Theme: Wind

Grade Levels: JK-SK-Grade 1

Book Selection:

Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni

The Emperor and the Kite, retold by Jane Yolen, Ill. By Ed Young

Learning Activities:

 Activity One: Character Analysis – Alexander & Willy

 Activity Two: Observation: What’s it in The Wind?

 Activity Three: Wind Poems

 Activity Four: Vocabulary

 Activity Five: Vocabulary – Alexander and the Windup

Mouse by Leo Lionni

 Activity Six: Drama and Science Centre

 Activity Seven: Repeated Interactive Read-aloud of

The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen

Instructional Resources

 Venn diagram

 Chart

 Photographs

Length of text: 9 pages

File Format: PDF

Price: $7.00