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Sunday, January 1, 2017

Silly Sally Class Book











Audrey Wood is one of my favorite authors of children's books and I think that Silly Sally is one of the best.  It is a perfect story for retelling and to do an innovation.  

Several years ago, I saw a cute class book on Pinterest from Kindergarten Nana and another one from the prekinders blog I decided to create something similar for my prekindergarten students.  I loved how it turned out so much that I now do it every year!  I typed up "Silly _______ went to town, walking backwards upside down" on the computer (double column for easier handling), then I cut and pasted clip art of the town in the background. 


I have my kiddos use liquid watercolors for this project because the colors are so vibrant, but regular watercolor paint would work.  



During letter Yy week earlier in the month, I took photos of the children with their arms out like the letter Y. I cut these out, glued them on their artwork, mounted it on cardstock and laminated it.  Then I put it together to make a book.  It is well worth the effort! This class book is always popular and the kids fight over their chance to read it.  At the end of the year, I give each child their page to take home. 

Here is a link to the Silly Sally class book from Kindergarten Nana. I love how she changes the verb in the text for each child! 
https://dbsenk.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/silly-sally/ 

Here is another version  http://www.prekinders.com/class-books/
(By the way, that blog is amazing! Lots of great ideas!!)

3 comments:

  1. Where did you find the clipart for the town? This is so cute, but I can't find anything like that town to make mine look similar!

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  2. The town clipart is from Kiz Club

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  3. I would have loved the opportunity to do this activity at the end of this school year if it weren't for cover-19! "Silly Sally" is a book we have been reading and reciting all year as a class and collectively a class favorite! This activity would have been so much fun for them. Creative idea! thanks for sharing

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