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To learn more about the children in your class and so they can learn about each other.
Materials: - Paper(heavy Paper that is durable)
- markers
- crayons
- watercolors
- hole punch
- string to tie together.
- the book "All About You" by Catherine and Laurence Anholt published by Scholastic books.
Plan:
Part 1:Read the book to the children and discuss each page briefly with the children. Let them answer the questions on each page of the book. Part 2: Tell the students now you are going to help them make a book all about themselves. Part 3:Have these sentences already printed or typed on each page for each child. - Page 1: Title: All About Me name_________
- Page 2: My favorite color is?_______
- Page 3: When I look at my door, I see __________outside.
- Page 4: I live in a ________ house.(apartment, trailer, farm house etc.)
- Page 5: ____ people live in my house with me(number). They are my___________________(brother, mom, dad, grandma etc.)
- Page 6: My favorite place to go play is_______________.
- Page 7: I really love it when my mom_____________.
- Page 8: I really love it when my dad_____________.
- Page 9: I am very special and loved by many people!
Always encourage the children to write the words themselves. Write the word they might use to answer the questions on the board and add to it as children ask how to spell more words to answer the questions in the book. Comments:
If you know that kids in your class have no contact with their mom or dad, do not include these pages in the book. If they visit a mom or dad, but do not live with them, I would still include these pages. On the last page encourage the children to look in a mirror and draw or paint a picture of themselves on the page. If possible, after the book is all done(about a week to complete) have the class share their books with the class and their families. This book will be something parents will keep for a long time to come. This is an excellent way to get kids to understand that letters make words and they use words to communicate information to other people. | 
