Piggybacks for Teachers

Piggybacks for Teachers
Projects for teachers and librarians to share with their classes

  

Enhance and Enrich the Curriculum with Jan Brett Books
thanks to Theresa Marie

     The web projects are ongoing adventures.  The goal is to provide educational information that can enhance and enrich any elementary school curriculum. Each project begins with a Jan Brett book in hand.  Jan Brett's books have beautifully detailed illustrations and warmhearted stories that inspire children and adults to learn more about our amazing world.
    
Books included in the web projects are connected to five subject or curricular areas. lessons, links and activities related to a book are located under the subject areas.
     The web projects are intended for use by elementary students, teachers and librarians. The lessons, links and activities can be adapted to fit the backgrounds and experiences of individual children or an entire class.

Gingerbread Friends
Armadillo Rodeo Annie and the Wild Animals
The Hat The First Dog
Berlioz the Bear Town Mouse Country Mouse
Comet's Nine Lives

 

Blue_Arrow4000.gif (887 bytes) Interactive Graph the Animals from The Hat
thanks to Lynda Hall
 Blue_Arrow4000.gif (887 bytes)Forest Animal Web-Site Detective
thanks to Jennifer Lloyd
Our Lady of Peace School
Blue_Arrow4000.gif (887 bytes) Poup�es et v�tements de papier
(Hedgie's Paper Costume Guide in French)
thanks to Armelle Van Caeyzelle

 

  Teaching with Jan Brett Books
thanks to Alicia Thomas

     When I student taught, the schools I went to used an unbelievable amount of paper in a day, much of it being copied into "dittos" and a lot ending up in the recycling bin anyway. Since then, I'm constantly looking for ways to teach, and assess students, without using paper, or at least very much of it. For our illustrator project, I chose to research Jan Brett and write about her body of work. Jan Brett has an amazing website with hundreds of links and activities, many of which are broken down into usage based on the curriculum. It's fabulous http://www.janbrett.com
     Looking through her activities, I was thinking how it would be great to pick and choose which ones I would want my students to do based on the story we were reading and have them in one place where they could easily find them. With that thought, and my constant quest to save the trees, I started writing this project.
     This is based on the ELA curriculum of a third grade class in New York State. Since I am only substitute teaching and do not have my own classroom webpage, this seemed like the perfect fit. The best part is...it's easy!  It's a way that my students could access all of the websites and information I have compiled using both Jan Brett's website, and many other sites across the internet. Not only would it be great in the classroom, but it's something my students can access from anywhere. All of the activities on here are educational and most don't require one sheet of paper. There is a link to the Scholastic, Inc. website with a full list of books authored and illustrated by Jan Brett at the bottom of the table. It provides information on the reading levels appropriate for each book on scales like Lexile and DRA level- very useful! Take some time to explore! I hope this provides you with ideas for a project of your own! Happy Reading and Happy Teaching!  Alicia Thomas
 

Reading levels for Jan Brett Books

 

Reading Comprehension Sheets
Thanks to
Barb Pavoni
Armadillo Rodeo

Page 1
Page 2
Annie and the Wild Animals

Page 1
Page 2
Berlioz the Bear

Page 1
Page 2
Christmas Trolls

Page 1

Page 2
Comet's Nine Lives

Page 1
Page2
Daisy Comes Home
Vocabulary

Page 1
Page 2
Daisy Comes Home
Comprehension

Page 1

Page 2
The First Dog

Page 1
Page 2
Fritz and the Beautiful Horses

Page 1

Page 2
Gingerbread Baby
Vocabulary

Page 1

Page 2
Gingerbread Baby
Comprehension

Page 1

Page 2
Hedgie's Surprise

Page 1

Page2

 

Web Projects from other great Teachers
Blue_Arrow4000.gif (887 bytes)The Mitten - Cyberguide.
thanks to Sheron Mehl

San Diego County Office of Education

Blue_Arrow4000.gif (887 bytes) The Wild Christmas Reindeer - General Activities, Science, Art.
thanks to Nancy Anderson
Ohio Council International Reading Association

Blue_Arrow4000.gif (887 bytes) Town Mouse Country Mouse - General Activities, Social Studies, Writing Activities.
thanks to Nancy Anderson
Ohio Council International Reading Association
Blue_Arrow4000.gif (887 bytes) Armadillo Rodeo - Writing Activities, Sequence, Art, Science.
thanks to Nancy Anderson
Ohio Council International Reading Association
Blue_Arrow4000.gif (887 bytes)Internet Author Study
thanks to Mary Costale
Makawao School, Pa'ia, Hi
Blue_Arrow4000.gif (887 bytes) Berlioz the Bear - General Activities, Social Studies, Language Activities, Sequence, Music.
thanks to Nancy Anderson
Ohio Council International Reading Association
Blue_Arrow4000.gif (887 bytes) Baking a Smart Cookie
thanks to Betty Kobes
West Hancock Kanawha Elementary
Blue_Arrow4000.gif (887 bytes) Activities for Reading Fritz and the Beautiful Horses
thanks to Shirley Wilborne
Park Avenue Elementary School
Blue_Arrow4000.gif (887 bytes)Make a Sailors Bracelet
thanks to Shirley Wilborne
Park Avenue Elementary School
Blue_Arrow4000.gif (887 bytes) Comet's Nine Lives
Another project for Comet's Nine Live
thanks to Theresa Marie
Blue_Arrow4000.gif (887 bytes)Trouble with Trolls - Prewriting, Comprehension, Writing Activities,  Art.
thanks to Nancy Anderson
Ohio Council International Reading Association

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