Plaidypus Lost

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1.  Opposites:  

• Have students find the opposite pairs in story as you read it. 

• List them on blackboard or chart paper. 

• Have students add more opposites to the list. 

• Have students write their own opposites story.

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• List in order, the places where Plaidypus was lost. 
• Why/how did she lose him? 
• How was he found each time?

• List all the matching things that the little girl and her Plaidypus wore throughout the book
• Endpapers are usually blank.  Notice the front and back endpapers of this book--how are they different?
• Play the song "One-eyed, one-horned flying Purple People Eater" and compare  it to the "One-eyed, one-armed Plaida-polka-stripapus

• Trace Plaidypus pattern from cover on white paper
• have students make a Plaidypus by cutting one out of inexpensive scraps of plaid wall paper using the pattern
• Make a second Plaidypus with one arm/one eye missing using polka dot/ striped patches
• Have them take Plaidypus on adventures, taking photos and keeping a journal

      Discover the varieties of plaid by:

• showing plaid clothing and/or fabric
• having students make their own Plaidypus using paper, pencil, and crayons or markers

• Show pictures of Scottish people wearing plaid--and how the plaid represented their family or clan. 
• Bring in samples of plaid belonging to certain clans.
• show where Scotland is on a map

• Discuss what it's like to lose something like a favorite toy, blanket, article of clothing, pet
• Have students make a missing poster for something they have lost--what information needs to go on it?