Are you out of ideas for independent reading and writing? Here are some suggestions for simple
predictable books that your students can make. And, talk about differentiated instruction! With blank books all children can be
challenged at whatever level they are on.
Make a simple book by folding two sheets of paper in half and
stapling. Children write the
beginning of the sentence on each page and then fill it in. They can illustrate the book with
drawings or pictures cut from magazines or catalogs. Here are possible topics:
I
can…
I
like…
I
don’t like…
I
want…
I
see…
Look! Look!
I
wish…
When
I grow up…
I
can read…
I
know…
Challenge children to use as many words in their sentences as
they are in age.
Ask children to use as many colors in their drawings as they
are in age.
