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Name March EventsFamily activities

Note To The Teacher: Distribute one copy of this reproducible to each student at the beginning of the month. Encourage each family to complete at least one activity by the end of March.

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MarchEvents And Activities For The Family

National Nutrition Month®

Introduce your family to good nutrition when you celebrate National Nutrition Month®. Have family mem-bers cut pictures of healthful foods like breads, pasta, fruits, and vegetables from discarded magazines. Direct them to glue their pictures to a large piece of poster board. Display the poster in your kitchen or family room as a reminder to make healthful food choices. If desired, have your family work together once a week during March to prepare a healthful meal. Learning about good nutrition has never been more fun!

Directions: Select at least one activity below to complete as a family by the end of March. (Challenge: See if your family can complete all three activities.)

Birthday Of Ezra Jack Keats Renowned children’s author Ezra Jack Keats was born on March 11, 1916. Cel-ebrate his birth by reading aloud one of his lovely picture books to your family.

• Apartment Three (Simon & Schuster Children’s Division, 1986)• Goggles! (Simon & Schuster Children’s Division, 1987)• A Letter To Amy (HarperCollins Children’s Books, 1984)• John Henry: An American Legend (Alfred A. Knopf Books For Young Readers, 1987)• The Snowy Day (Puffin Books, 1976)• The Trip (Greenwillow Books, 1978)

Flower Day Observed annually on March 21, Flower Day provides a great opportunity for your family to promote the fun and creativ-ity of planting flowers. Welcome this day with a one-of-a-kind planter. Gather the following supplies: white glue, a paintbrush, scissors, fabric scraps, a clay flowerpot, and clear spray-on shellac. Cut the fabric scraps into two- and three-inch squares. Next brush the squares with white glue and press them onto the pot. Continue to overlap the fabric squares until the pot is com-pletely covered. When the glue has dried, spray a coat of shel-lac over the pot. Plant your favorite flowers in the patchwork pot, and then set it on a windowsill for everyone to enjoy!

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What Does It Mean? Marchissaidto“comeinlikealionandgooutlikealamb.”Helpyouryoungstersunderstandwhattheexpressionmeanswiththisfunwritingactivity.Writethephraseonasheetofchartpaperandpostitinaprominentlocationinyourclassroom.Inviteavolunteertoreadthephrasealoudtotheclass.Askstudentstotellyouwhatthefirstpartofthephrasemeans;thenwritetheirresponsesonthechart.Repeattheprocedurewiththesecondpartofthephrase.Nexthaveeachstudentusewritingpapertowriteafunstoryaboutadaythatcameinlikealionandwentoutlikealamb.Havestudentssharetheirstorieswiththeirclassmates.Collectthepapersandbindthembetweentwoconstruction-papercovers.Titlethebooklet“InLikeALion,OutLikeALamb.”Thenplacethebookletinthereadingcenterforindependentreading.

Putthisfamiliarphrasetogooduseasstudentsparticipateintheseone-of-a-kindideas.Youcancountonyourlambsandlionshavingplentyoffun!

Just The Facts Teachyouryoungstersaboutlionsandlambswiththisin-formativebooklet.Duplicateonecopyofpages6and7(thebookletpatternandbookletpages)foreachstudent.Astudentreadsthefactoneachbookletpage;thenheillustrateseachpage,andthebookletpattern,asdesired.Tocompletehisbooklet,hecutsaparthisbookletpages,assemblestheminnumericalorder,andstaplesthemtohisbookletpatternasshown.

Windy-Day Windsocks RemindstudentsthatMarchcomesinlikealionwiththesecolorfulwindsocks!Provideeachyoungsterwithacopyofthewindsockpatternsonpage8.Tomakeawindsock,astudentrollsa6”x18”sheetofconstructionpaperintoacyl-inderandgluestheoverlappingedgestogetherasshown;thenshesetsthecylinderasidetodry.Nextshecolorsandcutsoutherwindsockpat-ternsandgluesthemtothecylinderonceithasdried.Nextshegluessix16-inchcrepe-paperstripsinsidethelowerrimofherproject.Shepunchestwoholesnearthetopofthecylindersothattheholesareonoppositesidesofthewind-sock(seeillustration).Shethenthreadsadiffer-entendofa16-inchlengthofyarnthrougheachholeandsecuresittotheprojectbytyingit.Invitestudentstosuspendtheirwindsocksaroundtheclassroomforalltoenjoy!

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