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Chicken Sunday


TITLE: Chicken Sunday
AUTHOR: Polacco, Patricia
ILLUSTRATOR: Polacco, Patricia
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Inc.
PLACE OF PUBLICATION: New York COPYRIGHT DATE: 1992
ISBN: 399221336 PRICE: $14.95
CULTURAL GROUP: Russian, African American THEME: Eggs
SYNOPSIS:
Sensing that Miss Eula Has been admiring a beautiful Easter hat in Mr. Kodinski's shop window, the children sell decorated eggs to earn money so they can purchase the hat as a thank-you gift for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners.
CORE BOOK: no

CONTENT CONNECTIONS

SUBJECT: Social Studies GRADE: 1 TOPIC: Producers/Consumers
COMMENTS:
Can be used in conjuction with: Rechenka's Eggs, Ninas Treasures, and Flossie and the Fox all deal with "eggs."
TECHNOLOGY LINK:
  • Use KID PIX STUDIO (Broderbund) to create PYSANKY (Ukrainian eggs) as shown on page 56 of the KID PIX AROUND THE WORLD ACTIVITY BOOK) by Barbara Chan (Addison Wesley, 1994).

SUBJECT: Reading/Language Arts GRADE: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 TOPIC: Figurative Language

SUBJECT: Math GRADE: 4 TOPIC: Money
ILLUSTRATIVE LESSON

SUBJECT: Math GRADE: 5 TOPIC: Money
ILLUSTRATIVE LESSON

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