Saturday, October 23, 2021

COLLABORATIVE BOOKS - IF THEY MAKE IT, THEY WILL READ IT!

 You’ll find some of the most popular books in your classroom will be those that students collaborate to make. What a perfect way to motivate your students to write and read as you reinforce standards.  


Consider these components when making collaborative books with your class:

Dedication 
– Encourage children to “dedicate” books. 

Copyright Date – The date you make your book.

Publisher – Your school, city, and state.

Authors and Illustrators – Have children sign a group page as authors and illustrators of the book.

ISBN – Include an ISBN number and bar code on the back.

The End – Everybody can read this page!

Comments and Compliments – Let children have turns taking the book home for one night. Their parents can then write their “comments or compliments” about the book on that page. (You could also pass the book around to different classes in your school and they could write remarks on this page.)

*Older students could do a “Table of Contents,” “Index,” or “Glossary.”

*Place class books in your school library, public library, a hospital, etc.

*Have a “drawing” at the end of the year so each child gets to keep one of the books.


Concept Books

Reinforce concepts you are working on, such as letters, shapes, science themes, friendship, etc. to make class books.







Song Books
I also love to take songs and use them to make books with children. You can ask the children to close their eyes as they listen to the song and then make pictures in their brain. Invite them to draw their picture and then cut out words to the song and match them up with the pictures. Don't worry! It always turns out beautifully!


*You can also type words to songs ahead of time and let each child choose the sentence they would like to illustrate. 

Here are some other interesting topics for making books with your students:

THE BEST THING ABOUT ME  

HEROES

OUR WISH BOOK  

CELEBRATIONS

WHEN I GROW UP  

JOKE BOOK

HOW TO BE A FRIEND

WHAT I DIDN’T DO OVER THE SUMMER

WHAT I DIDN’T GET FOR CHRISTMAS

A MAGIC CARPET RIDE  

DREAMS

THINGS THAT BUG US/SCARE US  

KNOCK! KNOCK!

MY NIGHTMARE LOOKS LIKE  

I AM…  

I LIKE…  

I CAN….  

I SEE….

MY WORST/BEST DAY EVER  

IF I WERE THE TEACHER I WOULD…  

IF SHOES COULD TALK  

THE DAY ANIMALS TALKED  

WHAT TO DO WHEN A BABY CRIES  

IF I WON THE LOTTERY  

HAPPINESS IS…

LOVE IS…

I’M WORKING ON…  

IF I WERE IN CHARGE OF THE WORLD

I WISH I WERE…  

IT’S NOT FAIR

WHAT DOES THE PRINCIPAL DO ALL DAY? 

WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL THE PRESIDENT…IF