Author Study Centers

Chris Van Allsburg

This week, my students have been working on an author study with some of the best books by Chris Van Allsburg. My fellow teacher Mrs. Coleman gave me the activities that she received from another fellow teacher in the county.  My students have completed two stations and have two more to finish next week before we wrap things up with a culminating activity and a quiz on what they have learned.  We started the author study by reading "The Garden of Abdul Gasazi" which immediately got them excited about reading more of Chris Van Allsburg's books.  They have done a great job with the centers and I wanted to share the activities that they have been doing in small groups. Each day the students are expected to read a book by Chris Van Allsburg and then complete an activity that goes along with the book. (Another teacher created these awesome activities!) I have created a rubric so the students know what is expected of them as well as a quiz to make sure they really paid close attention to the books. Below are some pictures of the students working as well as the activities, rubric, and quiz I created.

Reading "Two Bad Ants"

Listening to "The Wretched Stone"

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