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Vesta 09:45 AM 07-13-2010
I love using books as kick off points for lesson plans and activities, because they are almost a no brainer.
I also like doing "author studies", and just do activities based on the different books by the author instead of a theme.
Eric Carle can get you through at least 3 weeks.
David Shannon, Mem Fox, Kevin Henkes, Margie Palatini, Mo Willems, Judy Schachner, David Catrow, Shel Silverstein, Tom Arnold, Leo Lioni, Tomi Depaola, Mercer Mayer, Graeme Base, Robert Munsch, Dr Seuss....
Shoot, just that list could get you through 20 weeks easy.

Just check out the books and then use them to develop your plans. Some books are good enough you can pull a whole week out of just one.

We're doing oceans and beaches right now and I'm using a bunch of Non-fiction books as well as "The Sand Castle Contest" "Swimmy", "Don't Eat the Teacher", "Shark in the Dark", "Turtle in the Sea", "Mr Seahorse", "A House for Hermit Crab", and "A Beach Tail".
I have some other ones out, but they're too far away for me to see the titles.
I use a vinyl rain gutter attached to the wall to display the books that go along with the theme of the week and also more out on our display table.
They have access to all the other books too, but I set them out "special".
Anyway, that's the way I like to do it.
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