The
Monarch
Award:
Illinois'
K-3
Children's Choice Award
2010
Master List
Sponsored by
the
Illinois
School Library Media Association
2010 Nominee: Baa-Choo!When Sam the sheep has trouble sneezing, his friends help him out.
Author: Sarah Weeks
Illustrator: Jane Manning
Book
Activities
- Discussion questions: What are some reasons you sneeze? How does Sam
try get himself to sneeze?What do his friends do to get Sam to
sneeze?
- Reading/oral language: Point out onomatopoeia in the book.
Point out the rhyming names of the animals. Brainstorm for other
animals and make up rhyming names.
- Writing: Write a story about an animal who has hiccups. How
will his friends help him to stop?
- Math: Find statistics on sneezing. What is the speed of a
sneeze? What is the longest sneezing streak?
- Science: Is sneezing a good thing? Why do we sneeze? Study sneezing and other
involuntary reflexes. How do we protect others from our sneezes?
- Social Studies: What are the customs/beliefs and sayings associated
with sneezing, i. e. Bless you!
- Cooking/Snack: Pepper makes many people sneeze? What foods
have pepper in them?
- Art/Drama: Act out different sections in the book with
children as different animals. Make animal masks or use puppets.
- Music/Movement: Pantomime sneezing, hiccups, coughs, and
other body reflexes.
- Technology integration: Make a picture in Kidspiration of the animals. Give each animal a speech bubble and type advice in the bubble.
- Note: Sarah Weeks won the Caudill award in Illinois.
Related Books
- Books by Sarah Weeks:
- Pip Squeak
- Splish Splash
- Drip Drop
- Bunny Fun
Related books:- Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
- The Flea's Sneeze by Lynn Downey
- Robert the Rose Horse by Joan Heilbroner
- The Mitten by Jan Brett
- I Love to Sneeze by Hans Wilhelm
- Sniffles, Sneezes, Hiccups and Coughs by Penny Raife Durant
- Stand Back Said the Elephant, I'm Going to Sneeze by Patty Thomas
Websites
2010 Nominee Resources