Classroom Activities
To Help You Connect Trumpet Books to Your Curriculum
Timothy Goes to School
Classroom Activities
Timothy Goes to School
by Rosemary Wells
Timothy is very excited about starting school--until he meets Claude. Claude sits next to him, and he wears all the right clothes, says all the right things, and garners all the praise from his teacher and classmates. Timothy is feeling down, until he meets a girl who's having the same problem with her seatmate...
Activity:
Get to Know Each Other!
In Timothy Goes to School, it takes Timothy a while to find a friend. In this activity, children can introduce themselves to the rest of their classmates by writing a class book about themselves.
Read Timothy Goes to School aloud to your class.
Talk with children about how Timothy feels before he finds his friend Violet.
Tell children that in this activity they are going to get to know each other better because each of them will write a page about themselves.
Hand out the classroom reproducible to children, along with crayons and markers.
Have children write their names on the paper you gave them.
Have children discuss some of their favorite things. Brainstorm a list with children, and write down what they name on the chalkboard.
Ask children to write down what their favorite thing is, and then have them draw a picture of it.
Collect all of the pages and staple them together.
Invite children to read the class book to find out about each other. It might even help them make new friends!
Activity:
Make Name Tags!
When Timothy first goes to school, he doesn't have a friend yet. He doesn't even know his classmates' names. In this activity, children will get a chance to learn each other's names by making name tags.
Materials Needed
lined paper
Markers
Crayons
Safety scissors
tape
Activity Directions
Read Timothy Goes to School out loud to children.
Hand out paper, scissors, crayons, markers, and tape.
Ask children to write their names on the lined paper you give them.
When they're done writing, have children cut out their names and tape them to their shirts.
Give students several minutes to greet each other. Encourage them to talk about their names.
