Jan Brett Author Study

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Jan Brett Author Study
Ms. Martins Class completed an author study
with the collaboration of Mrs. Quirk-Speech, Mrs.
Murdock-OT, Mrs. Morosini- Librarian, and my
classroom assistants and aides.
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Jan Brett Author Study
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Whats in the Box? Click the box to find out
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Whats in the Box? (part2) Click the box for
Part 2
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Click the book to see interaction with Mrs.
Morissini our Librarian
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Students created their own mitten with all of the
characters so they can retell the story.
Lacing the Mitten
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Speech Push-In

• Once a week Mrs. Quirk pushes into the classroom
  to work on our phonemic awareness, sounds, and
  other speech items.
• Click the mittens to see a little video

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Capturing the Gingerbread Baby
The students completed a readers theater of the
The Gingerbread Baby To capture the baby they
made their own gingerbread house.
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Comparing and Contrasting the Books
Goldilocks and The Three Bears
The Three Snow Bears

• Live in igloos
• Alooki
• Boots
• Bears try to save dog

• 3 Bears
• Papa
• Mama
• Baby
• Porridge

• House
• Goldilocks
• Chairs

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Assistive Technology

• Students used the internet and the Classroom
  Suite software to learn about Jan Brett and play
  educational games.

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Jan Brett Website

• Students were able to learn about Jan Brett
  through her website. The materials on the
  website allowed them to enhance their learning of
  their ABCs, numbers, high frequency words, and
  the characters in the story. See the wonderful
  website yourself www.janbrett.com

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Materials from Website
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Finished Project
Students created a quilt with the help of OT.
The students tied the quilt and created paper
memories of the books they shared.

• Click on quilt for a video on how we made the
  quilt

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Click to hear us sing.