21. Jan Brett's Winter Books - TeacherVision.com Four jan brett books are featured with activities and resources Trouble with Trolls, The Night Before Christmas, Annie and the Wild Animals, http://www.teachervision.fen.com/reading/activity/4092.html

var do_survey = 1; Free Trial Member Benefits Sign In Search: NEW CONTENT SLIDESHOWS NEWSLETTERS GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS ... Reading (2006 resources) Jan Brett's Winter Books Page 1 of 2 Jan Brett is known for the borders that surround the pages of her books. As she has explained, she has so many ideas for the illustrations that they spill over onto the borders, so the reader is treated to more designs and information along the edges of the book pages. (Check The Mitten for especially clever use of borders and foreshadowing.) Since Jan Brett likes hedgehogs, look for Hedgie in most of her books. This prolific author has her own website, which you can access at http:www.janbrett.com to receive a teacher's pack, bookmarks, and much more. If you write to her at her studio address, you will receive a packet of information that contains a newsletter about the current book she's working on; sometimes you get a photo, an activity page, or even masks that will help students reenact her stories. The address is: Jan Brett Post Office Box 366 Norwell, MA 02061

22. Jan Brett @Web English Teacher jan brett Lesson plans for The Mitten and other books. jan brett s Home Page Hedgie s Surprise Readers Theater with jan brett http://www.webenglishteacher.com/brett.html

from LaborLawTalk.com Word: Definition: English Math Teacher Labor Law ... Labor Law Center Employment law requires that employers post mandatory labor law posters . Our complete labor law poster combines the mandated state, federal and OSHA posters on one poster. Book Reports Children's Literature Drama ... Young Adult Literature Jan Brett Lesson plans for The Mitten and other books Jan Brett's Home Page What a generous Web site for teachers! Click on the link for the Site Map and start scrolling. Activities, math flash cards, alphabet cards, Dolch words, writing help, coloring pages, award certificatesthe list is extensive. The author of Hedgie's Surprise Who's that Knocking on Christmas Eve? Daisy Comes Home The Gingerbread Baby Town Mouse, Country Mouse and many other titles clearly knows what teachers need. Annie and the Wild Animals Seven activities to support the book. Gingerbread Baby Unit Eleven lesson to develop a variety of skills. Hedgie's Surprise : Readers Theater with Jan Brett This lesson is designed for grades 1 and 2. Students create a Readers Theatre script and perform it for others. The Mitten by Jan Brett This 5-day unit plan also includes related stories and crosscurricular activities.

23. Jan Brett Interview jan brett is the author of numerous famous children s picture books, including The Cat, The Mitten, Annie s Wild Animals, Armadillo Rodeo, http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/grade1/brunello/brett/jan_brett_interview

Jan Brett is the author of numerous famous children's picture books, including The Cat, The Mitten, Annie's Wild Animals, Armadillo Rodeo, Town Mouse Country Mouse, Comet's Nine Lives Enjoy the interview below. NOTE: Highland Park students' questions (which were chosen for the interview by the sponsor, Scholastic) appear in red: Back to Kids Gallery How do you feel when you write and draw pictures for your books? From Put-in-Bay first graders I feel like I'm in a world of my own. Almost like I'm on another planet. Do you draw all of your own beautiful pictures? Yes ... and thank you! Hello from Highland Park Elementary first graders and kindergarteners in Austin, TX. Where are you today? We love your books! Do you use colored pencils, markers, ink, crayons, or paint for your drawings, or do you paint on a computer, and do you write the stories with a pencil or computer? Hi, to Texas! Texas is one of my favorite states! Right now, I'm looking out at about two feet of snow at our home in Norwell, MA. I just came in from feeding my chickens and ducks. I use pencil to sketch the drawings first, and then I use watercolors. When I write stories, I use the computer, but my husband Joe does the keyboarding. Guess what class I should have taken!

24. Horizon Information Portal Annie and the wild animals / written and illustrated by jan brett. . Daisy comes home / jan brett. This library owns a copy http://ipac.cacl.lib.oh.us/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=a&uloper==&ullimit=&sort=3100

25. The Three Snow Bears Jan Brett's New Book Cover Art The Three Snow Bears by jan brett If you have children, you probably already know about popular picture book creator jan brett, http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2008/01/02/the-three-snow-bears-jan-bretts-new

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') You are here: About Children's Books Children's Books Children's Books ... Help Elizabeth's Children's Books Blog From Elizabeth Kennedy Your Guide to Children's Books FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! The Three Snow Bears Jan Brett's New Book If you have children, you probably already know about popular picture book creator Jan Brett, who has more than 33 million books in print. I had the opportunity to hear Jan Brett present a program about her new picture book The Three Snow Bears during her recent book tour. Brett visited 23 cities across the United States, from Portland, Maine to Olympia, Washington. Jan Brett and her husband arrived in Wichita in a huge white bus, festooned with artwork from The Three Snow Bears . Brett presented a fascinating program about her trip to northern Canada to do research for her new picture book, a retelling of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," set in a traditional Inuit village. I was impressed with the accurate details about Inuit lives and customs that she included in the book. One of the highlights of Jan Brett's presentation came when she drew a sketch for us of the little bear in the story, all the while presenting a running commentary about what she was doing and why. I have long been a fan of her books. One of our treasured winter holiday books is Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury , which includes such favorites as "The Mitten," "The Hat," "Trouble with Trolls," and "The Night Before Christmas." Does your family have a favorite Jan Brett picture book? Have you heard her speak? If so, click on "comments" below and tell me about it.

