Grass Sandals
Grass Sandals by Dawnine Spivak
A simple retelling of the travels of seventeenth-century Japanese poet, Basho, across his island homeland. Includes examples of the haiku verses he composed.
Why are we featuring this book?
Grass Sandals is a book featured in Five in a Row, a literature-based unit study curriculum. Many families use FIAR for all but the Grammar / Reading and Math, and others use it in conjunction with other resources. Below you will find information about the author and illustrator, story summaries, and links to lesson plans and websites that are great go-alongs for Grass Sandals. Please note that these resources are meant to complement, not replace, the Five in a Row units. The Five in a Row volumes are inexpensive and well worth the investment. Digital downloads of the FIAR volumes and supplementary resources like Fold & Learn™ (paper manipulatives similar to lapbooks) are available to enhance your units.
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Go-Alongs:
Online Units and Resources for Grass Sandals
Calligraphy Minibook
Gives students an opportunity to try out their calligraphy by making a book of Japanese numbers from one to ten in Kanji. (Y)
Autumn Haiku Lesson Plan
Grade 3 (Y)
Internet Connection Activities
Moon Phases, Daily Life in Japan, Japan's Geography Topics, Poets and Poetry. Grade 4. (Y)
Travel for kids - Japan
Kids already know a little about Japan if they like Japanese comics or buy Hello Kitty. Japan may seem very modern, but it has a long history of tradition, deeply embedded in everyday life. (Y, M, O, T)
The Ancient Art of Haiku
Study in Haiku writing and interpretation for Grade 7. (M)
Haiku and Beyond
A Study of Japanese Literature - by Denver Public Schools. Grade 4 (Y)
Haiku
Grade Levels: 3 - 6. Students learn the syllable structure and mood of haiku poems by comparing the serenity of the autumn months with the peaceful rhythms of haiku poetry. (Y)
A Journey To Japan Through Poetry
Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. Grade 3 (Y)
Grass Sandals Spelling Words
Grade 4 (Y)
Go-alongs about
(Eating in) Japan Unit (K-1st Grade)
- Mini-unit: How My Students Learned to Eat in Japan. Learn about Japanese food, and the etiquette that comes with eating in Japan. (Y)
A Journey To Japan Through Poetry - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. Grade 3 (Y)
Autumn Haiku Lesson Plan - Grade 3 (Y)
Children's Day - From Japan Guide.com (Y, M)
Children's Day - From A Girl's World.com (Y,M)
eThemes: Grandfather's Journey - These sites include information and activities relating to the book "Grandfather's Journey." Includes biographies on author Allen Say. There is also a link to an eThemes Resource on Japan (Y,M)
Geta Page - Geta is the Japanese word for clogs. You will find lots of pictures and other information about clogs (like how to walk in them) as well as instructions about how to make your own. (Y, M, O, T)
Haiku and Beyond - A Study of Japanese Literature - by Denver Public Schools. Grade 4 (Y)
Hiragana Culture Lessons - Learn the Hiragana and Japanese culture at the same time with this about.com resource. (Y, M, O, T)
How My Parents Learned to Eat (Food) - Students will use the Internet to research cultural differences in foods and manners of eating in Japan and the U.S. They will have an opportunity to learn how rice and potatoes are grown, to learn about some favorite snack foods in Japan, and to study menus from Japanese and American restaurants. The culminating group project will be to design a menu for a Japanese-American restaurant. At the end of this unit, students should have a better grasp of the cultural differences and similarities between Japanese and American ways of eating, and, through this understanding, have a better grasp on who they are and how they fit into the world. Grade 2 (Y)
Internet Connection Activities - Moon Phases, Daily Life in Japan, Japan's Geography Topics, Poets and Poetry. Grade 4. (Y)
Japan - from Enchanted Learning, this site has many of the same resources as their Zoom School plus a few more (Y)
Japan - Literature Lesson Plans - From ProTeacher.com (Y,M)
Japan Brochure - A map of the country; A picture and a fact about a famous place or interesting thing to see; Hotels; Souvenirs; Trains (Y, M, O, T)
Japan, Japanese Lesson Plans - From Teachnology. (Y, M, O, T)
Japanese Children's Festivals - Information on Girls'Day March 3rd, Children's Day May 5th and 7-5-3 Festival November 11th. (Y,M)
Japanese Etiquette - Correct manners are very important among the Japanese. Also as a foreigner in Japan you should be familiar with at least the most basic rules. (Y, M, O, T)
Kids Konnect.com - Japan - Webpages created by a retired teacher to help kid safely learn on the internet about Japan. (Y, M, O, T)
Mr. Donn's Ancient and Modern Japan - Lesson Plans for Teachers,
Interactive Activities for Kids,
Resources for Everyone (Y, M, O, T)
Origami KinderCrafts - several simple origami patterns for elementary students (Y)
