Discussion guide lesson plan for 5th 7th grade lesson. Blubber novel study by thebookumbrella teachers pay teachers. One of the best ways to meet an author is through his or her books. Resources include discussion questions, projects, and activities such as map reading, letter writing, and painting. Judy blumes fudge series teachers guide literature. Book club books the book book clubs book study ela classroom balanced literacy new theme theme song read aloud this is a book study of double fudge by awardwinning author judy blume. Get an answer for what is the conflict and resolution of judy blumes blubber. First off, we talked about what hibernation means and which animals hibernate. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. This novel study divides blubber into six sections for study. Wendy is an intelligent and popular girl, but she leads her classmates in bullying linda.
Find out how blubber stores energy, helps with buoyancy, insulates, and more. Over time, i have posted a number of activities that would be perfect for parents and teachers who want to do a unit study on polar animals and lands with their kids polar lands include the arctic region near the north pole or the antarctic region at the south pole. The penguin group is the secondlargest englishlanguage trade book publisher in the world. The story describes the behaviour of preteen group dynamics and observes the ease with which bullying shifts targets, especially late in the story when another girl becomes the focus of harassment after standing up for linda.
Do you agree that it needs to be banned or censored. What would you do if you found yourself in a book with a bunch of people watching you. An author study is an excellent way to investigate and celebrate the work of a writer. Free blubber study unit worksheets for teachers to print. This printable teachers guide will help you discover how the books in judy blumes fudge series connect to your core curriculum. Based on the story blubber, written by judy blume, choose a group of students to read the dialogues with each student of the group. One is very simple and states which animals hibernate. A girl is teased after giving a boring report on whales to her fifth. Try using packing peanuts, rubber bands, cotton balls, wool, sand, and feathers.
I was surprised with things that the kids do to others but that is what happens in school especially in the toilets. They will learn how to make their own blubber glove and compare putting their hands in fr. Doing a lesson on hibernation this morning with my 34 preschool class. Blubber, by judy blume novel study includes an answer key and rubrics. With this creative and imaginative lesson, teach your students to use transition words to sequence events. Children often find it funny that blubber yes, fat is a polar adaptation. What is the conflict and resolution of judy blumes blubber. See more ideas about judy blume, freckle juice and book study. In this educational resource page you will find lesson plans and teaching tips about english learn about superfudge, margaret, censored, puberty, adolescence, authors, writers, and women. Picture of a lifejacket to explain buoyancy students know that it helps you float. The blubber keeps them warm and also stores nutrients their body can use when they are in environments where there isnt much food. Jul 22, 2015 ask students to name the author and illustrator of each book as the students share aloud e.
Blubber iggies house deenie tiger eyes the pain and the great one. Meet the writer behind superfudge and blubber, and learn of her struggle against censorship. Learning logs or writing journals for each student. I created a small emergent reader book for them to read. A girl is teased after giving a boring report on whales to her fifthgrade class. After reading a page, i ask what i wonder question did the page answer. This fun and easy whale blubber science experiment will help your kids understand how whales stay warm in very cold ocean water.
In this lesson, gerald and piggie find out that they are in a book. The questions are based on reading comprehension, strategies and skills. This whale lesson plan is part of the series on life under the sea for kindergarten through third grade. Blubber helps keep animals warm because it acts as an. Oct 29, 2012 lesson plan for blubber by judy blume. Antarctica mural create a wildlife mural in an intermediate grade classroom. This book will help you recall some of the adaptations we read about and saw today.
It can be helpful to compare blubber to the outerwear that the children put on themselves. Use the word wall to help students build background knowledge about key vocabulary terms. The exhibit had a white, rubbery substance that kids could press and push on. To see if blubber would work for us, and insulate our heat, we replicated the classic blubber experiment. This unit is set up for the whole class to read as a novel study for blubber by. Talk about the blowholes used to breathe and how some whales migrate.
Aggravated by the rude behavior of her mother and father, matilda constantly. Tell students they will be conducting an experiment to see if blubber keeps their hand warm when it is in ice. This is a 17 slide powerpoint with a 1 2 day lesson plan about polar habitats and how marine mammals there keep warm in frigid cold water. Students will enjoy listening to the adventures of farley drexel, a. This unit is set up for the whole class to read as a novel study for blubber by judy blume. Judy blumes official home page has a biography and pictures, faqs, and writing tips. Help teach new vocab with pictures and examples to aid ells e. Each wednesday throughout the year, we partner with the early childhood educational team to offer you, our valued readers, playful learning suggestions for use at home or in the classroom. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. The fat molecules in vaseline and shortening make them act a little like blubber. Free blubber worksheets and literature unit for teachers. This story teaches the children to respect and share the land with other creatures. Jan 23, 2017 demonstrate how to make a smush book see resources for instructions and guide or assist students as they each make their own smush book.
