WINNER
of the Texas Bluebonnet AwardSM for 2006-2007
Postcards
from Camp
by Simms Taback
A
Kids Wings Top Flight Book for 2012-2013
A Texas Bluebonnet Award NomineeSM
Have
you ever gone to summer camp, far away from your home? Do you remember
how you felt when you left your parents for the first time? Did you
have second thoughts about going? When you arrived and saw no familiar
faces, were you homesick? Did you decide to go back home? Did you
write sad, shocking letters home to beg for help? And just when you
convinced your parents that you were truly miserable, did you change
your mind?
Michael
had been to day camps but never to a sleepaway camp for two weeks.
You can find out all about his camping adventure through the letters
between Michael and his dad. Both have out-of-the-box imaginations
and writing skills, and both will inspire you to go to summer camp
next summer! Their book is filled with pictures, advice, folded letters
in little envelopes, post cards (front and back) and even a little
illustrated ghost story tucked into its own envelope. You'll love
meeting the campers, reading about their pranks, laughing at their
art, and starting to design your own creative letters!
Postcards
from Camp by Simms Taback will
add some laughter to your school or classroom library, and the Kids
Wings activities will increase its learning potential and fun!
Research
Links
for Postcards
from Camp by Simms
Taback
Video
of Timms Taback Discussing His Writing
Interview
with Author Simms Taback
The
Helium Stick--Group Camp Activity for your Classroom
Initiative
Games
Ideas for Camping with Kids
How
Things Work: Camping Activities with Kids
Outdoor
Scavenger Hunt
A Punny
Mixer
Related
Literature
Toasting Marshmallows Poetry
by Kristine O'Connell George
Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret
Follow the Trail,
A Young Person's Guide to the Great Outdoors
by Jessica Loy
A
16-page Kids Wings activity guide, perfect for lesson planning and
handouts or projection on your SmartBoard for Postcards
from Camp by Simms Taback
is now available for instant download! Included are three more award-winning
books featuring these special birds!
The Unit Contains:
Discussion
Cards
2-page Readers' Theater Script
Map Activities
Where Do I Live?
Does It Exist? (Fact or Fiction)
Writing a Post Card from Camp
Vocabulary List and Activities
Comprehension Check-up
Visualizing the Story
Finding the Best Summary in the Campfire Ghost Story
Mapping the Camp
Editing a Post Card
Color War Logic Puzzle
Writing My Campfire Story
Crossword Puzzle
Answer Pages
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from Camp
is
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Out of the Box collection of literature guides for award-winning
novels and intermediate-level picture books. This collection comes
in a spiral-bound book with CD and site license for one school. It
contains 848
pages of activities in 25 titles
PLUS a "Jeopardy-type"
game for each novel!
You can purchase a literature guide individually for around $12.95,
but if you order Reading Out of the
Box, you can get 25 literature guides for only $35, or less than
$1.40 each! This is probably the best bargain in the USA, while quantities
last!
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