From Pumpkin Time to Valentines

Download or read book From Pumpkin Time to Valentines written by Susan Ohanian and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1994-08-15 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep students happily focused on learning during two of the most exciting holidays of the year for the elementary classroom-Halloween and Valentine's Day. Poems and excerpts are used as launching points for such projects as writing spooky tongue twisters or designing animal valentine cartoons. Reproducible language arts strategies teach word play, interviewing, letter writing, research skills, problem solving, and metaphorical language while encouraging divergent thinking. Grades 1-5.