CONGRATULATIONS to the following school in the Ivy and Bean Friendship Writing Contest!
South School
New Canaan, Connecticut
We received so many fantastic entries. There are so many creative and thoughtful students out there! We're thrilled to know you are enjoying Ivy and Bean.
Dear Teacher:
You know how important a child's friends are. Friends help children move toward independence and define themselves in the world beyond their families. You see friendships at work in your classroom every day. Kids love to talk about them, be a part of them, and read about them.
Friendship is at the center of the Ivy and Bean chapterbook series by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall. Your students will love watching Ivy and Bean get to know each other and profit from the other's strengths and skills, interests and abilities. They'll love reading about their plots and plans—the successes and the failures—and they'll enjoy measuring themselves and their friends against the two characters.
Beyond using these entertaining transitional books for various language arts activities, you'll find many other ways to extend them in your classroom. We've provided some ideas here.
Building a Writer's Workshop with Ivy and Bean: Using Ivy and Bean in the Classroom
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Hello Elementary School Teachers!
Reading Ivy and Bean with your students can provide hours of fun, creative learning. The books are wonderful prompts for inspired writing. By making text-to-self connections in writing, children can creatively interact with literature. We hope the following workshop ideas provide this opportunity!
Ivy and Bean Teachers Guide
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- Word Wall
- Character traits graphic organizer
- The Great Class Records Book
- Book sharing project
- Secret languages-written and spoken
This teachers guide contains:
Classroom Ideas
+ Reproducable Activites
