March comes in like a lion goes out like a Lamb
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| March comes in like a lion goes out like a Lamb
I don't know how accurate this is but the following website ( = http://www.clover.okstate.edu/fourh/aitc/calendar/mar.html )describes it = as follows: =20 In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb This phrase has its origins with the constellations Leo, the Lion, and = Aries, the ram or lamb. It has to do with the relative positions of = these constellations in the sky at the beginning and end of the month. = For those of us who live through Oklahoma's volatile spring weather, it = is an apt description of this month.=20 Before improved animal husbandry made lamb available year round, lamb = meat was only available in spring. For that reason, lamb was associated = with spring and called "spring lamb." Spring is the time when most farm animal babies are scheduled to be = born. Learn more about this with these lessons: a.. Farm Babies=20 b.. Great Expectations=20 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb=20 March roars in like a lion So fierce, The wind so cold, It seems to pierce. The month rolls on And Spring draws near, And March goes out Like a lamb so dear by Lorie Hill Read the poem "In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb." a.. Students discuss the imagery in the poem. How is the wind like a = lion?=20 b.. Students use an online search engine to find weather forecasts for = the month of March.=20 c.. Students predict at the beginning of the month whether there will = be more lion (windy) days or lamb (calm) days.=20 d.. Students design a chart to keep track of lion days and lamb days = for the month.=20 e.. Students vote each day a "lion" day or "lamb" day.=20 =20
isn't there a fable or story about the north wind and south wind where = the=20 winds are tempting? aggravating a man?? I know there is but the type = of=20 genre and title escapes me. There are rhymes about wind and winter. = maybe=20 someone will think of the title/genre of what I initally said and = respond. I hope the above helps Janet. Robert Joyce
f.. =20 Cover may not depict edition offered for sale available COPIES by Freya Littledale, Troy Howell (Illustrator)=20 =20 resources: I know of a fable/story/tale of the wind and sun in competition as to = who=20 is most powerful. The wind attempts to blow the coat off a man, but he=20 clutches it tighter. The sun beats hotter and brighter, and the man = takes=20 the coat off willingly. Did you hear wind sing your name? : an Oneida song of spring / Sandra De = Coteau Orie ; illustrations by Christopher Canyon or I call it sky / Will C. Howell ; illustrations by John Ward or When the wind stops / by Charlotte Zolotow ; illustrated by Stefano = Vitale Farmer's Almanac: http://www.farmersalmanac.com/weather/a/in_like_lion_out_like_a_lamb USA Today weather blog: http://blogs.usatoday.com/weather/2006/02/origin_of_in_li.html |