Julie the Rockhound Activities
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Why not “open the doors” to reading at your school? ...
These book doors were created by students at Charles Spencer Elementary in Tifton, Georgia.
(Tifton, by the way, is the official "Reading Capital of the World!")
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Vocabulary Lesson for Julie the Rockhound
Homographs
are words that sound like other words, but they are spelled differently
and they have different meanings. The book, “Julie the Rockhound,” is
full of wordplay, including the homographs, “quartz” and “quarts.”
There are 10 incorrect “homographs” in the story below, “Rocky Digs Homographs.” (One example is the word “nose” in the first line. The correct word should be “knows.”) Read the story, then find and list each incorrect homograph and the word that should replace it. Write a definition for the correct word and for its incorrect homograph. (Example: “Knows” is a verb that means to understand or recognize. “Nose” is a noun - the part of the face that can smell. ) When you are done, have some fun by illustrating the story.
Rocky Digs Homographs!
As soon as he sniffs something interesting in the ground, Rocky the Rockhound nose what to dew.
First, he shows Julie the spot by flopping onto his back. Then he roles from side to side. His tale wags, his fir flies in the wind, and he whales with joy.
He doesn’t paws. He digs a deep whole in the ground. If he does not find the treasure, he digs a long roe. Julie watches her dog dig.
Sum of the treasures that he finds are sparkly quartz crystals. Rocky lets Julie collect these. But he keeps his favorite treasures, such as smelly old bones!
It’s fun to make homograph stories. Can you think of 5 words that have homographs?
Can you make them into a story?
There are 10 incorrect “homographs” in the story below, “Rocky Digs Homographs.” (One example is the word “nose” in the first line. The correct word should be “knows.”) Read the story, then find and list each incorrect homograph and the word that should replace it. Write a definition for the correct word and for its incorrect homograph. (Example: “Knows” is a verb that means to understand or recognize. “Nose” is a noun - the part of the face that can smell. ) When you are done, have some fun by illustrating the story.
Rocky Digs Homographs!
As soon as he sniffs something interesting in the ground, Rocky the Rockhound nose what to dew.
First, he shows Julie the spot by flopping onto his back. Then he roles from side to side. His tale wags, his fir flies in the wind, and he whales with joy.
He doesn’t paws. He digs a deep whole in the ground. If he does not find the treasure, he digs a long roe. Julie watches her dog dig.
Sum of the treasures that he finds are sparkly quartz crystals. Rocky lets Julie collect these. But he keeps his favorite treasures, such as smelly old bones!
It’s fun to make homograph stories. Can you think of 5 words that have homographs?
Can you make them into a story?
Geography Lesson for Julie the Rockhound
In the U.S.where are quartz crystals found?
Quartz
crystals have been found in all the states, EXCEPT for those colored
green on this map! (In some states, crystals are abundant and easy to
find, but in others they are rare.)
Can you list the three states where quartz crystals have NOT been found?
Lots of fun info and activities for learning about Earth Science, here: http://www.mii.org/index.html
Can you list the three states where quartz crystals have NOT been found?
Lots of fun info and activities for learning about Earth Science, here: http://www.mii.org/index.html
