Step into a storytelling safari with our Giraffes Can’t Dance activities! Perfectly poised to support literacy and music, this digital delight is designed to dance along with the delightful tale of Giraffes Can’t Dance. It encourages young readers to stretch their literacy legs and sway to learning rhythms. Not just fun and games, these activities are a fantastic foray into Growth Mindset. They inspire little learners to leap beyond limits just like our long-necked hero.

With our Giraffes Can’t Dance activities pack, you’ll be able to enhance your students’ literacy skills. Students gain a deep understanding of character development and narrative structure by illustrating story elements and writing about Gerald’s emotional journey. To cultivate critical thinking and vocabulary skills, students respond to sentence starters, answer comprehension questions, and define story vocabulary. By analyzing and interpreting story quotes, students learn to extract and articulate the core messages of literature, a vital skill for literacy proficiency. It’s all about interpreting meaning, exploring themes, and engaging deeply with the text.

Music and rhythm are at the core of Giraffes Can’t Dance, and our activity pack reflects this beautifully. Students can explore the wide world of music by researching music genres and participating in animal jams, understanding how rhythm and melody intertwine with storytelling. Collaboration in activities such as charades enhances their understanding of musical concepts and the role music plays in narrative and emotion. In addition to supporting music education, this blend of activities enhances students’ appreciation of how music and stories can interact harmoniously.

Embracing a Growth Mindset is a key component of our activity pack, which helps students develop a belief in their capabilities. Activities such as writing and illustrating new activities to try, and writing character traits, are designed to build confidence and creativity. As Gerald in the story does, students are encouraged to think beyond limitations, cultivating resilience and willingness to try new things. A Growth Mindset is embodied through these collaborative tasks, coupled with fine motor skills activities.

As a result of the included activities, students will be able to:

• Illustrate story elements.
• Write about Gerald and his feelings.
• Respond to sentence starters.
• Answer comprehension questions.
• Write and illustrate new activities to try.
• Write character traits.
• Match rhyming pairs.
• Define story vocabulary.
• Write about the story’s lesson.
• Interpret a story quote.
• Research music genres.
• Apply Writing Skills with included writing templates and prompts.
• Practice Reading Comprehension with included discussion questions for the beginning, middle, and end of the book. 
• Engage in Social Skills through included whole group prompts and activities.
• Develop Fine Motor Skills with included coloring, tracing, cutting, and gluing activities.
• Participate in an animal jam. 
• Use digital tools to learn about music genres.
• Work collaboratively to participate in charades.

It’s time to jazz up your read-aloud sessions and watch your classroom come alive with reading and rhythm!

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About the Book

Giraffes Can't Dance is a touching tale of Gerald the giraffe, who wants to dance. With crooked knees and thin legs, it's harder for a giraffe than you think. Gerald finally dances to his own tune when he gets some encouraging words from an unlikely friend. With light-footed rhymes and high-stepping illustrations, this tale is gentle inspiration for every child with dreams of greatness.  

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