Night Driving - Activity Guide (elementary school)
Use this activity guide for ideas to extend your classroom use of Night Driving. Separate ideas are provided for younger and older elementary students.
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Night Driving - Sound Curriculum
Use this curriculum guide to lead childen through exploring the sounds of Night Driving and Vroomaloom Zoom.
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Night Driving - Editing a Picture Book
What does a manuscript look like when editing is underway? It may surprise you to see how much the text and ideas change.
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Strong to the Hoop - Play Script
A stage adaptation of Strong to the Hoop by Jan Farquhar
Two Old Potatoes and Me was featured on PBS' Reading Rainbow program. This link will take you to a page where you can download a reading guide and a family activities sheet. You can also preview and then order a DVD of this episode. Here's a synosis:
LeVar and his daughter Michaela welcome us to their kitchen as they explore how kitchen waste can actually be re-used to help their garden grow. Then it’s off to visit artists who take cast offs and turn them into something beautiful and useful. (Episode 150) 2005 Parents' Choice Award
You can visit the Minnesota Humanities Commission's website to see the growing list of books by clicking on the title above. There are direct links to reading guides for John's books listed below:
Use this activity guide for ideas to extend your classroom use of Night Driving. Separate ideas are provided for younger and older elementary students.
What does a manuscript look like when editing is underway? It may surprise you to see how much the text and ideas change.
