Barn Dance
CHALLENGING WORDS
blinked
fiddled
hoedown
honeyed
partner
questions
tiptoed
underneath
whirled
wonderment
SUMMARY
A boy wonders about the magic of night. He slips from
his bed to see what might be seen in the night sky. Just
before morning his adventure ends.
--- Conversation Questions--(1) Give the book a different title.
(Answer)
Any logical answer
(Follow Up)
Share your opinion of this book.
(2)
Imagine you were the boy, explain why you snuck out of the house in the
middle of the night.
(Answer)
Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)
What would your parents do if you did that?
(3) Guess what might have happened if the dog had seen the boy.
(Answer)
Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)
Share where your dog sleeps.
(4) Campare the barn dance to a dance that people do.
(Answer)
Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)
Tell about a dance that you have gone to.
(5) Define what partner means in this story.
(Answer)
The person you dance with.
(Follow Up)
Name the person you like to dance with.
(6) Recall what the dog was dreaming about.
(Answer)
Rabbits in a game of hide and seek.
(Follow Up)
(7) Look on page 7, recite what the owl said.
(Answer)
Come a little closer, come a little closer. Listen to the night. There’s magic
in the air.
(Follow Up)
Imagine what kind of magic the owl was talking about.
(8) Share who played the violin.
(Answer)
The scarecrow.
(Follow Up)
Name another stringed instrument.
(9)
On page 15,find who did a curtsey.
(Answer)
The mules.
(Follow Up)
What is a curtsey?
(10) At the end of the story describe what the boy was doing.
(Answer)
Eating an apple in bed.
(Follow Up)
Tell me something you do in bed.
Activities
1.
Look on page 14 and 15. List all the animals you see.
2.
Draw and label a barnyard scene.
3.
Write a poem about the nighttime.
4.
Draw the scarecrow with his fiddle. Make a list of songs the scarecrow might
play.
Introductions
1.
Have a toy farm animals on the desk. Ask what animals do at night. Lets read
Barn Dance and see what one boy discovers.
2.
Have toy farm animals on desk. Ask have you ever seen animals dance. Where
would they get music to dance? Lets read Barn Dance and find out.
3.
Show the child of the scarecrow playing the violin. Ask what is unusual about
the picture. Do scarecrows play violins? Who do you think listens to his music?
Lets read our story and find out.
4.
Book Title: Barn Dance
Author: Bill Martin Jr. and John
Archambault
ISBN#: 0-439-22847-6
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Illustrator: Ted Rand
# of Text Pages:15
Building Oral Vocabulary
wonderment
10
kin
16
Prediction Questions
What do you think he’ll hear?
Will the animals find the boy?
Predict what the boy will do now.
AR: 2.7
LEX: NP
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This resource is provided by THE LEARNING CORPS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the
Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.