{"id":4044,"date":"2016-04-27T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=4044"},"modified":"2019-07-12T11:13:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T15:13:11","slug":"monthly-book-activity-caps-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/monthly-book-activity-caps-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Book Activity &#8211; Caps for Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Caps-for-Sale-book1.jpg\" alt=\"caps for sale book activity\" width=\"348\" height=\"432\" \/>April\u00a0Book Activity &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Story Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A peddler is walking up and down the streets selling caps. He balances many gray, brown, blue and red caps on his head. One day he is feeling tired and takes a nap under a tree. When he wakes up his caps are gone! Where could his caps be?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Ages: Preschool \u2013 1st grade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Activity 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Before reading Caps for Sale, model taking a picture walk with the whole class. Start with showing the front of the book and pointing out the title and author. Then on the title page show the picture of the peddler and talk about what a peddler is.<!--more--><\/li>\n<li>As you continue your picture walk through the book ask the students some questions such as: How would you describe the peddler\u2019s caps? Where is the peddler going and what is he doing? What happened to his caps while he was sleeping? How will he get his caps back? What do you notice the monkeys doing?<\/li>\n<li>Now read the story to find out how the peddler will finally get his caps back!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Caps for Sale, by Esphyr Slobodkina (found in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/paperback-classics-book-set-BK1581\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">paperbacks set<\/a> and in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/childrens-classics-easy-pack-EC7434\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">children&#8217;s classics<\/a> pack)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Activity 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the poem Monkey\u2019s, Monkey\u2019s for the next activity.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4051 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Caps-21.jpg\" alt=\"book activity caps for sale\" width=\"401\" height=\"417\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Monkey\u2019s, Monkey\u2019s,<br \/>\nin a tree.<br \/>\nThrow the red cap<br \/>\ndown to me!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write the poem on sentence strips and place it in a pocket chart. Write more color words on sentence strip paper to exchange other color words in the poem. Place matching color paper caps in the pocket chart to the side of the poem for the students to manipulate with the color words in the poem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/search\/index.php?q=Bright+White+Sulphite+Drawing+Paper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bright White Sulphite Drawing Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/crayolaclassic-broad-tip-markers-SC1036\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crayola Classic Broad Tip Markers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/search\/index.php?q=Pocket+Chart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pocket Chart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/sentence-strips-white-PE399\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">White Sentence Strips<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Activity 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tell the children they will be doing an activity with the AP word family; like the word caps in the title Caps for Sale.<\/li>\n<li>Reread the story Caps for Sale. Tell the children to raise their hand every time they hear the word cap or caps.<\/li>\n<li>After reading, make a list of other AP\u00a0words on chart paper. Then read the list together. Ask the children what part sounds the same with all the words.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/search\/index.php?q=Chart+Tablet+Ruled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chart Tablet Ruled<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/crayolaclassic-broad-tip-markers-SC1036\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crayola Classic Broad Tip Markers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Activity 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reread Caps for Sale one more time, allowing the children to chime into the chanting parts they remember. (ex. \u201cCaps! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>Next the children will be able to design their own caps using plain white caps and fabric markers.<\/li>\n<li>Once their caps are decorated have a few children volunteer to see how many caps can be piled on their heads before the caps topple over!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/color-me-baseball-caps-FA3421\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Color-Me Baseball Caps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/search\/index.php?q=Fabric+Markers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabric Markers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/ed-supplies-early-childhood\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fun books on our site!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guest Blogger:<\/strong> Melinda Brown, Reading Recovery Teacher at East Lyme Public<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April\u00a0Book Activity &#8211;\u00a0Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina Story Summary A peddler is walking up and down the streets selling caps. 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