Rabbit is so excited to plant his own shamrocks for the St. Patrick's Day parade that is coming up! But on the morning of the parade his pot of shamrocks is gone!! Will he be able to find them on time? Will he make it to the St. Patrick's Day parade?
Enjoy reading this to find out what happens with Rabbit and his missing shamrocks!
Here are some teaching tips to help make this read aloud a bit more meaningful.
Reading level: 1.9
Theme/subject: St. Patrick’s Day
Genre: Holiday
Suggested vocabulary/phrases:
shamrock seeds, filled it with earth, sowed, seedlings, shamrock chain,
burrow, linked arms
- Asking
questions – these are just possible questions or wondering from
either the student or teacher
- Before –
- I
wonder what the story is going to be about.
- I
wonder if they are sharing the shamrocks on the cover.
- I
wonder what the shamrocks are for.
- During –
- I
wonder where Rabbit got the shamrock seeds.
- I
wonder where Rabbit found the yellow pot.
- I
wonder if the seeds will be ready in time for St. Patrick’s Day.
- I
wonder what happened to the shamrocks.
- I
wonder where Rabbit will find the pot of shamrocks.
- I
wonder why Goat wants to wear the pot on her head.
- After –
- I
wonder what they are going to do after the parade.
- I
wonder if Rabbit will grow shamrocks next spring.
- Author's
point of view – third person
- He found a yellow pot…
- ...he watered his shamrocks.
- Rabbit clapped his paws and
smiled.
- Author's
purpose – entertain
- Evidence
- Animals
don’t talk.
- Rabbit
was sleeping with a stuffed carrot.
- Goat
wore the yellow pot on her head to the parade.
- Beginning,
middle, end – the most important event from each
- Beginning – Rabbit sowed his
shamrock seeds so they will be ready for St. Patrick’s Day.
- Middle – St. Patrick’s Day
morning Rabbits pot of shamrocks was missing.
- End – Rabbit and Goat went to the
St. Patrick’s Day parade together.
- Cause
and effect
- Why
did Rabbit grow his own shamrocks? Because
he had a packet of shamrock seeds.
- Why
did Rabbit fill his yellow pot with earth? So he could sow his shamrock seeds.
- Why
did Rabbit smile and clap his hands after he sowed his seeds? Because he thought they would be
ready in time for the St. Patrick’s Day.
- Why
did Rabbit move his pot of shamrocks? Because he wanted to make sure they got sun and shade.
- Why
did Squirrel say to “Try Woodchuck”? Because
he saw him come out of his burrow.
- Why
did Woodchuck say to “Try Goat”? Because
Goat eats everything.
- Why
did Goat think the wind gave him a pot of shamrocks? Because the wind blew the shamrocks
right inside his open door.
- How
come Goat was not going to eat the shamrocks for breakfast? Because he does not like green salad
for breakfast.
- How
come Goat gave the shamrocks back? Because
all he wanted was the yellow pot.
- Character
analysis - describe Rabbit {looks
like, feelings, thoughts, character, how others think/see the character}
- Classify
& categorize
- Classify
– Holidays
- Categorize
– ways to celebrate
- Compare
& contrast
- Rabbits
parade to a parade you have been to.
- Connections
- Text-to-self
- Planting
seeds and watching them grow.
- Have
something go missing.
- Getting
ready for a parade.
- Going
to a parade or event with a friend.
- Text-to-text
- The
Luckiest St. Patrick’s Day Ever by Teddy Slater – both books are about a
St. Patrick’s Day parade.
- Main
idea & details
- Main idea – The story is mostly
about Rabbit and his shamrocks he planted for the St. Patrick’s Day
parade.
- Details
- Rabbit
sows his shamrock seeds.
- Rabbit
loses his pot of shamrock seeds.
- Rabbit
finds his pot of shamrock seeds at Goat’s house.
- Plot
- the turning point or climax in the story is when Rabbit finds his
shamrock pot at Goat’s house.
- Predict
- What
do you think the story is going to be about?
- Do
you think the shamrocks will be ready in time for the parade?
- What
do you think happened to the pot of shamrocks?
- Do
you think Goat ate the shamrocks?
- Problem
& solution
- Problem – The problems comes when
Rabbits shamrocks are missing the morning of the St. Patrick’s Day
parade.
- Solution – Rabbit asked both
Squirrel and Woodchuck if they had seen his pot of shamrocks.
- Sequencing
- Rabbit
wants to plant shamrock seeds for St. Patrick’s Day.
- Rabbit
finds a pot for his seeds.
- Rabbit
plants his shamrock seeds.
- Rabbit
waters his shamrock seeds each day.
- Rabbit’s
shamrocks were ready.
- Rabbit’s
shamrocks were missing.
- Rabbit
asked Squirrel if he had seen his shamrocks.
- Rabbit
asked Woodchuck if he had seen his shamrocks.
- Rabbit
found his shamrocks at Goat’s house.
- Goat
gave Rabbit the shamrocks and kept the pot.
- Rabbit
make a shamrock chain.
- Rabbit
and Goat went to the parade together.
- Story
elements - list title, author, characters, setting, beginning,
middle, end, or problem & solution.
- Strong
thought – someplace in the story that the reader has a strong
reaction for example an “I knew it”, or “Don’t do it” type of moment while
reading.
- What
would you say to Rabbit after his success in growing his shamrock seeds?
- What
would you say or do when Goat says that he couldn’t give away a gift?
- Summarize
- Someone - Rabbit
- Wanted – wanted to wear his
shamrocks to the St. Patrick’s Day parade
- But – but the shamrocks were
missing on the morning of the parade
- So – so he set out to find them.
He
- Finally – finally found them at
Goat’s house where he and Goat got ready for the parade together.
- Visualize
– what do YOU picture…
- Goat
said the wind had given him the pot of shamrocks and he couldn’t give
away a gift.
- Visualize
what you would have done if you were Goat and Rabbit came asking for his
pot of shamrocks back.
- Visualize
what you would have said to Goat if he said he couldn’t give you the
shamrocks back.
- Rabbit
wanted to make a shamrock chain for the parade and Goat wanted to wear
the yellow pot on his head.
- Visualize
what you would do to prepare for a St. Patrick’s Day parade.
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