My shape monster book

Monster ebook by walter dean myers 9780061975028 rakuten kobo. Mcdonnell moves from cozy biography booklist top of the list winner me. It is a great lesson to teach about geometricvsorganic shape. Heres a fun shape monster sorting activity for preschoolers. We only spend about 1015 minutes doing these things, but then i brought out some other activities during the day. Jul 19, 2016 feed the hungry shape monsters sorting game. Nov 05, 2012 it was a shape monster book with interactive pieces. My four year old grandson giggled the whole way through and we read it several times in a row. Staple the outside edge of your book approximately. Children are encouraged to shake, tilt, and make loud noises to make the monster move along and get out of the book. She does not appear in any webisodes, or is even on the monster high website. It was nominated for the 1999 national book award for young peoples literature, won the michael l. A very silly monster way to learn all about shapes read, tim, read, tim on.

Have students work to make a shape and color shape monster book in which they trace, color, and tear paper to make a predictable take home booklet. Students can color the crayons on each page and read the book my book of space words printable book pin32kfacebooktweet here is a simple mini book you can use along with a space unit. Each diecut page is turned to build a new characteristic of an animal which is not revealed in its entirety until the end of the book. Monster munch monster book of monsters preschool math preschool ideas shape activities munch munch circle time tot school beginning of school. Aug 18, 2014 attagirl funnies by angela furgal aka fairy funtastic if you see this pinned somewhere else. This was shape monster, and i used him at the beginning of the year.

This is an awesome tool to use to teach beginning shapes and color words in a book format. Then set the monsters out on the rug and explain to the kids how we feed the circle monster circles, the triangle monster trianglesetc. Printz award in 2000, and was named a coretta scott king award honor the same year the book uses a mixture of a thirdperson screenplay and a firstperson diary format to tell. A very silly monster way to learn all about shapes. Monster is a multiawardwinning, provocative comingofage story that was the firstever michael l. It was a shape monster book with interactive pieces. Shapes preschool, teaching shapes, monster book of. May 29, 2014 shape by shape if you are familiar with the popular go away big green monster, you will recognize the concept behind this book. Presgr 1cute monsters are the stars of these singsongy books that introduce numbers up to 20, patterns, shapes, and the concept of more than and less than. These work great for bulletin board displays or class books. Monster takes the form of a screenplay interspersed with diary entries and recollections. Scholastic teachablesworksheets, lesson plans, learning games, and more. For years ive been using my shape monster set that i made with boardmaker pcs, but it has become tattered and torn, so it was time to make a new one.

I created a set of monster printables to print and cut out to use. I found a great book of eye stickers at my local craft store and i have also seen similar ones at oriental trading. This book is for 1st and 2nd graders learning about geometric shapes. Monster is a young adult drama novel by american author walter dean myers and was published by harpercollins in 1999. Grouch the horned one, grump the furry one, and gloom n doom the twoheaded one are certain that theyre awesome monsters. I laminated a copy of my shape monster onto a large mailing envelope and cut out the mouth. Use this worksheet to build scary monsters using different 2d shapes. Feed the hungry shape monsters sorting game the imagination. Now i need some information about my shape monster. All of my daughters love little items pencils, notepads, anything, and books are no exception. Feed the shape monster is one of the best activities for the first week of school. Glad monster sad monster would be the perfect book to read before you do any of these monster feeling activities. This is a procedure that we use throughout the day. Students could work on one page each day to correspond with the above lessons or at a center with guidance.

We included simple shapes circle, square, triangle for the younger young crafters and harder shapes oval, rectangle, octagon for the slightly older kids. Shape monsters is a fun, interactive 2d shapes game where children aged from 2 to 5 years need to identify and match circles, rectangles, squares and triangles. Children make a book with 4 pieces of paper stapled together. My son had a great time helping make shapes to decorate the monster and was really pleased with the final product. Concept books which teach children about shapes or illustrate the characteristics of a particular shape. The sentence pattern is i can draw a name of shape. New school year resolutions new school year, teaching. Cut out some shapes from brightly colored construction paper. Formerly known as scholastic printables, we offer printable activities for any subject. Draw your own shape monster with this fun template that encourages kids to follow directions and. Tell students that they can look at the card but they cant show their friends. Students have to find the friend who has the who has the matching feeling card by reading the feeling on the other students face. Each shape monster only eats shapes which match its own body shape. When a child correctly selects a shape, that shape monster audibly reinforces the name of the shape.

Print this book each sheet will print full page change the template. Regina davis aka queen chaos at fairy tales and fiction by 2. This shape monster art set is designed to teach kids about basic shapes while integrating process art and individual creativity. We included simple shapes circle, square, triangle for the younger young crafters and harder shapes oval. So i made this shapes book smaller than the usual 8 12 x 11 size.

This is a book i read to my students when we are learning about the. Every day we chanted off the words to the shape monster book, this was something i did with my kindergartners and just adapted for my little. Contributing to the letshavefun vibe is funky, upbeat music. I put shape magnets on the board in front of us, and we sang this song together. There is also a set that only has shapes for kids to cut out. Teach preschool skills with a feed the monster game. Shapes include circle, square, triangle, rectangle, and oval. Our gruffalo themed shaped animals are one of our favorite shape activities to go with a book. This book inspired my activity and i wanted something both fun and silly. Draw your own shape monster with this fun template that encourages kids to follow directions and explore shapes in a creative way.

