I told this story last week when I was
in Flint and several teachers asked me to share it on my blog.
Make a picnic book by telling this story:
Let’s go on a picnic. First we need a picnic basket.
(Fold the paper in half.)
Next, we need hotdogs.
(Fold the paper in fourths.)
We also need hamburgers.
(Fold the paper into eighths.)
We’ll need a picnic bench to sit at.
(Open so it’s folded in half. Bring
one bottom flap to the fold. Turn
over and bring the other bottom flap
to the fold.)
A picnic is more fun if we share it
with a friend. (Tear down middle crease
until you reach the fold.)
Now all we need is a book to write a
story about our adventures on our picnic.
(Hands on top of bench, bend down, and
fold around to make a book.)
Use for: letter
books, word families
reading
the room, writing the room
fact
families
shape
or color books
unit
or theme
spelling
words (picture/sentence)
autograph
book
opposites,
story elements
original
stories
Hint! Let children decorate an individual
cereal box to store their picnic books.