
How do seeds know how to grow, to reach up from the earth below? Who paints the colors on the flowers that lift their heads to sun and showers? What turns the rain on in the sky and brings the sun to make things dry?
If this poetic text peeks your interest, read on. Marcus Pfister's 2011 picture book Questions, Questions could be the book you are looking for this fall as you build a class dance with students in grades 3-5. In a similar vain to the Caretakers of Wonder (Cooper Evans), Pfister poses lots of great questions that will lead to interesting movement phrases with upper elementary age students. You can assign some of the pages to small groups, and other pages will lend themselves to whole-group explorations (How many shells are on the shore? How many little fish might see the stone I throw into the sea?).
You, as the teacher, can be the narrator for the piece. Or, record yourself or the students reading the text.
Questions, Questions beautifully explores many aspects of the natural world – plants, animals, and weather.
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