Gr. K-4 The Cycling Wangdoos Author: Kelly Pulley

The Cycling Wangdoos is an imaginative and fun rhyming tale of an unlikely cycling team and their off-track lesson in teamwork. It will take you on a thrills and spills fun-filled ride from the first page to the surprise ending. This is a great lesson about team work, disguised within a fun story line, with even more-fun illustrations. Where else are you going to get a 6-saddled bicycle with a yak on the back? And rhyming will keep anyone entertained. No matter how small one contributes to the group as a whole-the group is only as strong as its weakest member. Kids will appreciate the careful, fun illustrations. When one is part of a team, one has to do one's part no matter what. The rhyming text will surely hold the attention of children and is perfect for reading out loud. This book is perfect for children up to the age of eight.

WEDNESDAY, October 5 - “Children’s Books”: 1)Ten Unusual Features of Lulu McDunn and  2)The Cycling Wangdoos   (Children’s Books and Authors  series)

Presenter: Kelly Pulley, Author and Illustrator of Ten Unusual Features of Lulu McDunn  and The Cycling Wangdoos

TARGET AUDIENCE: Students in grades K - 4

LESSON PLAN: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/programs/booksnauthors/lulumcdunn.htm  AND http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/programs/booksnauthors/cyclingwangdoos.htm

TIME: Two sessions: one at 9:00 AM strong>CENTRAL TIME and one at 10:00 AM CENTRAL TIME

Objectives:
Students will:
1. Learn self awareness
2. Increase their self-esteem
3. Celebrate their uniqueness
4. Reflect on the important people in their lives.
5. Follow directions to create their works of art.

Pre-Activity: Making A Cut-Out of Me
Materials:
Butcher paper, crayons or markers, scissors, tissue paper or newspaper, stapler, extra clothes from each child
Procedure:
1. The student lays down on the butcher paper and the teacher traces the child's outline. 
2. The student then colors in the face, eyes, nose, ears, hair, etc. on their own. 
3.  Cut out: If the child is able to cut the outline of them out, if not the teacher does that part.
4. Then repeat #1 and another outline is made .  The two are than stapled together and stuffed with tissue paper or newspaper.
5. This life-size cutout is then dressed in the student's clothes.  This activity may take a few days to do, but the students enjoy seeing their cut-outs in their own clothes.

LESSON:
What do young students like to talk about when they come to school? You probably guessed it. They like talking about themselves! So, why not let them do just that as you can get to know them, too!  Help students celebrate their individuality and learn about likenesses and differences. This lesson builds those important skills and a sense of family in your classroom.

Patsy Partin, M.Ed

Director, Virtual School

Vanderbilt University

2007 Terrace Place

Nashville, TN 37203

(615) 322-6384

www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool