FOX MAKES
FRIENDS
by Adam Relf
by Adam Relf
A Kids' Wings Unit for Award-Winning Literature
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by Adam Relf
A Readers’ Theater Play!
Objective: ...present
dramatic interpretations of
experiences, stories
Fox:
Momma, I don't have anything to do.
Mom:
What do you think is making you blue?
Fox:
I need a friend to play with me.
Mom:
You're right, Little Fox, you could even use three.
Fox:
I have a net. I can catch me one.
Mom:
One in a net would not be much fun!
Fox:
Then how do I get a friend who will play?
Mom:
You have to make friends! Get started today.
Fox:
I'll go make me a friend. I'll see you soon.
Mom:
Be back before you can see the full moon.
Voice 1: So little fox started gathering things
Voice 2: Like sticks and an apple, some nuts, and more string.
Voice 1: He put them together and stood back to chat.
Voice 2: But his new little friend would do none of that.
All:
Poor Little Fox.
Voice 1: Would he make friends that way?
Voice 2: Maybe a rabbit would have something to say.
Fox:
Rabbit, can you help me make a friend that is bigger?
Rabbit:
Do you think one made from a turnip would have
some more vigor?
Voice 1: If you'd like to find out if Fox finds a friend,
Voice 2: Read Fox Makes Friends from beginning to end!
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Kids Wings Unit for Fox Makes Friends
from the Kids Wings Springboards Collection
© 2006, Suzy Red, Lockhart, Texas
by Adam Relf
Objectives: ... connect experiences and ideas with those of others through speaking and listening
…. use vocabulary to describe clearly ideas, feelings, and experience
Af
ter
Springboard Cards
Re
ad
in
g
Cut out the cards below. With a friend, take turns drawing
cards. Respond to the card with KIND words.
There is a new student
in your classroom. How
do you greet him?
The substitute does not
know all the rules. How
can you tell her she is
wrong without being rude?
Your mom is talking to
her friend. You need to
tell her something
important. How do you
get her attention?
You see a younger child
crying on the
playground. What do
you say?
The student next to you
lost her pencil. What can
you say to her?
Who do YOU think is the
kindest person in your
classroom? Why?
You see a puppy on the
playground. What can
you SAFELY do?
What are two things you
can do to show kindness
to someone in another
class?
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Kids Wings Unit for Fox Makes Friends
from the Kids Wings Springboards Collection
© 2006, Suzy Red, Lockhart, Texas
by Adam Relf
Objectives: …identify relevant questions for inquiry such as “What do pill bugs eat?”
…respond appropriately and courteously to directions and questions
…demonstrate respectful communication
Friend Talk . . .
Circle the ones who are talking in a friendly way. Color all of
the pictures.
That’s
Hi! My name is
mine! You
Get out of
Jitter, what’s
can’t have
my way!
yours?
it!
We can
share what
is inside.
Do you want to
play with me?
Leave me
alone.
Now make a list of other nice things to say to a friend. Then practice with
your classmates so that when you get a new student, you will be ready to
make a new friend!
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Kids Wings Unit for Fox Makes Friends
from the Kids Wings Springboards Collection
© 2006, Suzy Red, Lockhart, Texas
by Adam Relf
For younger students, cut
each question into a
separate square and work
one question at a time as a
group.
Objective: ...represent text in different ways
... distinguish fiction from nonfiction, including fact and fantasy
Getting the Idea
Use the story to help you answer the questions below.
1. You can tell the story is
fantasy because . . .
3. Why weren't the "friends"
Fox made as good as real
friends?
there are animals in it.
the author tells you.
the setting is the
moon.
the animals talk.
2. We know Fox doesn’t
understand what “make
friends” means because~
4. Which one of these
COULD BE your friend?
he hits every animal he
meets.
his mother is speaking a
different language.
he tries to build a friend
out of plants and sticks.
he does not talk nice.
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Kids Wings Unit for Fox Makes Friends
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© 2006, Suzy Red, Lockhart, Texas
by Adam Relf
Objective: …use logical thinking
Whose Friend?
Fox, Rabbit, and Squirrel each had fun making a pretend friend. Which
one did each make? Read the clues below. Cut out the pictures of the
animals. Paste the animal next to the friend he made.
1. Squirrel did not use
any nuts in his friend.
2. Rabbit did not use a
tomato in his friend.
1.
3. Fox did not use any
mushrooms.
1
2
3
2.
Rabbit
Squirrel
Fox
3.
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Kids Wings Unit for Fox Makes Friends
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by Adam Relf
Objectives: …interact, cooperate, and respect others
…invent images that combine a variety of colors, forms, and lines
…use graphs, charts, sign, captions, and other
Build a “Friend”
Fox and Rabbit “ worked together” to build the second “friend”.
With a buddy or a small group, you work together to build a
“friend”. Use the chart below to help you.
Use items from the chart below to create your play friend. Use
glue or tape. Help each other to make each one different.
Apple
Raisins
Toothpicks
Styrofoam
ball
Small
marshmallows
Popsicle
sticks
Paper
circles
Paper towel
tube
Pipe
cleaners
Make a drawing of your
new “friend” in the
space at the right. Label
each part:
arms
legs
eyes
mouth
nose
ears
feet
hands
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Kids Wings Unit for Fox Makes Friends
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© 2006, Suzy Red, Lockhart, Texas
by Adam Relf
Objective: …retell or act out the order of important events in stories
Put the Story in Order
Cut out the sentences below. Paste them in the right order at the top of this page.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Cut Out on Dotted Lines
Fox got a net to catch a friend.
Fox thought he needed a bigger friend who could talk and play.
Fox got an apple, some sticks, and some nuts to make a friend.
Fox asked Rabbit and Squirrel to help him make a friend.
