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Clifford The Big Red Dog Clifford The Big Red Dog

 Clifford

The Big Red Dog

 

Clifford is everyone's favorite BIG RED DOG!

 Some favorite Clifford Books:

Clifford the Big Red Dog
Clifford the Small Red Puppy
Clifford's ABC
Clifford's Birthday Party
Clifford at the Circus
Clifford's First School Day
Count on Clifford
Clifford's Family
Clifford Gets a Job
Clifford Goes to Hollywood
Clifford's Good Deeds
Clifford Keeps Cool
Clifford and the Grouchy Neighbors
Clifford's Kitten
Clifford's Manners
Clifford's Pals
Clifford's Puppy Days
Clifford Takes a Trip
Clifford and the Big Storm
Clifford's Tricks
Clifford's First Autumn
Clifford Makes a Friend

What Happens:

  • Everyday we read a different Clifford book and recall the previous stories read.
  • Our Literacy Workshop contains activities to go along with  focus books selected.  
  • Every student has a Clifford book to take home and share with mom and dad. Students return the books each day and take home a new one (or the same book if they really loved it!).

Poetry:

C - L - I - F - F - O - R - D
Clifford, Clifford,
He's the dog for me!
He's BIG and he's RED and he EATS a lot!
He's the best friend that I have got!

Activities:

 Book: "Clifford's Manners"

Activity: Students and teacher act out good manners and bad manners. Students identify good and bad manners. Students share how good manners should look. Complete Clifford's Manners poem (Can be found in "Teaching with Clifford Books" from Scholastic Printing) in a group. Student instructions are to read together and share the best answer for each blank. Studnet MUST work together to answer the page as a group. The lesson is: using good manners to work together

Book:  "Clifford's Family" 

Activity: A Venn Diagram activity charting who has brothers, sisters, both or none.

Book: "Clifford, The Small Red Puppy."

Activity: Create a classroom book entitled "Too Big, Too Small." Each child completes a page that says " "I am too big for_________ and I am too small for __________."  Scroll down to the bottom of the page to open a copy.

Book: "Clifford's Birthday"

 

Activity: Host a Clifford Birthday Party. Make red headbands with doggie ears! Bring any stuffed or toy dogs to school as birthday party guests.  A class parent brings in bone shapped cookies.

Book: Any Clifford Book

 

Activity 1 : A cute art project is a Clifford cup! Using an inverted red cup, we draw Clifford's face on the cup and add red ears cute from "fun foam" hanging down from the sides. Makes a cute display!

Activity 2: "Clifford" Count.  How many times can you find the word "Clifford" in a "Clifford" book?  Which book has "Clifford" the most, least, etc....

Activity 3: Bone Pattern.  Cut a bone shape out of sponges.  Use different color paint to make a bone pattern.

Activity4: Make a lift the flap book about Clifford. Pages van be found from Teaching Heart website: http://www.teachingheart.net/cliffordunit.html

 

 

Clifford Links (Click on the Words):

Clifford Coloring Pages

Emily Elizabeth's Read Along

Interactive Clifford Story Books

Clifford Games

 

 

 




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