Eric Carle is one of my favorite writers. He has videos where he explains his craft and ideas that are very endearing. He is so creative-writing and illustrating his stories.
We read his "Very" series-Very Hungry Caterpillar, Very Lonely Firefly, Very Clumsy Click Beetle, Very Tiny Seed and the Very Busy Spider. We discuss the patterns in these stories (and it makes it engaging to read these read-alouds because they kids can fill in the text-"she didn't answer".
Then I ask the students to make their own "Very" stories. But change the details and make up your own adjective and creature. What I LOVE is this is time of year we see creativity kick in. Every single idea was different-they are applying the vocabulary we learned this year.
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