Time Warp Trio Topical Lesson Plans - Look down the page for the link to this PDF lesson plan to go with the books. (Y)
Travel for kids - Japan - Kids already know a little about Japan if they like Japanese comics or buy Hello Kitty. Japan may seem very modern, but it has a long history of tradition, deeply embedded in everyday life. (Y, M, O, T)
WannaLearn.com - Japanese - (Y, M, O)
Your Visit to Japan - After visiting Japan, you are asked by the Japanese Visitor and Tourist Bureau to write a travel brochure to help people visiting Japan. (Y, M, O, T)
Zoom School's Japan - Click on the links in the illustration to visit topical areas including haiku, animals, crafts, a map, and language resources (Y)
Go-alongs about Poetry
A Journey To Japan Through Poetry - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. Grade 3 (Y)
Autumn Haiku Lesson Plan - Grade 3 (Y)
FREE Online Rhyming Dictionary - My daughter loves using this online tool when writing poetry. Just put any word in the form and specify whether you want results with end rhymes, first syllable rhymes, last syllable rhymes, beginning rhymes, or double rhymes. Your child is sure to find a word to use in their poetry or limerick from the results (Y, M, O, T)
Haiku - Grade Levels: 3 - 6. Students learn the syllable structure and mood of haiku poems by comparing the serenity of the autumn months with the peaceful rhythms of haiku poetry. (Y)
Haiku and Beyond - A Study of Japanese Literature - by Denver Public Schools. Grade 4 (Y)
Internet Connection Activities - Moon Phases, Daily Life in Japan, Japan's Geography Topics, Poets and Poetry. Grade 4. (Y)
Madeline.com - The official Madeline website for Ludwig Bemelmans' classic Madeline children's books. (Y)
Modern American Poetry - MAPS=Modern American Poetry Site. Includes more than 30,000 pages of critical essays, images, biographies, and syllabi relating to 161 poets. (Y, M, O, T)
Poetry Class - PoetryTeachers.com provides easy-to-follow instructions on how to teach your students to write different types of funny poems. The lessons are written by published children's poets and include fun examples along with the suggestions. (Y, M, O, T)
Poets Org. - Support American poets (Y, M, O, T)
Rhyme with - Internet rhyming dictionary. Warning - program does not edit content for words some consider inappropriate. (Y, M, O, T)
Sea Life Poetry - Using Internet resources listed with the lesson plan, students discover oceans and sea life and use this material for different forms of poetry. Good way to integrate language arts into an ocean unit study. (Y,M)
Songs of the Pueblo Indians - (Y, M)
The Digital Dante - Contains the original Italian version of The Divine Comedy and two English translations. The site also includes The Convivio in English as well as several other works in Italian and Latin. Don't miss the text of Milton's Paradise Lost. (Y, M, O, T)
The Mosaic Curriculum - Free curriculum guides combining history, geography, literature, poetry memorization, world religions and more, by using living books, websites, hands on activities, and other resources. Free manuals include daily lesson plans for 180 days. Helpful checklists and shopping lists. Timelines unit study is provided. (Y, M, O, T)
Wired for Books - Poems, stories, plays, essays, lectures, and interviews for children and adults. (Y, M, O, T)
Wired for Books: Poetry Online - Listen to readings of poems many by the original authors. (Y, M, O, T)
Go-alongs about Astronomy
A Solar System Coloring Book--Beginner - (Y)
A Trip Through Our Solar System An Internet Scavenger Hunt - (Y, M)
A Trip Through the Solar System - PPT presentation from Mrs. Frederick’s 6th Grade Class in 2004 (Y, M)
Amazing Space - Web-based space activities for classroom use. This site is full of excellent lesson plans and activities, but be aware this site does present the Big Bang Theory in an understated way. (Y, M, O, T)
Apollo 11 - From NASA. (Y, M, O, T)
Apollo 11 Story - On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot on another celestial body. Get the Apollo 11 story from launch to splashdown. (Y,M)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. (Y, M, O, T)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. (Y, M, O, T)
Astronomy: Our Place in Space - From Ology - American Museum of Natural History. (Y, M, O, T)
Auroras - Find out more about the mysterious phenomenon also called the Northern Lights. Beautiful photography and a teacher's guide with a few ideas for using the site in the classroom. (Y, M, O, T)
Blast Off Boutique - (Y)
Blast off! Explore the solar system online - Look through telescopes to see what's happening in space (Y, M, O, T)
Discovering Uranus - from thinkquest.org (Y, M, O, T)
Earth science & Astronomy science projects - (Y, M)
Exploring Planets in the Classroom - Hands on activity guide introduces scientific concepts involving space. (Y, M, O, T)
Google Earth - Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. (Y, M, O, T)
