Achoo! All About Colds
CHALLENGING WORDS
chicken poxgerms
gobble
millions
second
sneezes
thousands
throat
trapped
virus
SUMMARY
This story is about Sam who has a cold. The book explains how he got the cold and how he gets rid of it.--- Conversation Questions---
(1) / Explain the main idea of this story.(Answer) / A little boy gets a cold; Any logical answer
(Follow Up) / What part of the book did you like the best?
(2) / Imagine you were Sam. How do you think he felt about getting a cold?
(Answer) / Any logical answer
(Follow Up) / Do you know anyone who actually likes getting a cold.?
(3) / Pretend you are Sam’s mother. What would you do to take care of him?
(Answer) / Any logical answer
(Follow Up) / Who takes care of you while you are sick?
(4) / Tell about a time when you had a bad cold and you missed out on something fun?
(Answer) / Any logical answer
(Follow Up) / Name something fun to do?
(5) / Define the word germ?
(Answer) / Bacteria that causes us to have colds, flu, chicken pox and other sicknesses.
(Follow Up) / Do you think that we can see germs?
(6) / Name the sport Sam was playing.
(Answer) / Baseball
(Follow Up) / Have you ever played on a baseball team or some other sports team?
(7) / Tell how Sam knows he has a cold.
(Answer) / He sneezes, his throat hurts, his nose is running and he feels sick.
(Follow Up) / Tell how you know that you have a cold?
(8) / List some things Sam can do to feel better.
(Answer) / Get lots of sleep, eat good foods and drink lots of water and juice.
(Follow Up) / What makes you feel better when you are sick.
(9) / Describe how the cold germs got into Sam’s body.
(Answer) / They came in through his nose and went down his throat.
(Follow Up) / How do you think we get colds?
(10) / Explain why Sam has his own cup, towel and toothpaste.
(Answer) / So that no one else can catch Sam’s cold.
(Follow Up) / Do you have your own cup, towel, or toothpaste?
Activities
1. / Draw a picture of what you think a germ might look like. Give the germ a name.
2. / Make a list of things you might need to make you feel better when you have a cold.
3. / Write a story about a time when you or someone you know had a cold.
4. / Invent a new kind of medicine that cures colds. Tell what ingredients you need to make this new medicine.
Introductions
1. / Bring in some CD cases, baseball cards, anything that you collect. Discuss collecting thins with the children. Let’s read a story about a boy’s family who is busy doing things while he can’t find anything to do.2. / Put some things laying around the area. Have the children hunt for a certain item. After they find it. Say, “today we are going to read a story about a boy who goes on a treasure hunt.
3. / Put various items in a bag. Have the children reach in and try to find a certain object. Tell them that today we will read a story about a boy who has a hard time finding something he likes to do.
Book Title: Achoo! All About Colds
Author: Patricia Brennen Demuth / Illustrator: Maggie SmithISBN: 0448413485 / # of Text Pages: 23 AR: N/A LEX: 290L
Building Oral Vocabulary
12 / germs / 17 / gobble / 20 / virus
Prediction Questions
5 / Why do you think Sam sneezed?
13 / Do you think Sam cought the cold from Sara?
22 / What do you think Sam needs to do to feel better?