A retelling of an old slave story by janet stevens, provides a moral lesson on how hard work pays off. Tops and bottoms adapted and illustrated by janet stevens. Anyway, my kids cannot look at a corn field now without saying tops or bottoms. Author and illustrator janet stevens has created a delightful book for elementary students about a lazy bear and an ambitious hare. Tens of thousands of excellent, educational videos in a huge, intuitive directory. The orientation of the book is switched from portrait to landscape, so that each illustration effectively portrays a top and a bottom. Authors usually dont tell readers exactly what the theme of a story is. These materials would make a great bag of tricks for a sub dayincludes. Bear chooses the top half for his profit, so hare grows root vegetables. Ive read on my channel but oh so many more of my favorite childrens books. Our tops and bottoms activities are now digital for distance learning with editable teaching slides and worksheets based on janet stevens book.
Published on july 1, 1995 by harcourt childrens books j isbn10. Bottoms celebrates the trickster tradition of using ones wits to overcome hardship. Its all wonderful fun, and the book opens, fittingly. Your readers place seven words in a word bank correctly into seven fillintheblank sentences. Each of these 14 centers is designed to be used in multiple ways to meet the needs of all students. This humorous tale follows a family of busy gardening rabbits who outwitt a lazy bear. They especially enjoy being able to share their cooking skills with their families. Ideal as a supplement to a curriculum or for independent study. Tops and bottoms book by janet stevens storyboards. The hare family works together to help fight off hunger, while bear gets a lesson on how being lazy and not learning can backfire. Its an adorable caldecott winning picture book that we love at our house. With her sister and coauthor, susan stevens crummel, she created the acclaimed bestsellers the great fuzz frenzy, help me, mr. Listen to, watch, or read tops and bottoms by janet stevens.
Feb 27, 20 here are my pieces for the trickster tale, tops and bottoms. As usual, stevens animal characters, bold and colorful, are delightful. Cutout veggies and plants could be the supplemental activity. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Aside from the tops and bottoms storyline, the concept is reinforced through the books unique binding spine is at the to vs. Bear gets mad and demands hare plant the crop again and give him the bottoms. There are two game boards, 30 reading comprehension questions, and an answer key. The students will learn how to find the main idea in a story by participating in various group activities. The physical place and the time the story happens or is meant to happen. He is now industrious, focused, and an animal with a plan, which contrasts sharply with the sluggish work ethic of his neighbor, bear.
Developing a bottom story will mature the top story. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. First, hare plants crops that grow below the ground because bear says he wants the tops. It reminds the reader of the fables of aesop that provide a moral or lesson. Its all wonderful fun, and the book opens, fittingly, from top to bottom instead of from side to side, making it perfect for story time sharing.
Iidentify the physical place and the time the story happens or is meant to happen. Tops and bottoms, by janet stevens, is a trickster tale that will capture the attention of young readers. Its a story from the reading street book for the students at grade 3. Hare and bear agree that if hare and his family take care of the planting and tending to the crops they can split the profit. This lesson is important because it will teach the students basic comprehension skills that are essential in understanding literature. Basically bear is lazy and hare finds a way to use bears land to grow crops. Youve tricked me twice, and you owe me one season of both tops and bottoms. Use details andinformation from the book tosupport your answer.
This story takes place during the great depression in. Comparing and contrasting with tops and bottoms stories. This fun pack was designed to go with the book, tops and bottoms by janet stevens. This work is about farming and a trickster hare who overcomes tough times by. I realllllly like this story and its simple to tell. Tops and bottoms is a story about a lazy bear and a sneaky hare. Learn tops and bottoms 3rd grade vocabulary reading with free interactive flashcards. A 1996 caldecott honor book hare solves his familys problems by tricking rich and lazy bear in this funny, energetic version of an old slave story.
The story is really about entrepreneurship, but the little ones only need to know the difference between a root vegetable and a leaf vegetable. Dec 06, 2014 this is the vocabulary powerpoint for the pearson story of tops and bottoms unit 2 week 4. And that to me is the best compliment given to a book. Theres nothing like holding an actual book in your hand and turning its pages to fully experience the story. A story s theme is its overall message or lesson about life.
Its all wonderful fun, and the book opens, fittingly, from top to bottom instead of. Hare convinces the lazy bear to become business partners and lets the bear choose whether he will get the tops or bottoms of the crops that hare plants. His father had been a hard worker and a smart business bear, and he had given all of his wealth to his son. When a hungry nightingale threatens to eat him a caldecott honor book, based on a true story by reiko sassa and retold by marc simont, tells of. The bear agrees to let the hare plant crops on his land but he must give the bear either the tops or bottolms of the crops. Flipcharts below level on level above level created by kristy gawronski trifold created by mrs. Tops and bottoms by janet stevens is a perfect spring story about a hare that solves his familys problems by tricking a rich and lazy bear. Bring this book into your speech room or during literacy centers. Bear demands that hare plant again and give him both the tops and the bottoms. Understanding the theme can show what message the author wants readers to understand.
The story starts out with a little back info on both lazy bear with the father who gave him everything and the hare who made a bet with a tortoise and lost. Its all wonderful fun, and the book opens, fittingly, from top to bottom instead of from side to side, making it perfect for storytime sharing. Meet a winning, winsome inchworm, proud of his ability to measure anything under the sun, from a robins tail to a toucans beak. See more ideas about plant science, kindergarten science and book activities. Tops and bottoms comprehension grammar quiz quizizz. Structure book opens top to bottom both story structure or form of piece language demands and conventions including vocabulary load and sentence structure knowledge demands life, content, culturalliterary levels of meaningpurpose once upon a time story sequential causal and problem solution vocabulary load business partners.
