Mo willems author study

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Mo Willems Activities, Crafts and Author Spotlight | The Jenny Evolution

While studying children's author, Mo Willems, we did a neat art activity to correlate with the artwork in his Trixie series. In a previous post, I wrote

This month marks the start of our Books in a Series unit. In reader's workshop students select a series of their choice to explore in book clubs, while also creating and writing adventures about a realistic fiction character of their own in writer's workshop. What better author to use for mentor texts than the one and only, Mo Willems?! His work is dreamy (insert heart eye emoji here)! This post contains affiliate links for your shopping convenience. I consistently choose his work each year…

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems!

Next month marks the start of our Books in a Series unit. In reader's workshop students select a series of their choice to explore in book clubs, while also creating and writing adventures about a realistic fiction character of their own in writer's workshop. What better author to use for mentor texts than the one and only, Mo Willems?! His work is dreamy (insert heart eye emoji here)! This post contains affiliate links for your shopping convenience. I consistently choose his work each year…

Need a fast -n- fabulous kindergarten lesson? You might wanna try these Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus creations on for size. In the following video, I demonstrate using a bingo dauber. I know you might not have those to try using either a black oil pastel or a Sharpie instead. This was a two-day lesson for my 40 minute kindergarten art classes. Here you go: Super fun and easy, didn't I tell you? I love doing guided drawing every now and again with my students. They LOVE it and are…

On of my favorite things to hear is children giggling. Even thinking about kids laughing and chuckling makes you smile, no?! An author study that I love to do in my classroom, that ALWAYS brings lots of giggles, is Mo Willems. Reading one of Mo Willems' books is entertaining no matter how old you are. {Sometimes I probably think the books are even more funny than my students do!} A few weeks ago I posted this picture on instagram. My class was having a little BIG issue with using the…

We have been doing an author study of Mo Willems in my kindergarten classroom. It is my favorite study of the year! We LOVE Mo! We've read pigeon books, Elephant and Piggie books, and all the Knuffle Bunny books and we just love them all to pieces! We have been learning to use a lot of what we learn from him through our reading in our own writing. To help with this, we created an anchor chart all about Mo. We learned about direction lines, movement lines, thought bubbles, speech bubbles, big…

Virtual Book Club for kids is featuring Mo Willems books. This is a fun literacy and gross motor activity for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.

A great way to incorporate Math into your book time is this fun activity by PreKinders! This pigeon counting game is simple as all you will need are these print outs and counters that go along with it. Enjoy teaching math concepts and about the author Mo Williams at the same time.

Mo Willems author study anchor chart

Mo Willems is one of my favorite author studies. I really enjoy using Willems because it brings a lot of fun to our classroom! His books are entertaining and the kids always have a great time. These highly engaging “Elephant & Piggie” themed activities are sure to be a hit with your young learners. See the list of suggestions below. Hope you enjoy! CHECK OUT THIS GREAT SELECTION: #1 Elephant & Piggie – Extension Activities Your students will enjoy these extension activities to use with…

Think Elephant and Piggie books are the best Mo Willems has to offer? Some of the best books by Mo Willems are actually not Elephant and Piggie books, though one of them did make the list. Check out our 10 favorite Mo Willems books (and learn about a new one coming), some of which you may not have read yet! Mo Willems' humor, wit, and warmth will entice your struggling and reluctant readers to love reading.

A collection of hands-on pigeon activities for kids inspired by Mo Willem's books.

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FREE printables to go along with the book series Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems. Preschool and kindergarten kids will have a blast learning with these 2 lovable friends! Practice early math and literacy skills, alphabet, counting, patterns, scissor skills and more!

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Knuffle Bunny Lesson Plans are here! We love this Mo Willems book and so will your kindergarten students. Writing, reading,craft, math, and literacy activities are featured in these lesson plans.