We worked on a Venn diagram for the books "The Mitten"and "The Umbrella". Most of the students wrote and illustrated in "The Mitten" circle that that animals climbed in a mitten. For "The Umbrella" circle, most students wrote and illustrated that the animals climbed into an umbrella. In the middle circle, most students wrote that they both have animals or that a small animal (mouse-"The Mitten" and hummingbird- "The Umbrella") is what makes all the animals fly out.
Throughout the week we also read two of Jan Brett's most familiar books. "Gingerbread Baby" and "Gingerbread Friends". We also read a couple other versions such as the original story and "The Gingerbread Girl". The students were so excited about the stories we decided to decorate or own but only after making a plan. Jan Brett helped us a little from a video we found on show to draw a gingerbread baby. The students each drew their own details then they got to create!
After illustrating we put our tools away and made a plan to what we were going to use all the yummy materials for. Each student got two gingerbread cookies. It was their choice to whether
they wanted to make a boy, baby, girl, mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, coy
bow etc...
They had several materials to use and their "glue" was
icing.
The students then created their vision!
After we created and enjoyed our cookies we went back and filled
in our gingerbread friends with color.
I hope you all enjoyed learning about Jan Brett. Ask your child about some of the cool things you can find in just about every book. I'm sure they will be very excited to tell you all about Hedgie! I also hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and that you're enjoying the beautiful snow.
Mrs. Atkin
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