red sings from treetops a year in colors

E.g., Happy, crunchy brown faces, with wild and curly yellow hair, beaming and bowing at the sun (Can you tell I’m describing sunflowers?) All the sentences could be combined into a class poetry book of colors! Challenge them to pick something from nature and describe it using five senses words without naming the object.

Color Sentences: Have the kids create their own color sentences, either as a whole class, in partners or individually.

Have them paint or color the image those words evoke.

Art from Poetry: Give each child a different descriptive phrase from the poem (e.g., White whispers, floats, clumps, traces its wet finger on branches and stumps).

Gather up the Descriptive Words: Create a bank of descriptive words to display on a classroom chart for children to refer to when writing.

Red Sings from Treetops has won numerous awards and I just cannot recommend it highly enough! She involves all of our five senses until you are completely immersed in the feelings and sounds and scents of the seasons. The book is a poem and Joyce Sidman has done an outstanding job depicting the colours of the seasons. At her website, SacredBee, she explains a bit about these recurring images (scroll to the bottom to read). Each page is full whimsy: the little dog is everywhere, animals and people all have little crowns hovering over their heads, there are many bees and foxes, as well as many little wheel-like images. You could spend hours poring over the artwork alone. Her work is absolutely stunning in its beauty and her attention to quirky little details.

Pamela Zagarenski is one of the most talented illustrators I’ve ever come across. Red Sings from Treetops is so beautiful on so many levels it’s hard to know where to begin, but I’ll start with the illustrations. In SPRING, Red sings from treetops: cheer-cheer-cheer, each note dropping like a cherry into my ear. Together, an award-winning poet and a brilliant painter inspire us to look closer at the thrilling colors of the seasons. Theme: Colours, Seasons, Five Senses, PoetryĬolor comes alive in this whimsical, innovative book: blue dances on summer lakes, green drips from spring leaves, black wafts mysteriously through autumn evenings. Publishing: HMH Books for Young Readers, 2009 Title: Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors I know you’re going to love it as much as I do.

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Red sings from treetops a year in colors