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Magic and Whimsy Series: Questions, Questions

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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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    The south section Er 3 people immediately and then take after calling a perfect person hand they leave black iron city and arrived at a plain out of the city on.Several 1000 people come together together, the Xi Xi Rang Rang is very sublime.The south section Er also not much heel their useless talk, raise a hand and then let out a cover of hugely protecting, cover with owners all therein!That protects covers to present lavender, at top flow a purple sign line of a , the gold is small to open careful observation for a while, discover to seem some signs lines that have space to move to move strength.
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    Huang Chang Neng and he at a words of ages, probably he not so lonesome, ah!”The jade satisfiedly says at the male, the last exclamation is also seem the true invincibility is at the world similar.
    “This matter I unable to do lord, I contact a
    The gold is small to open facial expression tiny change, his surprisingly someone will be thus cruel, and look it appear that is killing brutally a monster person to have fun!
    If Tang can son also know this time again so silent snow go to is had no way of, which fear this time talk of will let affair more copy more black also want open mouth, otherwise so let Lin Mu Xue they indiscriminately guess, don’t say that own fame finishes wanting, Qian Xiao Qing but was subjected to her to bring trouble, if not that she had fun a bit intemperately, will Qian Xiao Qing appear a circumstance like this.
    t.(I understood.)72. I can’t afford that.(I undertake/buy not to rise.)73. I did it, I’m so happy now.(I attained, I was very satisfied now.)74. I don’t care.(The matter that don’t close me/I ignore.)75. I don’t think so.(I don’t think so/I see can’t/not go/need not.)76. I guess so.(I think BE.)77. I have no other choice.(I have no choice.)78. I will do my best!(I will make an effort!)79. I mean it.(I am earnest.)80. I’s so scared.(I am afraid pole.)81. It’s hard to say.(It is difficult to say.)82. It’s a long story.(It’s a long story to tell/it is a long story.)83. It’s a small world.(The world is really small.)84. It’s against the law!(That is illegal!)85. It’s a good opportunity!(Good opportunity!)86. It’s dangerous!(Is dangerous!)86. It’s dangerous!(Is dangerous!)87. May I help you?(Can I help?)88. No doubt about it.(It is beyond all doubt.)89. That’s bullshit!(Useless talk!)90. Think it over.(It is careful to consider for a while.)91. Time will tell.(Time will prove.)92. What a surprise!(Too amazingly!)93. Whatever you say!(Literally you!)94. You are the boss!(Listen to yours!You said to calculate!)95. You have my word!(I promise!)96. Tough job, tough day,
    “Ms. Sun, clan long life we take you to star in the capital city.”Radicle boon star in the household capital up, the wave is green to just and foolishly hope a window to go out absolute being, locks up her door suddenly be opened, the Suo pulls a close Wei of Bo to respectully salute a way later on.
    Present owners all drive this voice surprised Be getting more foolish, even connect those cards to pull to all frighten into inaction, completely have no which dare to more move for a while.The gold color card pulls to listen to this voice, really want that charging forward to bite a gold is small to open an one mouthful!
    The old man being how kind!A
    The Du flies to take small United States of week to walk into hall and hopes to watch from a distance everywhere, then heads for a 21:00 of wager table.Just he of so choose small United States of week, is because he sees when those accompany wager girl secretly luck works properly to know and takes a little awe, who know many girls after stepping back, but leap out small United States of a week, proceed from a little curious, he then needs week small beautiful”accompany wager” service.
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    “This but is can not guess.”The Du flies the reason heart that distinctly takes the offensive to the person of variation to know the belly is clear, can he but can’t speak to the car Xuan station.Fly to see in the Du, it is a biotechnology civilization to still keep fixing a true alliance to ignore, being all Earth can not arrive
    Ask the female monk of words.
    “Disappear for 16 years, does my son have no what rubbish and say for the father?”More leaves again openings, but is like a kind of magic and draws on to seal a Ling .
    (Two)
    For the affair of car wood 2 people’s, the Du flies nature not a lot of mouths, then jade Chien once connected to with deliberation deposit into concealed bead, the preparation comes to stuffy voice lucky strike.
    “How, don’t you believe?”The Du flew to dissolve the hatred Dui that goes of the teacher and pupil and probably produces with Ma Jun at this time, just when in a good mood, hear after the inquiry of Lin Jun some happy cringes, then smile and make fun a way.
    More is to march forward to the deep place of canyon, the surroundings is more dusk, the air also imitates a Buddha to become to glue dense and even makes people produce a kind of weird felling that gets into ocean deep place.Eyes that the gold is small to open even if can also see pure thing under the environment of this kind of want for ray, pour is need not afraid open to fly empty the boat hit what things up.On the western gram of body of one side but gradually sent forth the 1 F Meng Meng white light, seem to be very sacred.
    The orchid degree discovers gold being small to open to talk is like saying to round password, and let he has a headache of is that the gold is small to open the attitude of this kind of doesn’t matter, don’t know as well the gold is small happy in exactly have how much idea of high regard.
    “Cloth!”See the variation person’s fleet the huge warship of first column of troops have already started a dew head from empty, the Du flew to immediately descend to reach an order, immediately drive several thousand matched a body to expect monk from surroundings adjust of several stars round of an oddity type, at the right moment will emptily export included.
    It is surprising, a palace to is being long to living the forbidden ground of palace to have no, however say not exert of luxury, seal Ling always have never seen a so luxurious place, float to living the secret place is good at the nature, while the star Yun Ge would was a place with the most luxurious Ji.
    Nine thunders rob later on, the Du flew the strength of feeling the body to about promote again 100%, very happy in the heart.However the title tooks a look the sky, he discovers that regiments robbing cloud to have no dissipation and on the contrary remitted to gather more energies, the thunder and lightning that divert often in cloud regiment, seem to be more for terrible.
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