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!!
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