K autobiography idea

[Jane Dodson <jdodson@GILLIGAN.ESU7.K12.NE.US>]

Good Morning!
  Sorry to reply to the whole group but as I quit my e-mail to find some
titles I accidentally deleted the original post.

  Anyway, what a fun unit to do!  I don't know how much time you have with
them or how many times you can see them but here's what I would do.  I
have a book written by Jason Gaes, a young boy with cancer.  It tells
about his 2 year fight with cancer in his own works (phonetically spelled)
and his own illustrations.  It's called "My Book for Kids With Cansur.  If
that's too deep of a topic you could use  a book from the "Meet the
Author" series, like "Best Wishes - Cynthia Rylant."

  After reading and talking about what an autobiography is I would set up
a template on some program like AppleWorks where I would interview each
child (maybe during their center time in the classroom)  using about 5
questions (family, pets, likes, dislikes) then type a little paragraph in
autobiography form, insert a picture of them and then print a page for
each child.  When all student's have been completed I would
compile the papers and create a "Kindergarten Autobiography Book" (with
the pages laminated and spiral bound) that each student could check out
and take home for a night.   The book could then stay in the classroom.



Take care,
Jane


Jane Dodson
Elementary Media Specialist           >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Columbus, Nebraska                              Each day is a gift,
jdodson@gilligan.esu7.k12.ne.us        that's why it's called, "the present."
                                      >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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