David Shannon Author Study

My first grade students are now working on our David Shannon Author Study.  We are learning about David's life and the books he has written and illustrated.

Today we read the book "The Bad Case of Stripes" and the students traced and cut out an arm/hand that they colored full of stripes.  They actually came out quite cute.  I asked them how they were going to get rid of their stripes, hoping they would say "Eat Lima beans",  (which is what Camilla did in the story to get rid of her stripes) yet received many other different answers.  I am thinking about bringing in Lima beans to taste, because many of the students had never tasted them.

I am looking forward to reading "Alice the Fairy",  "Duck on a Bike", "Good Boy, Fergus" and "Too Many Toys".  I also just ordered "Jangles" and hope it will be here soon to share with the first graders.
We are also planning to watch the interview of David from Reading Rockets, that tells about how he got his ideas.  Here is the link to that interview:  David Shannon Interview  So far the boys and girls are enjoying his books and want to check them out!!

No, David! Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible

Our school rules are to: BE SAFE, BE RESPECTFUL, BE RESPONSIBLE.

So my board to display those this year is David from David Shannon's book titled "No, David".

With my first grade library students we read a few books with David in them and talked about being responsible and using our manners at school and in the library.  We created these adorable "David's" with a library rule underneath them.  Classes worked as teams to create a "David", some students did the face, others the shirt, etc and we put them all together to make this project.  They are displayed in and around the library to remind others of what we expect in the library.

School is in Full Swing

It has only taken me a month, but I have finally settled down to spend a minute to share what is happening at the Crete Elementary Library.  One of my goals for the year is to spend more time "talking" with students about the books they are reading, and to share what I am reading too.  So I have a giant Lorax on my wall:

After the students tell me about their book, I am taking a picture of them with their Lorax moustache and their book (to hopefully encourage others to want to read it too!) and am posting it on the wall. 

 I look forward to sharing lots of titles of great books with students this year, and hope to see more photos on my wall soon!














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