AUDREY WOOD

AUTHOR

TEACHER LIBRARIAN AND CLASSROOM TEACHER COLLABORATIVE UNIT

AUDREY WOOD AUTHOR STUDY

Special thanks to Pinterest Members that post their ideas freely for educators. Ideas meant to be modified to fit specific school settings. And to Audrey Wood's website http://www.audreywood.com/ and Blog. Melissa Taylor's Imagine Soup blog at https://imaginationsoup.net/audrey-wood/

INTERVIEWS FOR RESEARCH ON THE AUTHOR

http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/wood

http://www.audreywood.com/

http://authorstudyaudreywood.blogspot.com/

Using the provided links, research the author Audrey Wood, model taking notes with students as they follow along on their own time lines. Discuss plagiarism and model how to take bullet points with own words.

FOCUS AREAS;
FamilyEarly LifeAdult LifeBooksInteresting Facts

*If students finish their station activities early they may go back to site and print pictures that correlate with dates on time line

SILLY SALLY

MATERIALS- blank pages-one for each student. Art materials or pictures to cut out depending on time allowed for illustration.

Teacher read aloud Silly Sally to students.

With teacher guidance student's create a class book in the same style as Silly Sally creating their own characters and rhyme actions. Illustrate in style of author or style that time allows (download free black and white clip art, students cut out, color, and glue.

Class creates the first page;

______________ _________________ went to _____________________,

____________________ ___________________, _________________________.

Depending on number of students, each will need the 2 following pages

On the way she met a _______________________,

a silly ___________________________.

They __________________________ (a )__________________.

Class create the transition page

Along came ______________________________,

walking forward, right side up.

Each student matches the animal pages they created in the first part of book to illustrate the following page

He ___________________________ the _____________

who _______________________ (a) ____________________.

Final page-based on first 2 pages class created

That's how ______________________ ____________________________

got to __________________________________.

ITALICS ARE REPLACED WITH STUDENT IDEAS

Silly Sally went to town, walking backwards, upside down.
STUDENT 1-On the way she met a pig, a silly pig,they danced a jig. Silly Sally went to town, walking backwards, upside down. STUDENT 2- On the way she met a dog, a silly dog,they played leapfrog. Silly Sally went to town, walking backwards, upside down.
STUDENT3 On the way she met a loon, a silly loon,they sang a tune.
STUDENT 4- ? CONTINUE FOR EACH STUDENT IN CLASS
On the way she met _____________, a__________,they __________ __________..
Silly Sally went to town, walking backwards, upside down. On the way she met a sheep, a silly sheep,they fell asleep. Along came Neddy Buttercup,walking forwards, right side up. STUDENT 1-He tickled the pig, who danced a jig
STUDENT 2-He tickled the dogwho played leapfrog. STUDENT 3-He tickled the loonwho sang a tune .
STUDENT 4 -? CONTINUE FOR EACH STUDENT IN CLASS MATCHING THE ANIMAL AND ACTIVITY CREATED - He _______________ the ___________, who ______________ _________________

He tickled the Sallywho woke right up. Sally tickled Neddy Buttercup,and that’s how Sally got to town

STATION #1

DOG NEEDS A BONE

Read Dogs Need a Bone then using a class T chart, discuss and find evidence of the woman's point of view, and the dog's point of view.

And if time allows;

http://www.audreywood.com/books-written-by-audrey-wood/a-dog-needs-a-bone!/how-a-dog-needs-a-bone!-was-made

STATION #2

QUICK AS A CRICKET

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuIJvFkg_ZM

MATERIALS- copies of simile flip book on tag board for each student.

Watch Quick as Cricket, then fill in own simile flip book.

STATION #3

KING BIDGOOD'S IN THE BATHTUB

MATERIALS- Copy of flip worksheet on tag board

Teacher read aloud King Bidgood's in the Bathtub to students.

With teacher guidance Student's use flip worksheet to describe the story elements; characters, setting, problem, solution

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