Red Socks and Yellow Socks s19

CHALLENGING WORDS

blocks breaks cheese chewy chicks clothes licks quite shame tongue

SUMMARY

Boy oh boy, this is a tongue twister. A fox in socks tries to see what knox can say. Knox has enough of it all and calls the game off! --- Conversation Questions---

(1) Tell me what this book is about. (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Have you ever saw a fox wearing socks?

(2) If you were given a tongue twister, tell me how you would do on reading it. (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Do you know any tongue twisters?

(3) Pretend you are the fox, would you wear socks? Why or why not? (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Look at your socks and tell what color they are.

(4) How would you feel if someone wouldn't leave you alone? (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Have you ever bothered anyone?

(5) Define "chewy". (Answer) Something soft and squishy in your mouth. (Follow Up) Use chewy in a sentence.

(6) Look on page 8, list what four things were there. (Answer) Chicks, bricks, blocks, and clocks. (Follow Up) Can you name two more rhyming words?

(7) Tell me what sick bricks do. (Answer) Tick (Follow Up) The sick chicks? (tock)

(8) Turn to page 31, what do they find? (Answer) Blue goo (Follow Up) Tell me who chews it. (Goo-Goose)

(9) Name the two boys that were in the story. (Answer) Ben and Bim. (Follow Up) Ben and Bim break what in the story? (brooms)

(10) Explain to me what happens at the end of the story. (Answer) Mr. Knox calls off the game. (Follow Up) Do you like to play games? Activities

1. Draw a picture of the Fox wearing socks. Label your picture.

2. Write your very own tongue twister.

3. Make a list of rhyming words.

4. Think of at least five different animals and list a different piece of clothing for each of them to wear.

Introductions

1. Have a pair of socks. Ask the students if they have ever seen an animal wear socks. Ask why an animal would wear socks. Today we are going to read about a fox that wears socks!

2. Bring in a stuffed fox. Ask the students if they have ever saw a real fox and if so where. Are they nice or mean? We are going to read about a funny fox that likes to wear socks.

3. Show the front cover of the book. Ask the child what they think the book could be about and why they think that. Let's read a tongue twisting book about fox that likes to wear socks!

Book Title: Fox in Socks Author: Dr. Seuss Illustrator: Dr. Seuss ISBN: 0-394-90038-3 # of Text Pages: 50 AR: 2.7 LEX: 500 Building Oral Vocabulary 32 chewy 37 breaks 43 licks Prediction Questions 17 Do you think he will stop? 31 Guess if they will go in the goo. 59 Tell me what you think Mr. Knox will do now.

This resource is provided by THE LEARNING CORPS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.