Begin by brainstorming what animals come from eggs on a chart. Introduce title of book and predict what information may be in the book. Read book and compare information to earlier predictions. Reread brainstorming chart and add animals to the chart that were in the book but not mentioned earlier.
Teachers opens book to the page that discusses dyeing eggs.
Teacher sets up an area for dyeing Easter eggs. Students experiment mixing two different colors to make a new color. Before dyeing the Easter Eggs, students write about the colors they would like to mix and predict what color they will make. They also can write about what they would like to do with their egg. Students share their writing and their dyed egg.