I just love the book I am going to share with you today! The Hula Hoopin’ Queen by Thelma Lynne Godin and illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton is a delightful book full of great figurative language. It is a fantastic mentor text for introducing your students to several different types of figurative language… plus it lends itself to some hula hoopin’ fun at the end of the activity.
This would be a great May activity- hitting academic targets and then allowing students to get outside to practice their hula hooping and burn off some energy! It’s a classroom win!
The Hula Hoopin’ Queen is available on both Amazon and Barnes and Noble, but a video of the book read by Oprah Winfrey is available for FREE on Storyline Online (Screen Actor’s Guild Foundation project)!
I have a quick Figurative Language organizer and a fun art extension that you can use with this book if you would like to! Grab it for free here ⇩
If you are looking for additional activities to keep your students learning, busy, and having fun that last week of school, you might want to check out the following set of End of the Year Writing Prompts!
