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8/6/2019 Picture Book Ideas From Bloggers

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Dr. Seuss

The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins on thesame day. It's hilarious to see the kids faces asthey notice that they have the samecharacters--namely, Bartholomew and theking. ~Karen Mrs. Stamp's Kindergarten

Dr. Seuss

Bartholomew and the Oobleck We read thisstory every year as part of Read AcrossAmerica week... and, of course, make our ownoobleck! If you've never made it, it's aboutequal parts cornstarch and water (feel free toadd green food coloring, or leave it out). It isthe coolest compound since it takes on thecharacteristics of both a liquid and a solid. Thekiddos will want to play with it all day--it's somuch fun!
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Dr. SeussWe read Daisy-Head Maisy for Read AcrossAmerica week. The students use a paper plate,yarn and construction paper to create a modelof their heads. Then we add a daisy die-cut tothe top. They label themselves Daisy-Head John,Daisy-Head Sarah, etc. Really cute! ~Becki

Dr. SeussWe also read The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. We werelearning about ecosystems and extinction. Wetalked about what the Lorax did and whyanimals had to leave. We discussed cause andeffects, then we rewrote the story!Amber


3/20

Dr. Seuss as LeSig, Theo

We read Ten Apples Up On Top. Students thencolor a picture of a child to match themselves.I print pictures of their faces for theirportrait. Then students draw a number from abag (numbers are 1-10) and they color cut andglue that number of apples "up on top" of theirheads. This makes a darling hall display with thetitle "Kindergarten Has Apples Up On Top." I

also post a color copy of the front cover of thebook.

Darlene


4/20

Cannon, Janell

Stellaluna- When I read Stellaluna to mystudents we complete a Venn Diagram with birdsand bats. We also make bat paper bag puppets.My students love to use the puppet to retellparts of the story. ~ TanyaFirst Grade is Fantabulous!

Bucket Fillers

I like to read many books about friends andwhat it means to be a good friend. Three of myfavorite books to read has been Have you filleda bucket today?, How full is your bucket? andFill a Bucket: A Guide to Daily Happiness for theYoung Child." We create buckets together. I

have done this with man classes and the
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5/20

Henkes, KevinLilly's Purple Plastic Purse- We read the storyand talk about the consequences Lilly facedwhen she had to share her purse. I introducethe concept of Text-to-Self connection andeveryone pair-shares their text-to-selfconnection. The children then write it on aspecial paper. Finally, we all make a purple purse(even the boys love it!) and add their text-to-self writing inside the purse - along withclipart of 3 shiny quarters and movie starsunglasses. They all turn out just adorable andit's a real hit for the first art project of theyear! ~Mrs. Machttp://firstclasswithmrsmac.blogspot.com/
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Henkes, KevinI'm planning to read Hooway for Wodney Watby Kevin Henkes. It's about a rat who cannotpronounce his r's. The book gives an opportunityto talk about differences, how we should acceptdifferences in others. I am using it as a lead into the class determining our classroom rules.What does "Being Respectful" look and soundlike? I think it'll be a good jumping off point.

Primary Inspired

Henkes, Kevin

I use the book Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes.One of the activities we do is to make a graphof the number of letters in our name. Thestudents write their name on big blocked graphpaper and then we glue it to our graph. We then

discuss the results.

Cindy


7/20

Henkes, KevinI adore ANY book by Kevin Henkes. I useChrysanthemum at the beginning of the yearwith learning student names (along with nameglyphs & a name graph) I use Lily's PurplePlastic Purse and Owen when I am teaching theteaching strategies of Determining Importanceand Inferring. Here is a link to one of myanchor charts where I used Lily's Purple PlasticPurse and students determined what wasimportant in my purse. ~Jennyferhttp://teachinginthecouv.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-heart-anchor-charts.html

Henkes, KevinChrysanthemum - After reading, we makeflowers that represent their names. I buy minipopsicle sticks for the stems (the number ofpopsicle sticks = the number of syllables intheir name), the number of petals on theirflowers= the number of letters in their name,and the number of leaves on the flowerrepresent the number of vowels in their name.The leaves and petals are made from


8/20

Penn, AudreyThe Kissing Hand Read at the beginning of theyear. I read the story then we talk about what

their feelings were when they came to school.To commemorate the first day of school, andfeeling that school is safe; I do a hand printwith white paint on put it on brown paper. ThenI give each student a red heart, tell them tokiss it like their mommy did that morning, thenthey put the sticker on their hand print.

~Debbiehttp://teachingmaketheworld.blogspot.com/


9/20

Shaw, Nancy

I teach fourth grade science, but I love usingbooks to help me teach lessons! We used SheepIn A Jeep to talk about force and motion. I hadpurchased toy jeeps and sheep and we went todifferent centers to see what differentsurfaces did to the speed, what happened if wedidn't wear seat belts, and what happens at

different heights! The kids loved it!! ~Amber


10/20

Barnett, MacBilly Twitters and His Blue Whale We talk about

alternative endings (it's not my favorite bookending) and then begin the real fun! We use theNational Geographic's Interactive Blue Whalesite to research blue whales. We brainstorm(Circle Map), sort (Tree Map), and choose thethings that are the most important to us to putin our "research paper". Then, they illustratetheir writing. They also got to make a largerpicture of their work, recorded a fact aboutthe whales, and then we published it as a"movie" (their picture and voice together).They LOVED it! ~MNH


