[zebrachick]

Our second grade team has decided to publish class books again this year. I am needing suggestions for a theme. It needs to be pretty simplistic as my class of 17 is very low this year (over 65% below level, with 6 in speech for oral and written expression difficulties). Last year I did "What I want to be when I grow up". Other sections have done ABC Christmas, Mammals, Idioms. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated....as I am on tired brain mode!

[1956BD]

following the model of Margaret Wise Brown in The Important Book? Your theme could be school and each child could share what they believe to be important about school.

[LangArtsLuvr]

I have had my students use the book, "When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth" by Jamie Lee Curtis as a springboard for a class book. The book features different scenarios told by a child about how much she's grown and become independent since she was "little" just a few years before. It's so cute to see what the children write about themselves...what's important to them and what they notice about how they've grown and changed in just a few years. Each child writes a page with a picture (before or after, or a split picture of both) and we put it into a big book.

[momteach310]

I posted this a few days ago for someone looking for class book ideas.
we read the book A Porcupine Named Fluffy. Then each student wrote about an animal with the opposite characteristics of what it should had. We modeled after that book. It was REALLY hard - but in the end they were great.
There is a book I'm not sure the title - something like What Snowmen do at night. I have done an art project with it before - but you could probably add writing to it also. There is also a book the 12 days of Winter - maybe you could do something with that.
Here are some others we have done over the years (not winter related) - our versions of these
Fortunately, Unfortunately
Q is For Duck
A House is a House for Me
Last Night at the Zoo
The Important book
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Horton Hatches the Egg (let students draw 2 halves of different animals, rename it and write about it - got that idea from another teacher - maybe on this site)
This is Not a Box (we do stick)
What Can You Do with a Shoe (we do umbrella)
Things that are the Most
Animals Should Definetely Not Wear Clothing
Let us know what you decide and how they turn out! I am always looking for new ideas too!

[crazyeights]

a quick book idea that we did in the beginning of the year--We read the book "Giving the Dog a Bath and other things that make me happy". Students then had to write what made them happy. Easy and turned out great!