Poppa's New Pants
Vocabulary Spelling Read Grammer Teaching pages
Poppa's New Pants by Angela Shelf Medearis. This humorous story has many similes and tons of hyperbole. (hi • per • bo •lee) Hyperbole is when a writer exaggerates to make a point.
The story is part of the Smart Solutions Unit. In the story, Poppa buys a brand new pair of pants. Unfortunately, they are too long and need to be hemmed. He asks his relatives who are staying at the house to mend them, but they are all too tired for the task.
The problem gets solved in a way that will leave you laughing like a hyena!
Vocabulary
draped: hung loosely in folds
2. fabric: cloth
3. hem: to fold back and sew down the edges of
4. mended: repaired by sewing; fixed
5. pattern: a repeated design or decoration
6. plaid: having a pattern of stripes that cross
7. rustling: a quick, soft, fluttering sound
8. uproar: noisy excitement and confusion
9. pallet: narrow, hard bed or mattress
10. wheezed: breathed hard with a whistling sound
11. armadillo: an animal with a hard shell that many roll up into a ball if attacked
12. limbs: arms and legs
13. haunting: visiting; appearing to someone
14. sanctuary: the main room of a place of worship
15. knickers: short, loose pants gathered below the knee
16. Compassion: Being kind, caring, and forgiving, even when others might not be.
17. Courtesy: Being polite, listening to others, and using positive language.
Spelling
The focus for our reading and spelling of words are words that begin with “a” or “be.”
begin
again
around
before
away
about
alive
because
ahead
between
behind
ago
Review: they want
Challenge: awhile beyond
Read
Poppa's New Pants (16:10) - YouTube
Study Guide/Handout
Grammer
Activity Complete 1 prompt
*remember to use complete sentences, punctuation
Reflective Journaling Prompts
• Describe the last time someone was compassionate or courteous toward you
. • Describe a time you observed your teacher showing courtesy or compassion toward someone
. • How would you feel if someone in your family tried to help you and instead made things worse?
• The family members were very compassionate and courteous toward each other. How do you think Poppa would have reacted if the family members were not compassionate or courteous toward each other?
Teaching pages
http://www.serflo1.com/Poppa%27s%20New%20Pants.html
https://ocde.us/CharacterEd/Documents/poppas-new-pants.pdf
2. Tell students that they will be reading a story about a family who cares for one another and helps each other. Ask students to find examples of compassion and courtesy as they read the story with a partner. Tell them that after they read the story they will be recording some of the examples that they find.
3. Give each student two copies of the pants pattern. Have them label one waistband courtesy and the other waistband compassion. Ask them to come up with three examples of courtesy and three examples of compassion. There should be one of each for each character who hemmed the pants. Then ask students to decorate the pants with designs relating to the story, such as red plaid on a gray background.
Extensions and Variations • Math can be incorporated into this lesson by having students measure a piece of butcher paper to the original length of the pants, 48 inches. Then draw lines and label with the person’s name, showing the correct length each family member hemmed the pants. Students could then sign the pants at the length they would have chosen to hem the pants. From: Medearis, A. S. (2003). Poppa’s new pants. In J. Cooper & J. Pikulski, Houghton Mifflin Reading: A Legacy of Literacy Grade 3 Theme 6. (p. 303). Boston, MS: Houghton Mifflin.
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