Amy Krouse Rosenthal's books are absolutely amazing. The craft in her books make them mentor texts to return to again and again! If you want to spark some creativity in your student's writing, Amy's books are simply the way to go - from 'word play' to looking at the world just a little bit differently, you will find an enormous amount of craft and fun in all of her books.
After studying Amy K. Rosenthal's books, the class made a "We Can..." anchor chart as an interactive writing experience. We learned many different techniques from Amy and her books continue to be a class favorite. Click on the anchor chart for more ideas of skills you could learn from Amy's books.
The last week of the author study we spent in stations. Students were able to choose 1-2 ideas from the "choiceboard" and engage with Amy's books in a variety of hands-on ways. Below is a picture of the choiceboard. Click on it to print your own copy.
Amy taught us a lot about personification. When we would learn new content vocabulary we would come up with a handy memory from the KEEN strategies to remember the important word. Here is an example:
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One 1st grade student looked at the world in a new way thanks to Amy K.R. The trees below have the number ten within them. She made a counting book and made sure that the number ten was within the tree.
Finally, below is an anchor chart that could be used to record the variety of craft noticed in Amy Krouse Rosenthal's books. We call her the word master in our classroom! Perhaps you will notice the same thing.
