Don’t Take Your Snake for a Stroll
by Karin Ireland (Harcourt, 2003)

Learn why a boy is told not to take his pets to various places. After reading this book to the class, students brainstorm additional animals and places to which animals should not be taken. Small groups of students select an animal and a place and write an additional page to the story. Later, pictures can be drawn to go with the additional pages. Students help each other make the story flow as the original did.

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This activity is based on 6+1 Traits® for developing word choice. 6+1 Traits® is a registered name by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. For more information, visit: their web site .

Primary literature link for grades K-2:
100th Day Worries (Counting) Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books (Lincoln) Abe Lincoln Remembers (Lincoln) Abe Lincoln's Hat (Lincoln) Election Day (Election) Family Pictures / Cuadros de Familia (Family) Giraffes Can’t Dance (Dancing) Hurty Feelings (Feelings/Emotions) I Pledge Allegiance (Community) I.Q. Goes to the Library (Research) If I Were President (Elections) If You Give a Pig a Party In My Family/En mi Familia (Family) In the Blink of an Eye (Life Science) It is the Wind (Weather) Just Like Home/Como En Mi Tierra (Homes/Community) Marianthe’s Story (Art) Meet the Orchestra (Music) Mercy Watson to the Rescue Mr. Wiggle Looks for Answers (Research) The Carrot Seed (Plants) My Teacher for President (Election) The Mission of Addition (Addition) Pigs Will Be Pigs (Measurement & Money) Touch the Poem (Poetry) The Upside Down Boy / El Nino de Cabeza (Being Different) When Marion Copied (Research) Whoever You Are(Culture Diversity)		6+1 Traits® Writing Ideas ideas and content organization word choice voice sentence fluency conventions presentation Project Based Learning: The Zoo The following are possible ideas or activities to use: If I Ran the Zoo Animal Strike at the Zoo. It's True! Zoo

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