Reading, responding to literature, retelling, center and craft ideas too. The bear had money and land, but was lazy and did not appreciate what he had. When it comes time for planting hare lets bear choose if he wants the tops or the bottoms. Show the examples of the foods you brought in for demonstration, ask students to identify the food sources on each plant, and if it grows on the top, middle, or bottom of the plant. The hare family works together to help fight off hunger, while bear gets a lesson on how being lazy and not learning can backfire. Tops and bottoms by janet stevens will capture the heart of young readers. She is also the illustrator of the epossumondas books, written by renowned storyteller coleen salley. Students love cooking projects, and this one is no exception.
Your readers place seven words in a word bank correctly into seven fillintheblank sentences. Here are some great book activities for kindergarten and first grade. Understanding the text helps readers know which words to stress. Tops and bottoms, by janet stevens, is a trickster tale that will capture the attention of young readers. In the spring of 1998 the national center for childrens illustrated literature nccil featured the art of janet stevens in its show tops and bottoms. When good readers read aloud, they know which words to emphasize to add meaning to the text. Here are my pieces for the trickster tale, tops and bottoms. My own kids know to completely leave me alone on th. This file includes word wall words and vocabulary words from the text, as well as student worksheets.
Janet stevens book tops and bottoms is the source for a vocabulary exercise worksheet. Teaches unit centered around the trustworthiness and taking responsibility. Use this qr code or link to parent reading guide for. Freebie for tops and bottoms i wanted to post this again as a freebie for teachers who love this book as much as i do. Our collection is growing every day with the help of many teachers. Caldecotthonor winning retelling of the classic tale of wily hare tricking lazy bear into giving up half the crops, be it the top, or the bottom. Do you ever feel just a little bit like the grinch around this time of year. Literature units for tops and bottoms can include a variety of activities that will work well for students in grades k3. Identify the major characters in tops and bottoms and type their names into the different title boxes choose a character from the animals tab to represent each of the literary characters. Bold colors, dynamic lines, and expressive animals are hallmarks of stevens. Have students complete the page called plant parts we eat to check for understanding. Tops and bottoms the montana department of agriculture.
They especially enjoy being able to share their cooking skills with their families. These lesson plans and worksheets are made to be a supplement to the book tops and bottoms by janet stevens. A story so deep in the ground even the paper is made from gardening pants. Bottoms celebrates the trickster tradition of using ones wits to overcome hardship. Students will identify where fruits and vegetables belong on a myplate diagram and describe the major parts of plants roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits according to if they are produced on the top or bottom of a plant. Just a general comprehension worksheetquiz for the book tops and bottoms by janet stevens. This story is written and illustrated by janet stevens. Tops and bottoms by janet stevens bear and hare double bubbles. This lesson is important because it will teach the students basic comprehension skills that are essential in understanding literature. One of my favorite books to read is tops and bottoms by janet stevens. The next time you are shopping for food 5 something to think about first, read the book yourself and think about these ideas.
Tops and bottoms is an adaptation combining several folk tales from the past. Hare was clever, but sometimes he got into trouble. I am planning for next weeks lesson plans but do not have this book, thankfully its on here. I realllllly like this story and its simple to tell. With her sister and coauthor, susan stevens crummel, she created the acclaimed bestsellers the great fuzz frenzy,help me, mr. Please excuse any mistakes in the reading of tops and bottoms. And although hare and bear learned to live happily as neighbors, they never became business partners again. Punctuation and italics can also help readers know which words and phrases to stress. Once upon a time there lived a very lazy bear who had lots of money and land. With her sister and coauthor, susan stevens crummel, she created the acclaimed bestsellers the great fuzz frenzy, help me, mr. His father had been a hard worker and a smart business bear, and he had given all of his wealth to his son. When good readers read aloud, they know which words to emphasize to add. This caldecott honor book is chockfull of goofy animals and fun illustrations.
