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There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
Last updated Friday, January 12, 2018
Author: Mo Willems
Date of Publication: 2007
ISBN: 1423106865
Grade Level: Kindergarten (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)
Date(s) Used: Jan. 2018
Synopsis:
Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends.
In There Is a Bird On My Head!, Gerald discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head-two birds on your head! Can Piggie help her best friend?
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What kind of birds have you seen in your neighborhood or around your school?
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Have you ever seen a bird making its nest?
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Have you ever seen a bird on an elephant's head?
Vocabulary
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Nest - a structure used by a bird to lay eggs and rear young. Nests are built in trees and other protected places using materials such as twigs and mud.
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Hatching - (of an egg) open and produce a young animal.
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| Discussion topics for during/after reading: |
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How would you feel if a bird landed on your head?
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Would you ask the bird to leave?
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Why did the birds make a nest on Elephant's head?
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How many birds were on Elephant's head? How many eggs? How many baby chicks?
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