Jan Brett Author Study

Slowly and surely I'm getting caught up on sharing what my class has been learning! Tonight I wanted to share my kids' journals on our Jan Brett author study from January.

Here are some of the books we read:

I would read a book every other day and after reading the book, the kids would write about it in their journals or complete a graphic organizer:

Sadly, we didn't get to do extra activities because January was a crazy busy month AND we had a "snow day" and some delayed starts so it went by super fast! To wrap up our study, we illustrated our favorite Jan Brett books:

If you liked these activities, check out my author study unit on TpT which you can use with any author of your choice! 

Tomie dePaola Author Study

Hey everyone! Are you on spring break? I am! And I am LOVING EVERY MINUTE!

I want to try and get caught up on my blogging before I head back to work. I'm so behind I can't even remember what all I still need to share about. I know I'm behind in sharing about our author studies so I'll start there.

Back in December we did an author study on Tomie dePaola:

We read so many wonderful books including Strega Nona, The Legend of the Bluebonnet and Tony's Bread. Here are some of my kids reading response journals: 

The kids also did a character web about Strega Nona and filled in a BME chart for the Legend of the Poinsettia: 

Finally, after reading The Legend of the Poinsettia, the kids made their own paper poinsettias: 

If you liked these activities, please check out my author study unit which you can use for any author:

Leo Lionni

Why is life so busy? Oh yeah, I'm a teacher. :)

Once again, sorry I'm so behind. Blogging has taken a back seat to sleep and more sleep. But here we go…slowly chipping away at the blog posts I need to make.

WAY back in November we did an author study on Leo Lionni, another one of my favorite authors. Here are the books we read:

Just like path months, we would read a book every few days and the kids would journal or do literacy activities about each one:

We also did a couple fun crafts. After reading A Color of His Own the kids painted their chameleon with watercolors:

Later after reading Tico and the Golden Wings the kids colored their own Tico and used glitter to make his wings sparkle:

Finally to wrap the study up, the kids drew their favorite Lionni characters and wrote about why they like them:

If you like these activities, check out my author study activities on TpT by clicking the picture below: