Stop Those Hiccups!

A boy begins to float up in the air when he hiccups, so helpful neighbors give ideas of how to help cure him. A cure that works in real life is tried, which ends the hiccups. The last page has some interesting details about why the strategy in the story works, as well as some fun trivia about hiccups. On sale through Amazon.com or Rowanvale Books.

Teacher Guide with Questions, Activities

MOST of the reading core standards for each grade (K-6th) are listed and addressed with ideas for class discussion, questions and activities. An optional teacher's script is provided, plus answers to worksheets. Activities are meant to be completed during the discussion. Standards for K-6 are presented together by similar standards per grade with: oral explicit/inference questions; finding quotes, citations, main topic/ideas, summarize, etc; discussing the technical information given at the back of the story book about hiccups; guided steps for even the lower grades to access information online and answer questions (they analyze words and basic anatomy diagrams related to hiccups, or that are related to social studies core standards); use their social studies book as a reference to identify outside and inside parts and text reference tools such as 'headings;' help students be aware of how authors and illustrators work together to tell a story; -list of other books about hiccups to compare and contrast;-and much more. MOST of the activities can be completed by using this document, but reference is made to the ADDITIONAL "WORKSHEETS & RESOURCES FOR 'STOP THOSE HICCUPS!'" materials (including worksheets per standard and grade level) that are to be completed during the class discussions. (SEE BOOK #4 IN THIS GALLERY for more details of 'THE WORKSHEET & RESOURCE' materials.) FREE if emailed; otherwise there will be a fee to copy and mail the 45 pages.

(Packets of Worksheets/Guide for Hiccups)

Cost to buy and ship these items: Grade Guide Worksheets Total *Combined Pkg Kinder $2.00 $2.50 $4.50 $4.00 1st $2.00 $2.50 $4.50 $4.00 2nd $2.50 $3.00 $5.50 $5.00 3rd $2.00 $2.50 $4.50 $4.00 4th $2.50 $5.00 $7.50 $7.00 5th $2.50 $5.00 $7.50 $7.00 6th $2.50 $5.00 $7.50 $7.00

Taylee's Job

(This book has not been published yet; but core standards and activities will be written for it also.) An 11-year old girl wants to get out of their family paper route job and do something else to earn money. Through her kindness and service to others (influenced by her Girl Scouts and church youth groups) except toward her pesky brother, she and her friends brainstorm ideas of income around obstacles that get in their way until the perfect job for her is found.

Worksheets & Resources

Materials to correlate with the story & Teacher's Guide. Included are: -Worksheets per grade level and standard that refer to the Hiccups story -Poem with examples of figurative language and a mythology reference -Reader's theater script of the story (to compare/contrast) -Mock (partial) screenplay of the story (to compare/contrast) -A second version of the Hiccups story (no pics) using different cultures -Media Comparison Chart to compare a story, poem and a script of a play -Basic diagrams of parts of the body related to hiccups for even those in kindergarten to learn about and compare to given websites, for them to discuss and label as a group