Lyn
Kindergarten teacher
Fairytales. The Gruffalo - Official website. Dr. Adam Fraser - The Third Space. Free Images on Pixabay. Home « Tagible Tagible. Room on the Broom. Teaching Ideas and Resources: Look at the rhyming words in the book. Is there a pattern to the rhyming? Can you think of other words that rhyme? Draw your own character and create a rhyme to describe them. Look at the use of punctuation within the story. Can you explain why each type of punctuation has been used? The dog 'bounded' with a hat in his jaws. Measure a broom and investigate what different objects could fit along its length.
Investigate the strength of the wind and how we can protect ourselves from it. Use Switchzoo to create a new creature (like the 'horrible beast') by combining other animals. Design a new broom that can carry the witch and all of her animal friends. Draw or paint a picture of the witch and her animals, or the dragon that they encounter. Could you record the story, with music and sound effects, like this one? Look at how the weather changes throughout the story. Look at the expressions of each of the characters in the illustrations.