Brilliant Author Studies

     Kindergarten students are still studying Eric Carle.  We've read The Very Hungry Caterpiller, The Very Busy Spider, The Very Clumsy Click Beetle, 1, 2, 3, To the Zoo, Rooster's Off to See the World and Little Cloud.  We've made trains carrying animals and clouds floating in the sky to represent Carle's beautiful artwork.  We've also watched Eric Carle read The Very Hungry Caterpiller to us and watched a few of his stories on video.  By the end of this study Kindergarten students will really be able to recognize all things Eric Carle!!

     First Grade students are studying Nancy  Carlson, who lives only one state over in a Minneapolis suburb.  We've had a great time finding new characters in all of Carlson's books.  We've read Henry's Amazing Imagination,  I Don't Like To Read!, Harriet's Halloween Candy, Harriet and the Roller Coaster, Harriet and the Garden, and Louanne Pig Makes the Team.  Most of these books have themes that fit with the Six Pillars and making good choices so we've had some really interesting discussions!  We plan to graph the characters next week. 

    Second Grade students have enjoyed the art of Graeme Base for the last three weeks.  We've read Jungle Drums, Animalia and The Water Hole; all books of his representing the natural world and all its beauty.  His books have offered a new look at the world and students have  enjoyed discoving his books. 

    Third Grade students have studied author, Eve Bunting.  We've read a few of her fun books that focus on imagination such as Little Badger; Terror of the Seven Seas and Mouse Island but we've also read a few of her more thought-provoking books like Fly Away Home, Some Frog! and The Wednesday Surprise.  With these titles we've discussed Author's Purpose and come up with the problems of homelessness, divorced families and an irresponsible Daddy and how important reading is (literacy) issues.   What authors do you love?  Stop in and find a new author today...