Read a Book and Create a Craft

Whew!  After yesterday's twelve hour marathon school day (school + faculty meeting + one PTO meeting) I almost didn't think I was going to have the energy to post this until later in the week.  I'm thinking my power surge tonight must be a result of the hotdog/store-bought cookie combo meal I was served for dinner. Hey, it was for free. You won't hear me complain.

In any case, I said I would post the template for the Chester book and here I am.  (Does it matter that I'm a day or so later than expected?  Geez!  Give me a break!)

 The template can be found here and it's for free, too! 

If you have the time, please consider leaving me a comment.  I'd love to hear from you!

Happy Reading!
 

 

Have You Read This One?

Recently I submitted my first book club order for the year and while looking through the brochure this book's cover illustration caught my attention.  

Quickly. 

Have you seen this one?  

I bought it simply because he looked so sassy and I just had to know 

the story with the red marker.  

I was not to be disappointed, either. 

 

When the book arrived, I didn't proofread it before sharing it with my young friends.  

(Isn't that terrible?)  

I thought with illustrations like this, it's GOT to be a winner.

And it was.  

Hands down one of my new favorites.

 

The day after we extended the book with this craft.  Aren't the results just beautiful?!

I love the little "lefty" Chester.  

My kiddos thoroughly enjoyed this project.  

They talked of nothing but "Chester" for the remainder of the afternoon.  

And since I'm trying to create life-long readers, I call that a success. 

If you're interested, I'll be posting the templates for this project

 by the end of the week.  

Happy Reading!