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On my Walk drawing exercise

Draw and Tell for On My Walk drawing exercise.

Tumblebooks animated read-along

Teachers: sign up for an Author as Mentor project!

• Buzz About Bees Teacher’s Guide, written by Sonja Sweet (Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2013): BuzzAboutBeesTeachersGuide.doc [5MB].

• Jeffrey and Sloth QR Code Treasure Hunt – Download your own copy of the QR Code Treasure hunt! Want to make your own QR Code Quest – visit the tutorial and information page at Handy4class.com


 

• “Transforming Storytelling in the 21st Century”, prepared by Lori Lee Sherritt, Kari-Lynn Winters, and Vetta Vratulis for NCTE © 2008 — please contact me for the download link.
• Jeffrey and Sloth Teacher’s Guide (courtesy of Orca Books Teacher’s Guides).
• Jeffrey and Sloth lesson plan, based on Ruth Culham’s Six Traits of Writing
• Tumblebooks animated read-along movie, featuring professional voice actors.
• Mrs. McGowan’s Class Jeffrey and Sloth activities: class project; kids poetry inspired by Jeffrey and Sloth; email conversations with author; activities; includes kids’ Jeffrey and Sloth Character Poems
• “Poetry Beyond Words: Creating Poetry with Linguistically and Socio-culturally Diverse Students,” Compiled by Lori Lee Sherritt and Kari-Lynn Winters for NCTE © 2007:
  • short version, 4 pages
  • long version, 18 pages (5MB)
• Class project Authors as Mentors using the unpublished humor manuscript “O Ducky Day.” Includes teacher’s overview, kids’ art.
• Writing and Doodling classroom exercise based on Jeffrey and Sloth by Keisa Williams, online at jeffrey-and-the-sloth-by-kari-lynn-winters-book-review-lesson.

Other internet resources

• Literature for Kids index of authors
• Canadian authors writing fantasy books for kids
• Alphabet craft referencing Runaway Alphabet