THIRD READING: ANALYSIS – SWIRL BY SWIRL: SPIRALS IN NATURE

 

For the Third Reading, read the book all the way through. Share the reading responsibilities with the listener any way you wish. You may wish to alternate reading pages, or have the child retell the story. If your child is retelling the story, help your child use the details in the illustrations to guide the retelling and when to turn the page.

 

DISCUSSION OPTIONS:

~Explain spirals. (Include the purposes of spirals.)

~Review the words used to describe spirals. (clever, graceful, strong, bold, expanding, coiled, clinging, grasping)

~In addition to these words describing spirals, think of other parts of the natural world you could describe using these words.

~Compare a spiral to a circle. How are they alike and different?

~Which illustration did you like the best? Explain choice.

 

ACTIVITIES:

~Look for spirals both indoors and outdoors. Draw what you discover and use a couple  of the new vocabulary words mentioned above to describe them.

~Add a couple of the vocabulary words to your Word Wall. Read about Word Walls in our blog: Practickle Activities.