Rainy Day Magic

 Written and Illustrated by: Marie-Louise Gay

Web lesson designed by Tasha Bryant and Katie Harness

Intended for first grade

clip art from www.bookcentre.ca/gg/rainy.htm

About the author:

            Marie-Louise Gay was born in Quebec city on June 17, 1952.  In high school, she enjoyed illustrating and decided to further her education in that field.  She first illustrated for other authors, but finally decided to write and illustrate her own book.  Rainy Day Magic was inspired by memories of what Marie-Louise and her sister did on rainy days when they were young.  Marie-Louise received two awards for Rainy Day Magic -  in 1987 she received the Governor General's Literary Award for Illustrations and in 1988, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award.

About the book:

Rainy Day Magic is a book about two children, Victor and Joey, who have to play inside because it is raining. Victor's father asks the children to play quietly because he has a headache. The book takes you through Victor and Joey's wild imagination and adventures. They climb a tiger, take a ride on a snake, and swim in the sea.

Before you read~

Activity 1

In the story, Victor and Joey had to play indoors because it was raining.  They played many different activities.  What types of rainy day activities have you done?  Click here for more rainy day options.

Activity 2

Make your own rain in a jar. A great activity from www.parentinginformation.org/rainyday.htm

While you read~

Activity 1

          Victor and Joey used their imagination in the story. Write a journal entry about what kind of make-believe games they play when it is raining outside.

Activity 2

          Copy six pictures from the book and have the students place the pictures in order, from how they happen in the story.

The pictures are from the book Rainy Day Magic by Marie-Louise Gay

After you read~

Activity 1

 Divide the class into four groups and have them retell the story by acting it out.

Activity 2

Rainy Day Magic word search Print this word search off and complete it.

This worksheet was created from http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/WordSearchSetupForm.html

Rubric

	0 points	1 points	2 points
Discussion of rainy day activities	Did not participate	Minimal participation	Fully participated
Journal Entry	Did not write in journal	Wrote less than two sentences	Wrote two or more sentences
Sequence of story	None in correct order	Got 1, 2, or 3 in correct order	Got 4 or 5 in correct order
Retelling of story	No retelling of the story occurred	Partial participation	Worked together with group

got back ground from www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/exh_txo_en/ART18678.html