Today we will begin an author study on Jan Brett, a famous children’s author and illustrator. Remember, that means she writes the words and draws the pictures! During this unit we will read many Jan Brett books to see what kind of author and illustrator she is. We will then pretend to be Jan Brett and write her next book. We will publish our pieces of writing using the computers to type our words!
1. I will introduce the Jan Brett unit with the words in the Rationale.
2. “What do you know about Jan Brett? What books did she write?” We will discuss what we know about Jan Brett and if we have heard of her.
3. I will then go to http://www.janbrett.com/ and explain to the students that it is Jan Brett’s website. And that this website gives information about Jan Brett and her books.
4. We will watch the video about Jan Brett and show the students that they can visit this website at home to find out more about Jan Brett.
5. I will read “Gingerbread Baby” to the students.
6. After we read “Gingerbread Baby” we will retell the story as a class. I will show each page and each student will have a chance to look at a page and retell what happened on that page.
7. “This week I would like you and your parents to go to the library to check out some Jan Brett books. Please read one Jan Brett book each night this week. Try to get some Jan Brett books that we do not have in our classroom. Tomorrow we will read “The Mitten”, retell it and compare the two Jan Brett books we have read so far.”
1 comment:
Julia, I love Jan Brett! This looks like a great unit- You must be excited to teach it! I especially love the introduction lesson. You did a great job activating students' prior knowledge and capturing their interest in the unit through both a video and a story. I like the assignment to find their own Jan Brett books too; it allows the children to bring their learning home and involve the parents a bit as well. Great job on your unit!
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