This week, we used I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen. It's truly hilarious and fulfilling but lacking in details. Using information from each page, students added the missing details in a creative writing activity.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
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Hello lovers of picture books! I have an addiction to Amazon.com - only for the quick fix of children's literature though. Do you look forward to coming home to those beautiful cardboard boxes with that all-too-familiar black writing? I seriously can.not.wait for new books! I hope my students share the same excitement when I reveal the "book of the week" that we're going to use to springboard this week's lessons.
This week, we used I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen. It's truly hilarious and fulfilling but lacking in details. Using information from each page, students added the missing details in a creative writing activity.
This week, we used I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen. It's truly hilarious and fulfilling but lacking in details. Using information from each page, students added the missing details in a creative writing activity.
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Welcome! I hadn't heard of the book you mentioned above... is it as good as "Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed?" My kiddos love that book!
ReplyDeleteHi James,
ReplyDeleteI have to look for that book - I've heard of it but haven't read it. I'll put it on my wish list! See this is exactly why I want to do a blog for picture books. Thanks for your suggestion!
Happy Reading,
Stephanie
Now I want to go and read the book!!! Haha!But the ber looks so sad...
ReplyDeleteStephanie,
ReplyDeleteI like the setup of your blog. The colors are soothing and it makes it easy to read. There was a study that Microsoft did years ago (like when Windows for Workgroups 3.11 was out)about colors. The Blueish green you use to the right is very close to the color that they deemed the best to read computer screens when RGB monitors came out. I guess earth tones work!
Ray
Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteWhat do you suggest to be most effective with toddlers (4 yr olds) and their development...traditional Disney books at bedtime, those short books with the sound buttons for special effects, books that focus more on alphabets and numbers? My son has a variety, just not too sure which are the most effective in developing his speech, vocabulary, and reading in general....
Hi there Alonda,
ReplyDeleteI don't think there's one good answer for your query except that it doesn't matter what you read, so long as your reading to them, right? With that said, my kids loved (and I enjoyed reading) anything like or by Sandra Boyton - that was a mainstain from 8-9 months and up. Books like hers have rhyming and cadence that makes kids want them read over and over. Fluency is built with continued exposure to the same story, I believe. Vocab and comprehension is built by asking them questions about what you're reading. I think stopping every once in a while during a story - even if it's a short board book - to ask, "what's this mean", etc. will build the skills for early literacy.
Thanks for the insight. I'll certainly have to look into some of Sandra's work too.
ReplyDeleteExcellent interactions with one another!
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