Nov 27, 2016 please excuse any mistakes in the reading of tops and bottoms. They then match three of the words with definitions. Character map common core standards elaliteracyrl33 describe characters in a story e. Tops and bottoms book companion distance learning unit.
It is in the format of jeopardy, but unlike jeopardy, questions should be answered in order, top to bottom. As a warmup, well activate our schema by discussing what plants we eat. In this trickster tale, a clever hare outwits the lazy bear while planting and harvesting the tops and bottoms of their vegetable garden. Tops and bottoms by janet stevens is such a fabulously engaging book, i almost wish we had more time to spend on it i put together a fun little unit that covers some ela, some math, and a bit of science to supplement our plant unit. Tops and bottoms classroom freebies, 3rd grade reading. I chose this book because it is a folktale that describes plants that grown above ground, below ground, and in the middle right on the stems. Use the activities below to bring meaning to the story and help students make personal connections. Jul 30, 2016 this story is written and illustrated by janet stevens. Apr 30, 2014 tops and bottoms by janet stevens is such a fabulously engaging book, i almost wish we had more time to spend on it i put together a fun little unit that covers some ela, some math, and a bit of science to supplement our plant unit.
Plantbased foods provide essential nutrients including many vitamins and minerals. Tops and bottoms character traits bundle tops and bottoms. Exemplar texts text samples provided to demonstrate the level of complexity and quality the ccss require appendix b choices serve as guideposts in helping teachers select similar complexity, quality and range for their own classrooms they are not a partial or complete reading list. Vegetable worksheets for kindergarten sorting tops or bottoms science plant unit using tops and bottoms book.
In the book, bear and hare go through a range of emotions, so part of my new book companion is a set of emotion worksheets. Following the story, discuss worksheets from the oklahoma ag in the classroom program from the oklahoma cooperative extension service. This yesno character traits game is a book companion for tops and bottoms, and it will assist your students to make inferences about the characters is the story. The student worksheets consist of a story map, character map, verb identification, and writing pages, and muc. Tops and bottoms fold up garden sheet is another activity you may use.
Tops and bottoms book by janet stevens storyboards. Teaches responsibility, accountability and teamwork. Lesson is based upon childrens book tops and bottoms by janet stevens. Vocabulary strategies idioms an idiom is an expression with a special meaning different from the usual meaning of the individual words. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The amazing illustrations have earned artist janet stevens a caldecott honor medal. Next, well read janet stevenss book, tops and bottoms. These plant foods can be an excellent teaching tool for understanding the external parts of a plant roots, stems, leaves, fruits, and flowers. Basically bear is lazy and hare finds a way to use bears land to grow crops. Most languages have idioms, or special expressions.
Tops and bottoms adapted and illustrated by janet stevens. Hare solves his familys problems by tricking rich and lazy bear in this funny, energetic version of an old slave story. Potato plant, spinach or lettuce with roots attached, radishes and carrots with tops attached, and any other food items with the plant parts intact. Animals in clothing tricking one another out of food of one sort or another. Hare and bear agree that if hare and his family take care of the planting and tending to the crops they can split the profit. Clever hare solves his familys problems by tricking bear. Tops and bottoms, by janet stevens is the perfect spring read aloud for teaching your students about character traits.
When it was time for the harvest we can split the profit right down the middle. Students can identify 3 different parts of the story and the emotions that situation caused. She asked the childrens librarian at her library about what kids like to read, and the librarian suggested this story. Tops and bottoms adapted and illustrated by janet stevens once upon a time there lived a very lazy bear who had lots of money and lots of land. This is a great book for your elementary aged students. This product is intended for use with the common core exemplar text tops and bottoms by janet stevens, and contains common core based questions based on five labeled and. Why do you think janet stevens chose a bear for the lazy character instead some other animal. Hare and his family were in very bad shape because of a risky bet hare had made with a tortoise. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Plant tops and bottoms grade levels k 2 estimated time. Bear and hare get involved in a gardening business where hares tricks and hard work allow him to reap all the vegetable profits, while lazy bear sleeps through every planting season and doesnt make any profits.