Crazy Hair Day
by Barney Saltzberg (Candlewick, 2003)

Stanley arrives at school for Crazy Hair Day but finds he is a day early and it is School Picture Day. Can he recover from the embarrassment? As Stanley’s best friend, students write him a letter, either as a group or individually, to make him feel better. They should talk about how he feels and how they feel. They might connect it to how they would look on Crazy Hair Day and draw a picture to go with it.

Visit this site to see Crazy Hair Day Slide Show:

• Winter Carnival 2004: Crazy Hair Day

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) The Carrot Seed (Plants) 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) It's OK to Be Different (Diversity) Just Like Home/Como En Mi Tierra (Homes/Community) Marianthe’s Story (Art) Meet the Orchestra (Music) Mercy Watson to the Rescue The Mission of Addition (Addition) Mr. Wiggle Looks for Answers (Research) My Teacher for President (Election) Pigs Will Be Pigs (Measurement & Money) Recycle Every Day!(Environment) Snowy White World to Save (Environment) Touch the Poem (Poetry) Stinky the Bulldog (Diversity) The Upside Down Boy / El Nino de Cabeza (Being Different) The Water Hole (Environment) The Whole Human Race (Diversity) 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: Animal Strike at the Zoo. It's True! If I Ran the Zoo Zoo

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