For this lesson on whales, in the series life under the sea, read the book, going on a whale watch by bruce mcmillan. Lesson plans for prek and k by willa teaching grades prek to 5. The company possesses perhaps the worlds most prestigious list of bestselling authors and a backlist of unparalleled breadth, depth, and quality. There are still many people who are uncomfortable with the profanity and bullying issues in blubber.
It introduces students to the big concept of adaptation where insulation and buoyancy are keys. Polar animals make a great topic of study for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and early elementary students. For this blubber discussion lesson, students answer pre, during, and post reading of the novel to assist them with. Learn how whales and other animals stay warm in cold temperatures and water with hsts whale blubber experiment. Blubber by judy blume, novel study teacher lesson plans, english. Lessons and ideas books and authors top teaching blog teachers tool kit student activities. Jun 20, 2014 the exhibit had a white, rubbery substance that kids could press and push on. Sometimes the page doesnt answer any question we had. My early interest led me to chase down primary sources at.
Position words teaches students the positions of on, in, under, behind. Blubber by judy blume, novel study by teacher julia tpt. A study of antarctica is a wonderful platform for talking about animals and the special adaptations they have that make it possible for then to survive in such a harsh climate. Understanding the story comprehension worksheets 6 total. A young girl named matilda wormwood is precociously gifted but her wealthy, dimwitted. Students will identify polar marine mammals and learn about blubber. When you finish reading the book, ask your students what they thought was the funniest part of the story.
Tales of a fourth grade nothing is a perfect readaloud. It is set up with bold print headings and is similar to many text books. First they measure the item using penguin feet and record the measurement on the recording sheet. Fill one of the zipper bags about full of shortening, then turn the remaining zipper bag inside out. I used the exhibit to talk with my kids about the purpose of blubber and how it keeps animals warm. Your students will race to identify the author, illustrator, and understand all the parts of a book in this engaging lesson. A young girl named matilda wormwood is precociously gifted but her wealthy, dimwitted parents are oblivious to their daughters prodigous skills and view her as foolish and idiotic. Students study the animals from the arctic and how they have adapted. Antarctic lesson plan collection these lessons are arranged by science discipline and grade level. Students recording results of blubber glove experiment. In this lesson, students study about several of these important scientists and explore their lives. Whether you are an educator, an afterschool instructor, a parent, or just a fan of science, we hope that these activities will help you impart an important message to young people everywherescience is fun and chemistry and chemicals play an important role in all of our lives. A collection of lesson plans, courtesy education world.
Resource library studentcentered learning instructional strategies lesson plans. Introduce new vocabulary adaptation, blubber, insulation, buoyancy, food reserve. Literatureplace offers language arts resources for your lesson plans for 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 12th grade. Over time, i have posted a number of activities that would be perfect for parents and teachers who want to do a unit study on polar animals and lands with their kids.
Have the students share out ideas of what books would be like without an author or without an illustrator. This is an easy way to make a book with only one sheet of paper and no binding. To find out what its like to have a layer of blubber to keep warm, try this easy blubber mitten experiment. Blubber iggies house deenie tiger eyes the pain and the great one are you there, god. Show pictures of the polar bear and read the book, the polar bears gift, by jeanne bush and vladyana langer krykorka. This weeks activities are centered around an arctic tundra theme. Free blubber worksheets and literature unit for teachers activities. For further study, repeat the blubber glove project using different materials as insulators. Show the students the cover of the book and ask for predictions. This could also be used as a small literature circle or book talk circles. How polar bears stay warm the blubber glove a to z.
Judy blume lesson plans and lesson ideas brainpop educators. The focus on whales add to the fun of math, phonics, music and science activities. These animals have a thick layer of fat under their skin called blubber. Sara reed, history teacher lamoille union high school. Published by read4health rmc health on june 12, 20. I read every book i could find on the subject, and i continue to to dip into my whaling library that i keep on a prominent bookshelf. Hibernation activities for preschoolers teaching mama.
Explain how the bear has special layering of blubber, under the thick white fur, that keeps him warm. The classic blubber experiment to learn about arctic. We think we can keep our bare hand on the snow for 1 minute and our hand protected in the blubber for 2 minutes in the snow. Do you think judy blume should censor herself since many of her books, such as blubber, are geared towards adolescents. I use a smart start reader penguins scholastic books 0590969625 to begin this unit of study. Well, when we returned home i decided to go even further and let my kids experience for themselves how blubber keeps animals warm with a simple blubber experiment. This lesson takes students into the science curriculum and allows them to engage in experimentation and testing of materials. If you are getting bullied this is a great book to connect with. Student practice their nonstandard measurement skills as they use polar bear and penguin feet to measure items around the classroom. Scholastic teachables lesson plans unit plans teaching guides collections extension activities vocabulary lists view all books and authors. Alabama course of study standards are the centerpiece of all alex resources. It shows you how bullying can affect you and other class mates. In the book, jill has to sit in the corner because she was smiling in class. Crisco or other fat 2 zipable sandwich bags a bowl of ice water with ice cubes.
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