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    This document provides teaching resources and ideas for using the picture book "Where is the Green Sheep?" by Mem Fox in early childhood classrooms. It includes a book overview, learning outcomes, activity suggestions, and information about the author Mem Fox and her other works. Some of the proposed activities are having a green sheep treasure hunt, singing the song "Baa Baa Green Sheep", and using positional language to find the green sheep in the book.

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    This document provides teaching resources and ideas for using the picture book "Where is the Green Sheep?" by Mem Fox in early childhood classrooms. It includes a book overview, learning outcomes, activity suggestions, and information about the author Mem Fox and her other works. Some of the proposed activities are having a green sheep treasure hunt, singing the song "Baa Baa Green Sheep", and using positional language to find the green sheep in the book.

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    Where Is The Green Sheep?: by Mem Fox

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    This document provides teaching resources and ideas for using the picture book "Where is the Green Sheep?" by Mem Fox in early childhood classrooms. It includes a book overview, learning outcomes, activity suggestions, and information about the author Mem Fox and her other works. Some of the proposed activities are having a green sheep treasure hunt, singing the song "Baa Baa Green Sheep", and using positional language to find the green sheep in the book.

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    This picture book unit has been developed in the Wise Words section of the

    NTDLS website. It provides teachers, parents and home tutors with access to
    shared ideas, teaching and learning tips and some best practice materials to use with your
    children.
    Learning Area : All
    Integrated Band Level: Key Growth Point 3.
    Developer: Sue Thomson.

    Where is the green sheep?


    by Mem Fox

    Book Overview
    Here’s a flock of sheep one doesn’t see every day: red, yellow, and blue ones, as well as sheep in
    the tub, on the playground, and in cars and trains. And here’s a book one doesn’t see every day: a
    narrative perfectly attuned to a toddler’s sense of playful discovery. As listeners (who will be able to
    “read” this story on their own after a few encounters) search for that elusive green sheep, they’ll also
    be able to reinforce concepts (such as near and far or brave and scared) and enjoy a little wordplay
    along the way.

    Learning outcome from NT curriculum framework


    Activities
    Make ‘green sheep’ with paper plates and cotton balls that have been dyed and dried with green food
    colouring or dye.

    Have a ‘treasure hunt’ with one of the sheep or more with instructions on them. Eg; ‘Go to the next
    sheep which is…..’

    Sing baa, baa green sheep?

    Get the kids to find the green sheep in the book.

    They love it. Get them to use directional language like “near the tree..”

    Excellent book for learning colours.


    Guided reading lessons: encourage the children to participate by reading and saying, ‘But
    where is the green sheep?’

    Repetition: Make use of the language and get the students to do the reading. Use the Big Book.

    Make lots of sheep. Green sheep too! Use paper plates and cotton wool. Hide all the sheep
    around the class and have a treasure hunt for the green one!

    Learn positional and directional language: here, far, up, down etc.

    Excellent for opposites: up-down; scared-brave etc.

    Look at the activities the sheep are doing: snorkelling, eating, boating.

    Do a class survey and see which is the most popular.

    Lots of different sheep, but they are all sheep. Good one for comparisons with children. We are
    all different, but we are all the same.

    Make lots of sheep using some of the ideas in the book. Also wool, material, printing, collage etc.

    Put spelling words in the outline of a sheep. Or word of the day/week. Make a ‘sheep’ book.

    Look at other Mem Fox books and do an author study!

    Possum Magic (1983)


    Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge (1984)
    Zoo-Looking (1986)
    Hattie and the Fox (1986)
    Arabella, the Smallest Girl in the World (1986)
    A Bedtime Story (1987)
    Koala Lou (1988)
    Guess What? (1988)
    With Love, at Christmas (1988)
    Night Noises (1989)
    Feathers and Fools (1989)
    Shoes from Grandpa (1989)
    Sophie (1989)
    Time for Bed (1993)
    Tough Boris (1994)
    Wombat Divine (1995)
    Boo to a Goose (1996)
    Whoever You Are (1997)
    the Straight Line Wonder (1997)
    Sleepy Bears (1999)
    Harriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild! (2000)
    Because of the Bloomers (2000)
    The Magic Hat (2002)
    Where Is the Green Sheep? (2004)
    A Particular Cow (2006)
    Where the Giant Sleeps (2007)
    Hunwick’s Egg (2005)
    Ten Little Fingers & Ten Little Toes (t 2008)
    Hello, Baby? ( 2009)

    Go to this site and read about the book: http://www.memfox.net/green-sheep-secrets.html

    “There are red sheep and blue sheep, wind sheep and wave sheep, scared sheep and
    brave sheep, but where is the green sheep?” Make up your own sheep and display them
    around your class. Great way to consolidate learning and skills.

    There is even a show travelling around Australia on this book:

    http://www.capitale.org.nz/PDFs/festival/green_sheep_resource.pdf

    Reference
    Licensed: All Images, Microsoft Clipart 2006 and Adobe Illustrator Library 2008.

    Northern Territory Distance Learning Service, GPO Box 4821, Darwin NT 0801, Phone: 8999 3705

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