Fox's mom told him he had to MAKE friends.
Fox wanted something to do.
Fox's mother told him that he had made friends.
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by Adam Relf
Objectives: …write in different forms for different purposes such as letters to invite or thank
…use basic capitalization and punctuation correctly
Inviting a Friend
Fox wanted to invite his new friends to his house to play. Read
his letter to them. Work with a friend to correct his mistakes on
this page. On the next page, write it perfectly. Indent the way
Fox indented.
Deer squirrel and Rabbit
i had fun workin with you to mak a frind. did
you hav fun two. well, i wood lik to invite you to
mine house on Friday? My mother will bak sum
cookies four you and mee to eat
After we eet, she will give us lots of things
to use To make new play-like friends
will your mother let you come? can your mother
bring you to my house.
Your good frind
fox
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Kids Wings Unit for Fox Makes Friends
from the Kids Wings Springboards Collection
© 2006, Suzy Red, Lockhart, Texas
by Adam Relf
Objectives: …write in different forms for different purposes such as letters to invite or thank
…use basic capitalization and punctuation correctly
Inviting a Friend
Fox wanted to invite his new friends to his house to play. Read
his letter to them. Use the corrections you made to help you
rewrite it perfectly. Indent the way Fox indented.
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Kids Wings Unit for Fox Makes Friends
from the Kids Wings Springboards Collection
© 2006, Suzy Red, Lockhart, Texas
by Adam Relf
Objectives: …identify, describe, and extend concrete and pictorial patterns in order to make predictions and solve problems
…use patterns to skip count by twos, fives, and tens
Number the Friends, Page 1
When Fox was bored, his mom told him to, “make friends”. Fox,
Rabbit, and Squirrel used apples, twigs, nuts, a turnip, and
pumpkin and some branches. Later they played games with
these items. Color and cut out the objects on the next page
and use them to finish the patterns below.
1. Fox laid the sticks in a pattern and asked Rabbit to finish it.
Show what comes next in the pattern.
2 twigs, 4 twigs,
6 twigs, ______ twigs
2. Squirrel took the apples and turnips and made his pattern.
Show what comes next in the pattern.
apple, turnip, apple, nut, apple, turnip, apple, _____
3. Rabbit cut some twigs short and then made a pattern. Show
what comes next in the pattern.
Short, short, long, long, short, ______, long _____
4. Fox used the nuts to make another pattern. Show what is
missing in Fox’s pattern.
12 nuts, _____ nuts, 6 nuts, 3 nuts, ____ nuts
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Kids Wings Unit for Fox Makes Friends
from the Kids Wings Springboards Collection
© 2006, Suzy Red, Lockhart, Texas
by Adam Relf
Objectives: …identify, describe, and extend concrete and pictorial patterns in order to make predictions and solve problems
…use patterns to skip count by twos, fives, and tens
Number the Friends, Page 2
When Fox was bored, his mom told him to, “make friends”. Fox,
Rabbit, and Squirrel used apples, twigs, nuts, a turnip, and
pumpkin and some branches. Later they played games with
these items. Color and cut out the objects below to help you
answer the questions on the page before this one.
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by Adam Relf
Making Friends
ACROSS CLUES:
DOWN CLUES:
2. Very large
1. A tool for catching fish
3. A white, bitter tasting
vegetable
4. On the last page, Fox
______ that he had been
making friends all along.
6. To do fun things together
7. Small pieces of tree
branches
5. Someone you can play
with
8. Laughing joyfully
9. Not having anything to do
Word Clues:
net huge friend
play realized bored
twigs turnip giggling
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Kids Wings Unit for Fox Makes Friends
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© 2006, Suzy Red, Lockhart, Texas
by Adam Relf
Responses
A Readers’ Theater Play!
Objective: ...present
dramatic
interpretations of
experiences, stories
Voice 1: What do you do when your friend is blue?
Voice 2: Do you go on home and leave him alone?
Voice 3: Should you feel bad when your friend is sad?
Voice 4: Do you cry a tear or try to cheer?
Voice 1: Friends are people who will give you a smile.
Voice 2: They will stay right beside you for every mile.
Voice 3: And when you goof-up or fall on your face,
Voice 4: A friend picks you up and will stand by your place.
Voice 1: If you have a booger hanging out of your nose,
Voice 2: A friend gives you a hanky so no one else knows.
Voice 3: What if you put on the wrong shoes for the day?
Voice 4: “Cool, new style!” your friend would say.
Voice 1: If you sit in spaghetti and get goo on your pants,
Voice 2: A friend walks behind you to give you a chance.
Voice 3: When you’re worried about passing the spelling test,
Voice 4: A friend studies with you, so you’ll do your best.
Voice 1: We all mess up once in a while
Voice 2: And sometimes life feels like a difficult trial.
Voice 3: That’s why God sends US out to be friends
Voice 4: To help make troubles come to an end.
Voice 1: So we don’t laugh when someone is down.
Voice 2: We give them a hand to make smiles out of frowns.
Voice 3: Fox Makes Friends is a great new book.
Voice 4: Go to the library and give it a look.
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by Adam Relf
ANSWERS
Page 12: Making Friends
Page 4: Getting the Idea
1. the animals talk.
2. he tries to build a friend out of plants
and sticks.
3. The "friends" couldn't talk or move or
play.
4. The girl in the wheelchair
Page 5: Whose Friend?
1
2
3
Rabbit
Squirrel
Fox
Page 7: Put the Story in Order
Fox wanted something to do.
Fox got a net to catch a friend.
Fox's mom told him he had to MAKE friends.
Fox got an apple, some sticks, and some nuts
to make a friend.
Fox thought he needed a bigger friend who
could talk and play.
Fox asked rabbit and squirrel to help him make
a friend.
Fox's mother told him that he had made
friends.
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