The first graders and I spent some time with Peter Brown during Halloween week. First, we read the book Creepy Carrots written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown. Then we watched Peter's video describing how he went about creating his "creepy" characters. You can view the video here.Then students tried their hand at making up their own scary vegetables. While some of them stuck with carrots, there were other students who ventured out into other vegetables and even combinations!
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| Frustrated Food by Anna |
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| Silly Spinach by Kimberly |
We brainstormed other alliterative combinations: Pesky Potatoes, Rude Radishes, and others. I liked some of the vocabulary we were getting to use. Who knows? Maybe we have a future illustrator in our midst!
Oh yeah ... and the rumor was that some "creepy carrots" showed up in their classroom. Hmmmm
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| Scary Salad by Kaleb |
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| Another Creepy Carrot! |
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| Carrot by Maya - I love the smoke coming out! |
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