I'm Back!

I'm sorry for such a long hiatus! My five year old had a birthday party, then my three year old was sick, then I was sick and then we were inundated with potty training. All is now settled and I'm back. I've been working on my Lyle the Crocodile thematic unit. It will be finished soon and it will contain everything you need to do a thorough character study on Lyle the crocodile in Bernard Waber's series. Every year, I culminate this unit by having my students write an original play or puppet show depicting how Lyle got to the House on East 88th Street. It is always so exciting for me when the kids realize that the reader has no idea the events that lead to Lyle being in the House on East 88th street.  I love hearing all of their ideas. I have been doing this unit for 6 years and every year is a little bit different. One year, my assistant teacher wrote a song based on the kids ideas and they performed it at the end. It was amazing!
Besides my Lyle unit, I also do a unit on the Frances series by Russell Hoben culminating in the children writing their own songs about the character Francis. The songs are based on Francis always singing her own original songs. After Francis, I do a unit on Amelia Bedelia culminating in the children creating a life size collage of Amelia Bedelia. I put the kids in groups and each group is in charge of a different body part. The groups come together and glue their body part on giant Amelia Bedelia and then we hang it up in the hall. Lastly, I do a Frog and Toad unit culminating in a shadow box project. The students work in pairs making a shadow box of their favorite scene in a Frog and Toad story. I will be putting all these units on my TPT page in the future so keep checking! As always thank you for visiting!!