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Chicken Soup with Rice Extension Activities Lesson PlanChicken Soup with Rice Extension Activities Lesson Plan
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Chicken Soup with Rice Extension Activities

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After reading Chicken Soup with Rice, by Maurice Sendak, incorporate some of these great extension activities into your lesson plan. Ideas include focusing on knowing the months of the year, or studying the illustrations and how they are representative of each stanza. Get creative and have fun!

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calendar skills, months of the year, shared reading

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calendar, chicken soup with rice, flow chart, maurice sendak, months, shared reading, english language arts
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Pre-K - 1st
Subjects
English Language Arts
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30 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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