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| A Pet For Me Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins Goldfish Dreams by Tom Robert Shields |
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| Hopkins, Lee Bennett. A pet for me. HarperCollins: New York. 2003 | |||||||||||||||
| Introduction: Discuss students' pets. Have them describe their pets to you. Read the following poem. | |||||||||||||||
| Goldfish Dreams By Tom Robert Shields Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins for A Pet for Me. Blast me gold. Flip me fin. Blow my bubble, Wave me in. Swish me tail, Wink me scale. Swing past castle, Trailed by snail. Quiet swimmer, Deep dive hom. Wrap in seaweed. Drift--- Dream--- Roam. |
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| Extension: Discuss whether or not students think their pets dream and what they dream about. Have them write lists of things they think their pets may dream about. If they don't have a pet have them work with someone who does. Have them share their ideas. Have them create pictures which depict what they think their pets dream about. Post the illustrations on a bulletin board. | |||||||||||||||