Wednesday, November 12, 2014

The starfish are excited about Mo Willems

I hope you had a great long weekend and Veteran's Day!

Last week we began reading Mo Willems' books and starting learning about Mo Willems' unique and creative writing craft. We have been adding to a class anchor chart as we read his books together. During our next unit of study for writers workshop, we are learning how to write stories that use his humor, style, and writing features. 

Today we learned how to draw Mo Willems' pigeon and brainstormed story ideas for our own stories. Some ideas include: don't let the pigeon become a ninja, don't let the pigeon meet Tom Brady, don't let the pigeon eat a cupcake, don't let the pigeon go to the makeup store, don't let the pigeon go to recess. We are so excited to start our stories tomorrow!

To extend our unit at home:

Read Mo Willems stories at home 
Ask your child to show you how to draw the pigeon
Visit Mo Willems website 
Download Mo Willems app 

Here are some pictures of our brainstorm sheet:







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