Thursday, April 11, 2013

Can I Have?......




Today is my FAVORITE day of the year! Just watch you'll see what I mean....

Have you ever asked a question and the answer you got in return was always Yes!? Well, if so then you sure are lucky.  In our book Yes Day!, written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld, the main character tries his luck at getting everything he wants throughout the day. 

"Can I please have pizza for breakfast?" Yes!
"Can I clean my room tomorrow? Yes!
"Can we have a food fight?" Yes!

For all of those out there that have little children, this book will surely get them excited and send them on a journey of their wildest dreams.  After reading this book we have developed an appreciation for the little things in life.  For children, life is all about having fun and Yes Day! truly shows life's little pleasure from the perspective of a child.

"Can we stay up really late?" Yes!
"Does this day have to end?" Yes

Visualizing allows readers to create pictures in their heads based on their understanding from a particular story.  We feel as though a visualizing activity is a great way to get students engaged with reading because there is no wrong or right answer and it allows students to be free with the their thoughts.  In our activity we would first read the book to students without showing them any pictures.  Reading the book to students without showing pictures allows students to create their own images in their head without relying on the images that are in the book.  As we read the book we will tell the students to create their own pictures in their head of things that they would love to have or do for an entire day.  Once we finish reading the book, children will create their own Yes Day book that will be inspired by their own thoughts, and they can later go back and retell the story in their own words as much as they like.   

3 comments:

  1. I hadn't thought of the idea of reading the book without showing the pictures. It's a great idea! The students can use their own imaginations to come up with all the images for the story. Imagining their own 'Yes' day is a great activity for visualizing. Glyna

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  2. Very good blog. I think young students would really connect with this book. Allowing the students to think about what they would love to do for an entire day is a great way to get the students involved as a group.

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  3. I really enjoyed your blog and I love the activity you suggested to help students with visualising while reading. Not only would this be a great activity to use with this imparticular book, but I think the activity would be really enjoyable and exciting for the students.
    Nicole

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