11/20

Wise Brown, MargaretThe Important Book I don't have any pictureshandy, but I like to make a class book based onThe Important Book. We go outside to theplayground and each student picks a friend.Then we take pictures. When we come inside,we read the book. Then we talk a little aboutwhat is important about friends. I give them apaper that has prompts such as My importantfriend is____, the important thing about myfriend is ___, we like to _____ together, etc.While they are writing, I print out the pictures.They glue these onto the top of their page. Then

they decorate a border around their wholepage. I laminate the pages and let them hangthem in the hall for a few days. When we takethem down, I assemble them into a class bookfor our library. They love looking at books with

their own pictures, writing, and drawing!BMo ers


12/20

Emberley, EdWe read Go Away Big Green Monster whendiscussing the Five Senses. The book is perfectas it talks about each part of the body. We

make our own green monster heads and we labelthe five senses on them too. For the hair, wetrace our hands on purple paper and use thefingers for the hair and write the sense oftouch on that. Other than that, the others areall on the face. ~Shauna

We paint paper plates green, then cut out facefeatures using construction paper. They get tochoose the colors they use. Then, they fill out asheet that has sentences such as: ____ ______ ______ ______ nose. (Go away big red )

This is excellent practice of their sight words.Then we glue the face and sheet on a largesheet of paper and hang in the hallway.alwayslearninghttp://www.joyofkindergarten.blogspot.com/
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Carle, EricThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Afterreading the book and thinking aloud with my

students, I lay present a poster with the daysof the week and laminated drawings of theitems the hungry caterpillar ate. I'll draw astudent's name out of a cup and that child willselect an item and place it on the day thecaterpillar ate it! We're practicing sequencingand retelling at the same time. We do this onceby doing a picture walk through the story andthen they will do it as a class without the book.We then recreate the story, using our own inputas to what the caterpillar will eat. The students

create their own versions of the tale and makebooks to take home. It's so much fun!Sometimes I'll bring in a fruit salad and we'lltalk about what the caterpillar was eating.Lauren LaRae
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Carle, EricOne of the back to school activities we do usesthe book The Mixed Up Chameleon by Eric Carle.I use it as a getting to know you activity.Students write from the stem sentence, "I amperfect just the way I am because," Thenstudents use water colors to paint a chameleon.I have also seen people put the chameleon ontop of a piece of scrapbook paper, and thestudents paint the chameleon to match thepaper.Jena1st Grade with Miss Snowden
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Crews, DonaldOne activity I like to do with Ten Black Dots byDonald Crews is to make a classnumber book.Each student gets a page and a certain numberof dots (1 to 10) to create a picture (there willbe more than one of each number). Studentsthen complete the sentence (fill in the blanks)with the number and what the dots make.

_____ black dots can make ________________.RandeeHow about them apples?
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16/20

Jackson, Ellen

During the first week of school, I read alouddifferent selections from It's Back to SchoolWe Go! This book tells about the lives andschools of kids around the world. My kids loveit! We find the countries on the map and talkabout what we know about them. We use thisbook to practice Venn Diagrams too. Then theyget to write and illustrate their own page to goin a classroom book that I put in our librarycenter! It is a great writing activity and theylove to read each other's writing.Once Upon A Teaching Blog


17/20

Shannon, David

A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon. Afterreading students colored a picture of the girland glued it to a paper bag and glue retell cardson to the back of their puppet. When finishedthe students paired up and retold the storyusing their puppets.

~Mrs. She herd

Shannon, David

During the first week of school there areSEVERAL books that I read-some of them morethan once! I like to read No David and DavidGoes to School multiple times throughout thefirst week. We discuss all the things that Daviddid that were not wise choices. We then talkabout why we should not make those choices.On Friday, we write our class contract and all

sign it. We talk about our promise to each otherand what a "contract" is. We hang it in ourclassroom and it serves as a reminderthroughout the year!

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18/20

Offill, Jenny

One of the books I use to talk about rules is 17Things I Am Not Allowed To Do Anymore. We

read it several times and discuss things weshould not do at school, then each studentwrites and illustrates something they are notallowed to do at school. Once I have all theirresponses, I make it into a class book that getsread over and over and over again!Tinahttp://quenchyourfirst.blogspot.com

Cowley, Joy

One book I use to illustrate rainforest is RedEyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley. It has realphotographs that depict the rainforest and themany animals that live there. I have mystudents make the different levels of therainforest and add animals that belong in eachsection. We use the book as a guide for drawing.

Jess


19/20

McMillan, Bruce and Brett

1st Puniddles by Bruce and Brett McMillan apuniddle is a pair of photographys that suggest

a literal or obvious solution in a punny way. Mykids guess the puniddle on each page and thenmake one in pairs by taking pictures of commonthings and making a punny. My favorite onethey did was fancy feet. They took a picture ofthe principal who is always dressed to a t andmy feet! ADORABLE!!!!Mulitage Madness

Laminack, LesterMy second book is Three Hens and a Peacock byLester Laminack . After reading this book, wetalk about how we are all different and how weshould always have a win win attitude!!!!

Mulitage Madness


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Buehner, Caralyn

Snowmen at Night. Not only is the story

creative but the kids LOVE to look for thehidden pictures on each page.Then I will ask each student to imagine theyhave built a snowman in their own yard. Whatdo they think their snowman might do at night?You can download the writing response paper at

http://finallyinfirst.blogspot.com/2010/12/snowmen-at-night.html

Jenn Bates

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