Tops and bottoms reading comprehension linkedin slideshare. This file is a series of wh questions that go with the book tops and bottoms. Root vegetables tops and bottoms flip book teach beside me. This preparation by creative works is based on the story tops and bottoms in the reading street grade 3 book. It is listed on the website as part of the suggested reading material for grades 23. The lazy bear has alot of property and the hare has a nothing but a hungry family. Fun ideas to use with our favorite janet stevens book. Its all wonderful fun, and the book opens, fittingly, from top. Tops and bottoms is a caldecott honor book that is written and illustrated. It is such a cute story about a lazy bear who sleeps through every planting season. Sample literature elements planning grid for tops and. This caldecott honor book is chockfull of goofy animals and fun illustrations.
In this trickster tale, a clever hare outwits the lazy bear while planting and harvesting the tops and bottoms of. Tops and bottoms comprehension questions boardmaker. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. There is a teacher and student copy along with simple directions. Instead, readers must think about the characters and events of a story to draw a conclusion about the story s theme. Its a great book to add to your spring theme, plants theme or folktale theme. How hare through a series of planned tricks causes bear to realize that hare is smarter than he is and willing to take advantage of the less intelligent and less motivated to do physical farm labor. Tops and bottoms is a caldecott honor book that is written and illustrated beautifully by janet stevens and it is a trickster tale that is inspired by many european folktales and africanamerican folktales of the south that deal with the subject of a trickster character teaching their rivals a lesson in hard work and determination. Tops and bottoms is a trickster tale about a bear and hare who agree to become business partners. Tops and bottoms was one of my favorite childhood books that would be a great way for kids to understand how plants grow as well as the different types of plants grow. Create a lifttheflap book and investigate which vegetables are harvested from above or below the ground. Tops and bottoms is a story of a cunning farmer hare who takes advantage of a landowning bears lethargy by conning him into accepting the. The story is about poor rabbit who is struggling to care for his family while his lazy neighbor bear is sitting on an empty plot of farm land. The deal is that hare and his family will plant and harvest the crops on bears land and in return they get half of the crops.
Now bring that tops and bottoms fun into your math and literacy centers. Tops and bottoms classroom freebies, 3rd grade reading. Then hare agrees to give bear both the tops and the bottoms. Tops and bottoms quick prep speech and language book companion. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Choose from 500 different sets of tops and bottoms 3rd grade vocabulary reading flashcards on quizlet. Create a storyboard depicting one of the themes from the story. Tops and bottoms adapted and illustrated by janet stevens once upon a time there lived a very lazy bear who had lots of money and lots of land. Plot end there is a solution to the problem and the story comes to an end.
I have been reading many stories that were inspired by uncle remus brer rabbit. Tops bottoms download pdfepub ebook gets free book. Tops and bottoms reading comprehension quiztestexam by. If you havent ever read the book tops and bottoms, its about a clever rabbit who tricks a bear into going into a. Hare is in debt and needs money so he can feed his family. Tops and bottoms by janet stevens is such a fun book for your students. Jun 24, 2017 20 minute guided meditation for reducing anxiety and stressclear the clutter to calm down duration. There are two pages for character descriptors, adjectives. A lifttheflap book about vegetables printable lesson plans, ideas and skills sheets. Start studying tops and bottoms comprehension questions. Hare, decked out in a lively gardening shirt and surrounded by mischievous offspring, is the image of determination. Here are my pieces for the trickster tale, tops and bottoms. Hare tugged off the roots at the bottom and the tassels at the top and put them in a pile for bear. Bear never again slept through a season of planting and harvesting.
Tops and bottoms is a trickster tale wherein a clever hare repeatedly tricks a lazy bear into giving him the edible parts of his vegetables, whether they be tops, bottoms, or middles. Janet stevens book tops and bottoms is the source for a vocabulary exercise worksheet. Here are some great book activities for kindergarten and first grade. Identify the physical setting as farm country with definite seasonal changes in fantasy time or any time. Top and bottom story, although they might not be labeled as such, also seems to relate to the problems of transferring a fiction story to a screenplay where stories tend to be all top story and there is a struggle to incorporate the bottom story that may be the strength of the written story. She also illustrated to market, to market by anne miranda, an abby honor book. A story so deep in the ground even the paper is made from gardening pants. Booklist hare solves his familys problems by tricking rich and lazy bear in this funny, energetic version of an old slave story.
Hare solves his familys problems by tricking rich and lazy bear in this funny, energetic version of an old slave story. Students love cooking projects, and this one is no exception. Clever hare solves his familys problems by tricking bear. Jan 08, 20 use details andinformation from the book tosupport your answer. Which sentence from the story shows that bear learned a lesson. Here, as an example, is how top and bottom stories might be structured. This activity was inspired by the book tops and bottoms by janet stevens. Her notes indicate that the book is an adaptation with roots in european folktales and the slave stories of the american south. In janet stevens tops and bottoms, we meet the same hare who lost the race with a tortoise in aesops famous fable, but he has since learned his lesson. Iidentify the initial problem between bear and hare. It is set to move from one question to the next when the question is answered correctly. When it comes time for planting hare lets bear choose if he wants the tops or the bottoms.
Reading, responding to literature, retelling, center and craft ideas too. Find tops and bottoms lesson plans and teaching resources. Then hare plants crops that grow above the ground because bear chooses the bottoms. This is a fun story about working hard and how the hare outsmarted the bear. Modern blue marble,composition book, draw and write journal, unruled top. As of 2014 the book was being coproduced for a film by joe r. Tops and bottoms by janet stevens was published in 1995. As usual, stevens animal characters, bold and colorful, are.
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