the elephant

There was once a herd of elephants.

Elephants young,

all happy and all the same ..

All, that is, except .

elephants old,

elephants tall or fat or thin.

Elmer was different.

Elmer was patchwork.

“Good evening

”Each time replied:

“Good evening”

“Don’t be sad .”

said the Hippo.“But I want to

be like you!”

replied Elmer.

After a long walk found what he wanted...

caught hold of the tree and

shook it and shook it so the berries fell

on the ground.

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“Good morning

”

“Good morning

”

Each time smiled and replied:

“Good morning”

“Was that ”

“Ha Ha Ha ”

“We love your colours

”

Class activities

stars

spotsstripesgrey

triangles patchwork

Color in the elephants

1

2

3

4

Design your own elephant

1 = Blue 2 = Green 3 = Red

4 = Orange 5 = Black 6 = Purple

Colour in the patchwork pattern

Use an empty milk carton, glue

and coloured paper to make

your own Elmer!

Create a collage of Elmer using lots of different materials

Write a comic strip of the story and colour it in.

Cut out and create Elmer masks. Write a script and act out the story as a class.