Red Socks and Yellow Socks

							      Robert
        the
    Rose Horse
            CHALLENGING WORDS

                         bang
                       birthday
                        doctor
                        feeling
                        friends
                       goodbye
                          itch
                       kerchoo
                       robbers
                        sneeze




                SUMMARY

 Robert discovered roses caused him to make
giant sneezes. Robert moves until he finds the
        perfect job and saved the day.
                  --- Conversation Questions---

(1) Retell the story.
(Answer)    Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)   Share your favorite part of the story.

(2)   Imagine you were Robert. How would it make you feel to find
      the perfect job?
(Answer)     Happy.
(Follow Up)    Guess how many other jobs Robert had.

(3)   Imagine you were Robert. How would you feel when you
      stopped the robbers?
(Answer)    Proud.
(Follow Up)    Guess if Robert is still a police horse.

(4)   Compare Roberts sneezing to something that makes you
      sneeze.
(Answer)    Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)   Relate how allergies make you feel.

(5) Explain what a policeman does.
(Answer)    Policemen make sure citizens obey laws and catch people who
            disobey, like robbers.
(Follow Up)    Share if you would like to be a policeman.

(6)   Name the thing the doctor said makes Robert sneeze.

(Answer)    Roses.
(Follow Up)   Find if roses still make Robert sneeze.

(7) Find the reason Robert moved to the city.
(Answer)    Farms have roses. There aren’t as many roses in the city.
(Follow Up)   Name where you like to live in a city or on a farm.

(8) Name what happened when Robert worked for the milkman.
(Answer)    Robert smelled a rose in a mans coat, he sneezed and spilled
            milk everywhere.
(Follow Up)   Find if Robert still works for the milkman.

(9)   Find what happened to Robert when the lady riding him
      brought roses.
(Answer)    He sneezed.
(Follow Up)   Find if Robert still has that job.

(10) List how Robert stopped the robbers.
(Answer)    Smelled the girls rose, sneezed, knocking the robbers down.
(Follow Up)   List what happened to Roberts’s eyes and nose when he
              smelled a rose.
                                     Activities

1.     Write about a birthday party you had.

2.     Write about a friend’s party you went to.

3.     Write about a job you would like to do and why.

4.     Write about allergies you have. Draw something you are allergic
       to and label.




                                  Introductions

1.     Have a rose on the table. Ask students if they like roses. Say the
       horse in today’s story has a problem with roses. Let’s read about
       his problems.

2.     Sneeze loudly as children come into the room. Say the horse in
       today’s story has trouble with huge sneezes. Let’s read about
       Robert and his huge sneezes.

3.     Have s stuffed toy on the desk. Say today’s story is about a horse
       named Robert. Let’s read about Robert.




Book: Robert the Rose Horse
Author: Joann Heilbroner                                Illustrator: P.D. Eastman
ISBN: 0-394-80025-7                                     # of Text Pages: 64 AR: 1.8 LEX: 100
                                             Building Oral Vocabulary
4                   party                  39            horse            64       rose
                                               Prediction Questions
 9      What happens next?
13      What made Robert sneeze?
54      Does Robert stop the robbers?

     This resource is made available by ATEAM-Barren County School system, an AmeriCorps program, funded in part by the
      Kentucky Commission on Community and Volunteer Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.