Handa's Surprise

This week we read the story Handa's Surprise.  It is about a little girl in Africa who packs a basket for her friend Akeyo who lives in a different village. On her way, a bunch a animals take the fruit from her basket. Then a goat rams into a tree and tangerines fall and fill Handa's basket with new fruit.  Both girls are very surprised that the end.

We practiced retelling the story on the smartboard and then we made our own Story Map.  We decorated the background and then cut out the animals and glued them in order.

Then we tried our hand at making baskets out of paper.  We tried very hard to weave the paper, but we found it pretty tricky.  Then we stamped the 7 different fruits that Handa packed for her friend.

Because we love drama so much, we acted out the story.  We all took turns playing the different characters. Here is the Morning Class.

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