Once kids make their shape monsters there are 10 extension activities to do in order to continue learning math and literacy skills. In one of my pocket charts i had an interactive poem that i found online. Next, cut a mouth in the shape monsterthe same shape as the monster. It is an excellent book about a boy who draws a monster who is not a very good friend.

Melody carver is a character exclusive to the monster high book series by lisi harrison and the coprotagonist of the book series, the first main protagonist being frankie stein. Melody is a siren, a birdlike or sea nymph like monster with an incredibly hypnotic voice. You can get the book and read a bit about the colour monster on our blog. First, i read them the book jeremy draws a monster by peter mccarty. The next idea is to make monster creations from shapes. Completely unlike anything i was expecting or have read before and, even once i found my footing and got into the groove of the world, barker still managed to twist things around until i was left with an unexpected lump in my throat and tears down my cheeks.

The best monster activities for kids early learning ideas. Childrens author of the childrens book, away we go. Simply paint the cardboard in as many colours as you like, using one per 2d shape that you wish to create. Each day shape monster ate each of the shapes, and nora colored the page in the shape monster book. As usual, a heart warming story that teaches little monster the value of stopping and smelling the bakeries. This book has multiple learning targets and take students from sorting plane vs solid shapes, polygons vs. Theres a monster in your book tom fletchers inviting interactive readaloud will. They cut pictures from magazines and glue them on a page. Printz award recipient, an ala best book, a coretta scott king honor selection, and a. A cute booklet shared a many years ago on the chatboard.

Then make a hole in each bag and stapled the shape monster to the front and matched the holes so we could feed the monsters. Michael frith, who would soon join the muppets team, was the coauthor and guiding spirit of the busy book. First of all, i gather up as many of each shape i have in my classroom. Twentyfive years to life in prisonthats the sentence facing our main man, steve harmon. For updates for my new resources, click on like on facebook. Now the fun part students walk around making the feeling face they have on their card. Building shapes teacher made resource, craft sticks, fruit loops, noodles and drinking straws shapes lakeshore instant learning center shapes adventures smartboard lakeshore interactive activity. Kids can practice writing and spelling, then add color. I can draw shapes each page has dashed shapes with simple text. Sep 29, 2011 this is a great lesson i do every year with my kindergartners and i never get tired of it.

Shape monster book my shape flip book kindergartencrayons. Add this printable pack to your m is for monster, halloween, or shape focused lessons. Big idea kindergartners love making things, and ths activity allows them to create a unique shape monster and practice numbers recording the shapes used. You could also make them all one colour, or black and white even, for an extra challenge. As you see in my lesson plan we had a different shaped snack each day.

Presented as a screenplay of steves own imagination, and peppered with journal entries, the book shows how one single decision can change our whole lives. Shapes books that parents and teachers can print for kids page 3. Big birds busy book is a 96page book of activities and stories featuring the sesame street cast. Feb 02, 2017 shapes for lunch books read aloud for kids scholastic first little readers level a duration. I can draw shapes printable book a to z teacher stuff.

My shape book all about 2d shapes by first grade garden. Students color the shape the color mentioned on each page. Add this printable pack to your m is for monster, halloween, or shapefocused lessons. Then, kids can glue them down, add sticker eyes, and then they can complete. Prior to the last group, i count down from 5 and say freeze.

You may want students to stick their monsters into their books and list the shapes they. Dont miss the one who looks like dirt in the flower pot or the purple triangular one in the cupboard under the stairs. These books encourage your child to expand beyond the traditional shape identify and explore the world around them. Plus the monsters the reader finds hiding in mommys house are all hilarious and charming.

Swbat assemble shapes in the shape of a monster, and record the number of each shape on the back of the shape monster. They practice writing the word, drawing it, counting the number of sides and corners, finding it, and drawing objects that are that shape. Seriouslyif you do, youre gonna be a bloody pulp the next time its light out. When i say this, all students stop what they are doing, put their hands on their heads and look at me. For example, a tire on the circle page, a door on the rectangle page, a slice of pizza on the triangle page. If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them through my amazon. We also worked in talking about the shape we were using as the monster s body so these shape crafts for preschoolers are not just fun theyre also educational. A books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Each page has the same prompt at the top, telling the shape they should find and the color they should use to color it.

The new book by authorillustrator tim read is available at. Although it didnt give a stepbystep of how to recreate it, it gave me enough detail for me to make my own. The rest of each days activities emphasized one shape. In the skin of a monster is stunning, deliciously offbeat and totally absorbing. My book about community helpers printable minibooks. It has my top 25 shape books that im sure your students will love listening to at circle time. Oct 22, 2010 i loved using puppets in my kindergarten class as teaching tools for lots of concepts.

My very silly monster the facebook home of the silliest monsters around. Browse my shape monster resources on teachers pay teachers. They lived in a dark monster castle, high atop a dark monster mountain overlooking a monsterfearing village. The main conflict of walter dean myers book, monster, is about a teen accused of murder trying to clear his name in both the legal and social settings. Published in 1975, this is a good example of the level of work the sesame producers would put into the tiein books and records in the early70s. Its perfect for halloween time, and can definitely be used all year long. My book about community helpers cant find what youre looking for. See the i see shapes lesson for another way students could make this booklet. Shapes beginning readers books page 3 twisty noodle. Kids can get a look at some shapes that theyll be familiar with from real life. They make a great addition to school lessons and projects. The book opens with a warning from our narrator not to let anybody hear you crying cry at night.