(Don’t forget about the discussion questions and activities already included with each book! Use these extra ideas as a springboard to further enrichment of student learning.)

Activities for Meghan Rose Knows It All
LANGUAGE ARTS

• Fold a piece of paper in half twice to make four panels. Write a word that rhymes with rock in each square. Draw a picture for each new word and write a sentence to go with it.
• An adjective is a describing word. Find a special rock and study it carefully. List five adjectives for your rock. Try to write a story or poem or cartoon strip using your five words.

SCIENCE

• Visit this website for some excellent science activities with rocks: Rocks for Kids.
Then please come back here for more MEGHAN ROSE fun!

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Look online to find out some information about famous rock formations or sculptures, such as Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Stonehenge, or the Eastern Island heads. Then choose one of these projects to show what you learned: create a cartoon, draw a diagram with labels, write a song or poem, write a story or report, or design a replica model.

MATH

• Try a game called Rock Toss. Gather a number of flat, bean-sized rocks. Spray paint one side of each rock with your favorite color. Leave the other side plain OR paint it white. Give every student a certain number of rocks. (Ten, for example.) Students will shake and toss the rocks on their desks and then write a math sentence to show what they tossed. (Six blue plus four white equals ten, for example.) Have students repeat tossing and recording their answers as many times as you desire.
• Here is a variation of Rock Toss: Place many painted rocks in a bag. Students reach into the bag with one hand and then toss the handful on the desk. Students record their answers like above; however, the final answer will vary each time.

ART/MUSIC

• Take a shoebox and place it on a white piece of paper. Trace around the shoebox, cut out the paper, and place it in the bottom of the box. Find a small round stone. Dip the stone in paint, then place it in the shoebox. By moving the box, students can roll the stone around on the paper, creating artistic splashes of color. Students may want to use more than one color, so have several rocks available. You can play Rock and Roll music while they work. Then study an abstract artist named Jackson Pollock whose paintings hold a similar look. Visit Jackson Pollock’s website to try it online. (Click the painting to get a white screen. Click and drag your mouse. Clicking changes colors. Dragging creates lines. It’ts a blast!) If students search for Jackson Pollock, they will find many other interesting sites.