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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Duck! Rabbit!

“Hey, look! A duck!” “That’s not a duck. That’s a rabbit!” Then the back and forth begins, with the duck quacking while the rabbit is sniffing, the duck eating bread, the rabbit munching a carrot. In the most clever spread, readers turn the book vertically to see the duck getting a drink of water, while the rabbit cools its ears.

2 comments:

Mrs. Stokes said...

Mrs. Stokes' class couldn't agree which animal this is! We're glad we read it so it could be resolved.

Mrs. Varughese's 1st Grade Class said...

There was definitely some higher-order thinking going on before, during, and after reading this book. Some days the kids continue to debate on what animal it is as we pass the pictures in the hallway.