Reading

Mrs. DeYoung's class presents, Author of the Month...  **﻿Jan Brett **

Jan Brett is an author and illustrator that is well known for the borders or edges that surround the pages of her books. She has so many ideas for the illustrations that they spill over onto the edges of each page in her books. As a class, we will be learning about the author as we read her books. Here is an informational document about Jan Brett and what we will be doing with our author study. Please check it out here at [|Fun Facts about Author Jan Brett].

Here are Jan Brett's books that we will be reading:

To incorporate science at the second grade level, students could talk about how each of these animals is a mammal. Students could write down what they notice about all of her illustrations on each page. What details in the illustrations jump of the page at them? Do they think this helps you as a reader? Would this help them with their own writing/illustrations? How? They will be able to make connections from Jan Brett to themselves as a writer/illustrator.

Author Study Selected Books ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || Animals, Winter, Ukranian Folklore || Traditional Literature: Animals, Having a Pet, Companionship, Winter || Traditional Literature: Rainforest Landscape and Animals || Fantasy: Polar Landscape and Animals, Inuit Culture || Traditional Literature: Winter, Friendship || What is a Troll? || -What is winter like? || -What is winter like? -Demeanor of animals || What and where is Central America? || What is Inuit Culture? || //Gingerbread Baby// was the previous book || -Social Studies standard abo﻿ut landforms (mountain) || -Trend in illustrations on the borders or edges of books -Plot is similar to //The Umbrella// || -To incorporate science at the second grade level, students could talk about how each of these animals is a mammal. -Trend in illustrations on the borders or edges of books || -Trend in illustrations on the borders or edges of books -Plot is similar to //The Mitten// || -Trend in illustrations on the borders or edges of books -Goldilocks & the Three Bears comparisons (similarities or differences) -Make connections from Jan Brett to themselves as a writer/illustrator. || -Trend in illustrations on the borders or edges of books || -Will the trolls want the hedgehog as a pet? Why or why not? || -Predict/Sequencing -What animal will go in the mitten next. -Students will be able to think of what might happen if each animal tries to squeeze in. -The children can predict what happens when the mouse sits down on the bear's nose as well. || -What characteristics make up a mammal? -How do each of these animals survive in the cold? || -Predict/Sequencing -What is the rainforest like? -What animals inhabit the area? -What is life like for Carlos in Central America? || -How is this book similar/different to Goldilocks and the Three Bears? -What do students notice about the illustrations on each page? -What details in the illustrations jump of the page at them? -Does this help you as a reader? -Would this help them with their own writing/illustrations? How? || -How does a recipe relate to math? -Why does the author include rhyming in this book and not her others? || - I could have them list what they have learned about Treva and the troll. - We could talk about the illustrations and how the story supporst the description of a mountain. || -Children will love the humor of so many animals trying to squeeze into such a little mitten. -During these parts of the story, we could talk about why it is beneficial to add humore to your writing. -Readers love humor in books! || - Students could write and fill in the blank to describe each animal and why they aren’t a good pet in 1rst grade. For example, the bear is too __grumpy and big__ to be Annie’s pet. -They could write a paragraph using this format and just change the animal. || -Students can compare the two texts (The Mitten) and discuss them as a whole group. We could outline the similarities and differences between the books. -Write a similarity paragraph and then a differences one. -We could talk about what the spanish words means and then associate an action with it so that they can remember it easily. -Compare Carlos's life to students (landscape, recreation, and climate) in writing. || -Discuss Arctic Landscape and difference in climate from Michigan -Write down physical characteristics of animals in the Arctic. Write about food and survival. -Explore real-life pictures of Inuit people and Arctic landscape so they can visualize. || -We could come up with a list of adjectives for each of the words then they can look at the lists and use them in their writing. -Students will have a higher level vocabulary because of this book. -Hopefully they will use these words in their oral and written language. -As a class, we could talk about following a recipe and how you have to follow steps. -We could connect it to how there is a sequence of events and math terms. || -Technology will be incorporated in our PowerPoint presentation that we review, Jan Brett's website on the Elmo, and a question from "Who wants to be a Literature Legend?" will come from this text. || We could do a matching gamewith pictures of the characters from both Goldilocks and the Three Snow Bears. We could match one character from each story to where they slept. e.g. Papa Bear slept in the highest mound of covers in The Snow Bears and Papa Bear sleeps in the largest bed in Goldilocks. -Technology will be incorporated in our PowerPoint presentation that we review, Jan Brett's website on the Elmo, and a question from "Who wants to be a Literature Legend?" will come from this text. || Celebrate by making gingerbread cookies and following the recipe. -Technology will be incorporated in our PowerPoint presentation that we review, Jan Brett's website on the Elmo, and a question from "Who wants to be a Literature Legend?" will come from this text. || Here is a power point presentation with more information about Jan Brett and the other books she has written. [|Jan Brett Author Celebration PowerPoint]
 * < Themes and Ideas || Fantasy: Overcoming Obstacles, Monsters, and Winter || Traditional Literature: Folktale,
 * < Needed Background Knowledge || A mountains definition.
 * < Connections || -Borders in the author's other books
 * < Discussion Questions (Within/Beyond/About the Text) || -What did Treva give the troll first in exchange for her dog? The second troll, etc.
 * < <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Vocabulary || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Troll, Mountain, Skis, Hedgehog || All of the animals in the story || moose || Spanish Words: Que Pasa? || Artic, Inuit, Eskimo || plucky, clever, gallant, peppy, and lonely ||
 * < <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Response Work || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">-Students can put this in the order of the the sequence of events.
 * < <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Word Work || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Hangman with vocabulary words || Match the picture of the animal with the word || Match the picture of the animal with the word || Matching game with Spanish words and English words with the same meaning || Look for words on Inuit people and identify what they mean. Discuss words as a class and draw pictures of what the word looks like to them. || Use the vocabulary words in a sentence to show they understand the meaning. ||
 * < <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Additional Notes || -Technology will be incorporated in our PowerPoint presentation that we review, Jan Brett's website on the Elmo, and a question from "Who wants to be a Literature Legend?" will come from this text. || -Technology will be incorporated in our PowerPoint presentation that we review, Jan Brett's website on the Elmo, and a question from "Who wants to be a Literature Legend?" will come from this text. || -Technology will be incorporated in our PowerPoint presentation that we review, Jan Brett's website on the Elmo, and a question from "Who wants to be a Literature Legend?" will come from this text. || -Can be part of my Traditional Literature or Multicultural literature library.