Interplanetary Virtual Tour - This is an awesome collection of almost 100 pages of photos and information that can be explored systematically through the tour or overviewed through the "Express Tour". The images of the planets and their satellites will entertain the youngest students (Y, M, O, T)
Journey Through the Solar System - A ThinkQuest Junior project. (Y)
Kennedy Space Center Educator Resources - The NASA Educator Resource Center (ERC) at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex provides educational resources available include videos, slides, lesson plans, publications and lunar & meteorite samples. (Y, M, O, T)
Make a comet tail - Activity for space unit. (Y,M) (Y,M)
Nasa News for Kids - Science fun, Games, Art & Stories, Activities and Kids club. (Y, M, O, T)
Nasa Quest - Connection K-12 classrooms with people, research and science through mission based interactions and activities. (Y, M, O, T)
NASA Teaching Materials - Extensive database of downloadable educational materials searchable by subject, grade level and product type (Y, M, O, T)
NASA's Kids Science News Network™ - (Y, M, O, T)
National Science Foundation - NSF - Where discoveries begin. (Y, M, O, T)
OLogy - Ology means "the Study of". (Y M)
On the Moon Activity Guide - Six activities that bring engineering and NASA's moon missions to life. Two activities—Launch It and Touchdown—are for grades 3-8 (and work well at events). Three activities—Roving on the Moon, Heavy Lifting, and On Target—are for grades 6-12. One activity—Feel the Heat—is for grades 9-12. (Y, O, M, T)
Outer Space Crafts - Great hands on crafts for younger students studying space. (Y,M)
Soaring Through Our Solar System - Reading Comprehension worksheets for solar system unit. (Grades 2-4) (Y)
Solar System Wordsearch - From ABC.teach (Y, M, O, T)
Space Kids - Space science for kids! (Y M)
Space Science Institute - The Space Science Institute (SSI) is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation formed in 1992. Our purpose is to create and maintain an environment where scientific research and education programs can flourish in an integrated fashion. (Y, M, O, T)
Space Shuttle Launch Simulation - From NASA; this simulation requires students to complete pre-launch steps in order to actually launch the space shuttle. If an error message occurs, the all systems will shut down and the student must restart the launch process. Good practice for real life. (Y, M, O, T)
Space Weather Center - With games, Activities and E-Cards. (Y, M, O, T)
SpaceWeather.com - For the skywatchers among us, SpaceWeather.com is a wonderful site for predicting space events such as meteor showers, auroras (northern lights), falling asteroids, and more. (Y, M, O, T)
Star Journey - This site from National Geographic contains star charts, start attractions, and views from the Hubble telescope. (Y, M, O, T)
StarChild - (Y M)
Styrofoam Planets - You guessed it: make styrofoam planets. (Y,M)
The Animated Virtual Planetarium - (Y, M, O, T)
The Aurora Page - A source for Information, links and images about the "Northern Lights" on-line since the Web began (Y, M, O, T)
The Nine Planetss - A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System: one star, eight planets, and more (Y, M, O, T)
The Space Place - Games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology. (Y)
The Virtual Sun - (Y, M, O, T)
Trip Through the Solar System - Language Arts Grade Level - 1 (Y)
Uranus - from solarviews.com (Y, M, O, T)
Uranus - from EnchantedLearning.com (Y, M, O, T)
Who discovered Uranus? - from coolcosmos (Y, M, O, T)
WorldWide Telescope - WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope. (Y, M, O, T)
Zoom Astronomy - A comprehensive on-line site about space and astronomy (Y)
Go-alongs about Weather
Bibliography of Materials to AccompanySnowflake Bentley - (Y)
EasyFunSchool Weather Unit - Activity, ideas, resources, and many links to weather websites (Y, M, O, T)
Guide to Snowflake Bentley - pdf file from Weston Wood productions. grades 1-3 and 4-5 (Y)
Making paper Snowflake - Get flaky with a snowflake for all seasons. (Y)
Snow Flakes - hexagonal symmetry - A study of snowflakes; hexagonal symmetry (Y, M, O, T)
SnowCrystals.com - Every winter I am again amazed at snowflakes. This intriguing site from a physics professor at Caltech is full of images of beautifully intricate designs found in snow and gives you insight into the science behind them. Pick up some snowflake wallpaper for your computer while you are there. (Y, M, O, T)
Weather watch - in-depth teaching resources from Scholastic.com (Y, M, O, T)
Weather Wiz Kids® - Hi everybody! I’m Meteorologist Crystal Wicker . I'm a television meteorologist for the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana. I designed this website especially for kids to allow them to learn more about the fascinating world of weather. It’s also a wonderful educational website for teachers and parents that gives them the right tools they need to explain the different types of weather to children. (Y)
