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Here are some pictures of some of the big books that I have made and used
in my classroom. I do not have credit for many of the poems and songs. If
you know where these came from,
email me so I can give
credit. When available, there is a link to download the text in Microsoft
Word.
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The Mitten Animals
This book is
from the Jan Brett book, The
Mitten. The
pictures and clues are from Jan Brett's website.
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Ten Teddy
Bears
I used clip art
teddy bears to create the graphics for this book. The cover has all
10 teddy bears. Each page has the appropriate number of bears.
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Five Little Valentines
I used the Ellison machine to make a die cut for each page. I put
all colors of hearts on the "clue page" and only the correct color
of heart on the "answer page". I put all of the hearts on the cover.
*You can also make this book interactive by putting velcro on the
hearts instead of gluing them down. Pass them out to the children
and let them put on the heart that fits the clue.
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Brilliant Butterflies
I used the Ellison
machine to make a die cut for each page. I put all colors of
butterflies on the cover and last page of the book and the correct
color of butterfly on the appropriate page. *You
can also make this book interactive by putting Velcro on the
butterflies instead of gluing them down. Pass them out to the
children and let them put on the butterfly that fits the
clue.
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Eating the
Gingerbread Man
This YUMMY book is
one of my favorites! I used Frog Street Press' gingerbread (GB) man
notepad. The cover and first page each have an intact GB man. On
each page, I ripped off the appropriate body part. For "Hmmm... I
know!", I glued on the ripped off body parts. The "Gulp" page is
blank and the last two pages have torn bits leftover from the ripped
body parts.
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I See A Circus
There are not a lot of books available for the
circus theme. Often, graphics inspire me to make a predictable book.
In this case, I met the need for a circus big book while using cut
and easy clip art. I used the predictable sentence "I see..." and
circus themed graphics from Carson Dellosa for this book.
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The Gummy Bear Song
This is
another book is based on a Dr. Jean
song, on her CD
Is
Everybody Happy? The
words
are on her site. I found teddy bear clip art, colored them (r)ed, (o)range,
(y)ellow, (g)reen, and (p)urple. I glued them on the cover On page
1, I glued an (o), (y) , (g), and (p) bear. The (r) bear is
laminated and attached with Velcro. On page 2, I glued on a (o),
(g), and (p) bear. The (o) bear is laminated and attached with
Velcro. Continue with this pattern. Laminate book. I attached
plastic pennies to the bears on the cover with Velcro. Before
reading, pass out the pennies. As you are reading, pick a student to
bring you a penny in exchange for a gummy bear.
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Are You Cold?
This is an enlarge
mini reproducible book from the teacher resource, I Can Make It!
I Can Read It! Winter, published by The Education Center. I
simply enlarged this book to 11 x 14 paper, trimmed and colored. On
the last page, I added my picture to show through the hat. I glued
on a page to cover the back of the picture and then laminated and
bound the book.
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Gingerbread Man Mystery
This is an enlarge
mini reproducible book from the teacher resource, I Can Make It!
I Can Read It! Winter, published by The Education Center.
Students have to figure out what is missing from each page. After
enlarging to fit on 11 x 14 paper, I used white out to cover the key
word of what was missing. Then, I made an extra copy of the pieces
(man, fox, sun, and cow) at the size from the mini book. After
coloring and trimming each page, I laminated and bound the book and
laminated the pieces. I used Velcro to attach the pieces to page 1.
I put an extra piece of Velcro in the blank spot of each page to
fill in "The ___ is missing." Before reading, I pass out the pieces.
As we are reading, I encourage students to figure out who is missing
and place that piece on the Velcro square.
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Five
Little Snowmen Fat
Special thanks to Kathy Holder for creating this book!
I used Shapes, Etc.
snowmen notepads for the graphics. I created various hats on colored
paper and glued over the notepads black hats. With each page, I
glued on one less snowman. * To make this book interactive, you
can laminate the snowmen and attach them to the book using Velcro.
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Where Are My Mittens?
This is another
enlarge mini reproducible book from the teacher resource, I Can
Make It! I Can Read It! Winter, published by The Education
Center. I simply enlarged this book to 8.5 x 11 paper, trimmed, and
colored. I glued these pages on mitten shaped paper, laminated, and
bound the book. I colored and laminated the mitten pieces and
attached to the book with Velcro.
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Colorful
Mittens
Special thanks to Gracye McCoy for creating this book!
I cut out and glued the words onto the appropriate mitten shaped
paper. I used a mitten clip art to create the cover. Then I
laminated and bound at the top. It is a super simple book that can
be modified for other themes: Colorful Presents, Colorful Pumpkins,
Colorful Turkeys, Colorful Puppies, etc.
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