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Kindergarten Author Studies?

Posted by Kerra on March 9, 2012 at 2:33pm

I am looking to do an author study with my Kindergarteners soon. I have already done Beatrix Potter and their teachers have done a lot with Mo Willems. Does anyone have any suggestions? I am looking to read some engaging stories and utilize technology. It will be for an observation.

I would greatly appreciate any ideas!

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  • Veronica Hyland June 4, 2012 at 11:02am

    I loved doing Leo Lionni with kindergarteners. They can relate to the awkwardness of some of the characters. A good website to look at is Leo Lionni; a resource guide for teachers.

    portlandovations.org/files/pca_offstage/study_guides/swimmy.pdf

  • Josie Whitehead June 4, 2012 at 6:59am

    Do you do poetry with your kindergarten children?  I have lots and lots of poems for younger children on my website which you can find by Googling JOSIE'S POEMS.  If you have a whiteboard, it is easy for the children to read the poems and many have my voice recordings.  I also have done many Skype visits to classrooms where the children are doing my poems.  I'd love to do this for any of you.  

  • Allison Williams May 1, 2012 at 5:11pm
    Jan Brett is a great choice. Lots of wonderfully illustrated books and a great website with short movies of her working, baking, reading and other activities that would interest kindergartners.
    Kevin Henkes is also good. Kindergartners can really identify with his characters.
    Another good one is Rosemary Wells. So many fun characters and subjects from economics to cultural diversity.
    • Kerra > Allison Williams May 2, 2012 at 11:32am

      Wonderful. Thank you everyone!

  • Holly Matthews April 15, 2012 at 1:56am

    Eric Carle would be a great one.  Also check out the Pete the Cat books by Eric Litwin.  He uses music to go along with his stories.  My kindergarteners love Pete the Cat so much. 

  • Heather Klein April 6, 2012 at 5:54pm

    I love books by Audrey and Don Wood!  The illustrations are so beautiful in their books! 

  • Kerrie Burch April 4, 2012 at 2:15am

    I'm not sure if others have mentioned this yet, but I just did one with Dr. Seuss.  The kids had a blast with it and seeing as I use a centers based approach, I was able to include many activities to keep the kids busy and out of trouble.  Seussville.com has a lot of activities and there are SmartBoard lessons available on the SMART Exchange.  Good luck!

  • Jody Stone March 29, 2012 at 10:56am

    We do a Kinder author study using Ezra Jack Keats. Do you have BrainPop Jr? They have a movie on Keats as well as activities, including a make your own online collage using PictureMaker that you could use individually or with a SmartBoard. YouTube has movies of Whistle for Willie and Peter's Chair read alouds. Here's a list of Keats author study ideas: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/ezra-jack-keats-autho... and a nice guide from Penguin: http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/youngreaders/minisites/snow...

    There are also other SmartBoard activities for Keats books on the SmartExchange site.

    Good luck & have fun!

    • Kerra > Jody Stone March 30, 2012 at 5:23am

      I truly appreciate all of the responses I have been getting! I will make note of these great ideas :)

  • Julie Hembree March 29, 2012 at 8:20am

    I always do an author/illustrator unit on Lois Ehlert. She has a lot of kindy appropriate books, but she has interesting illustrations. The kids also like to see how she has "cut-outs" in many of her book illustrations.

    Julie

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