This
week my students participated in a writing activity inspired by the book Press Here by Herve Tullet. If you have not read this book with your
students yet, you must! My class and I were giggling
and smiling the whole time while reading this interactive book. All of my students were able to interact in
some way with this book, whether it be by pressing dots or shaking the
book. It truly is a fun read!
After
we finished reading Press Here I got my
students to create their own Press Here
inspired stories. I left this assignment
very open so students could be free to use their imaginations - title, content
etc. was all up to them! Their ideas
were absolutely fantastic and I thoroughly enjoyed reading and interacting with
each one of their original books. I
included each book in our classroom library so all of the students can enjoy
these fun books.
To
create these books we made a simple swoosh book. I call it a swoosh book, not really sure what the exact term is. For directions on how to make this mini-book click here. I bought colourful blank circular price stickers from the
dollar store as the dots for their stories. These dots can also be
drawn by hand.
Here
are some pictures of just a few of the Press
Here creations from my classroom:
I am
telling you my class had so much fun making these books! I would absolutely suggest you try it in your
own classrooms - big smiles and so much fun to be had!
Hope
you all have a great weekend! I am loving
the warm weather here this weekend! I
was able to get lots of yard work done today!!
Lauren
