How to make Books with Children: Read a Book - Make A Book, Grades 1-6 - Teacher Reproducibles, E-book

Read a Book-Make a Book will help you encourage your students to use the books they read as seeds to sprout new ideas and more books! Teachers and students read a referenced literature title and then create a class or individual book in response.

Each book-making project includes "After You Read" -- ideas for discussing each book. These suggestions serve as a prewriting lesson to the "Now Write!" activity. Each project has an original poem written to accompany it.

A few of the 38 literature titles featured include:

• picture books such as “Stellaluna” and “Have You Seen My Duckling?”
• chapter books such as “How to Eat Fried Worms” and “The BFG”
• classics such as “Mr. Popper's Penguins” and “Make Way for Ducklings”

The types of books you can make include:

• double-hinged books
• layered books
• pull-tab books
• pop-up books
• pull-down books
• flap books
• and more

Every project includes:

• step-by-step instructions
• reproducible patterns
• materials list included