a terrific
rhyming narrative poem! It will encourage you to read it over
and over--a great fluency builder! A Kids
Wings Favorite! |
Internet
Extensions for The
Circus Ship
by Chris Van Dusen
Ideas
for a Circus Theme
Circus
Themed Coloring Pages
Circus
Animal Printouts
Crayola®
Coloring Pages
Poem:
Circus Day Parade
A
Circus Poem
Under
the Big Top--Songs, Math, Science, Activities
Non-fiction
Picture Book About a Circus
Ballet
of the Elephants
by Leda
Schubert with activity guides available in Download and in Kids' Wings
The Ripple Effect
A
17-page unit for The
Circus Ship by
Max
Lucado is
one of a collection of literature guides in Serendipity.
Perfect for lesson planning with handouts or projection on
your SmartBoard!
The
Kids' Wings Activities Include:
Discussion
Cards,
Readers Theater Script,
Circus Math,
Checking Understanding/Multiple Choice,
Time to Perform Logic Puzzle,
Story Mapping,
Rhyme Time,
Can You See the Animals Art and Story Writing,
Ship Shape Parts,
Story Mapping,
Serving Up Similes,
Amazing Aliteration,
Ships Ships Ships Analogies & Short Answers
Answer Keys
With Special
Thanks to Lauras's Midi Heaven, Background Music: The
Lion Tamer Rag (1913) by Janza,
Performed
by Warren Trachtman
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