26. SCORE: The Mitten - Teacher Guide Using jan brett s The Mitten, crossage students will use the Internet to learn After reading The Mitten, students visit jan brett s home page to learn http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/mit/mittg.html

Teacher CyberGuide www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/mit/mittg.html CyberGuide by Sheron Mehl Introduction This supplemental was developed as part of the Schools of California Online for Educators (SCORE) Project funded by the California Technology Assistance Program (CTAP). Using Jan Brett's The Mitten , cross-age students will use the Internet to learn more about how Jan Brett created her illustrations and how she was inspired to write her own version of the original Ukrainian folk tale by Alvin Tresselt. In their study of The Mitten , students will focus on the following questions: What makes Jan Brett a successful author and illustrator? Where does she get ideas for her writing and art ? What interesting facts can be found about the animals in The Mitten The links here have been scrutinized for their grade and age appropriateness; however, contents on links on the Web change continuously. Teachers should preview all links before introducing CyberGuides to students. California Language Arts Content Standards During this unit, students will:

27. Books,activities, And Lesson Plans Go to Hedgehog activities and click on activity 4 and print out the hedgehog and costumes by jan brett for the children to make. http://www.siec.k12.in.us/west/proj/hedge/hatbook.htm

Travel Buddy Project Activities for The Hat by Jan Brett These activity plans came from Judy Bruner's Resource Classroom at Elementary West in Loogootee, Indiana. Day 1 Begin the lesson by going to our Hedgehog site and going to the Hedgehog activities . Scroll down to activity #2. Read about The Hat by Jan Brett. After learning about the background for the book, read The Hat to the class. Activity 1 Go to Hedgehog activities and click on activity #4 and print out the hedgehog and costumes by Jan Brett for the children to make. (You will want to do this before the lesson so that you can make copies and have it ready.) Day 2 Begin the lesson by going to Find out about hedgehogs and read the information to the class, if they are unable to read it themselves. Go to See pictures of Hedgeetta and read the information. Go to Hedgeetta meets Gonzo and read the information. Go to Take a quiz about hedgehogs and take the quiz as a class, in small groups, or as individual students. Activity 2 Go to make a 3-D hedgehog and print out pattern and directions.(You will want to print pattern and directions before the lesson and make copies.) To see what a class in New Zealand has done with this project go to

28. Jan Brett Author Study We read the story The Mitten by jan brett. The children were asked to choose their favorite part of the story and draw a picture, using wax crayons. http://www.internationalauthorstudies.ecsd.net/lm Jan Brett 1.htm

Jan Brett Author Study By: Lisa Murphy Crayon Resist with Epson Salt We read the story The Mitten by Jan Brett. The children were asked to choose their favorite part of the story and draw a picture, using wax crayons. For the border, in order to integrate with math as well as to model Jan Brett's technique of using borders, they were instructed to do a winter border with a pattern. The pattern was to be more difficult than an abab pattern. We brainstormed for winter symbols and came up with a list of snowmen, snowflakes, hockey sticks, mittens, snow hats, etc. Once the crayon pictures were completed, with the hint to color in spaces and color fairly dark, they painted over their art work with a solution of Epson salt stirred into warm water. To spruce up the bulletin board the children had fun making snowflakes. A writing idea would be to have the students write about what is happening in the picture and why they chose this to be their favorite part. Jan Brett Author Study We have been reading all the Jan Brett books that we can find. After a period of time the children will each choose their favorite book. They will then do a book report about their chosen book. We will also graph

29. Project 2: Author/Illustrator Study jan brett is an author/illustrator who is familiar to many young children. This project will enable children to become more familiar with books written and http://www.stellar.nf.ca/1997-1998/district8/lrashe2.html

Project 2: Author/Illustrator Study General Information Project Overview Curriculum Connections Resource Connections ... Evaluation General Information Lead Teacher(s): Ella Ann Penney - Grade 2/3 Teacher eapenney@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca School: L.R. Ash Elementary P. O. Box 40 Lethbridge, NF Tel: (709) 467-2685 Fax: (709) 467-4310 Grade Level: Multigrade 2/3 Number of Students: 21 students Project Start and Finish Dates: March 9 - 23, 1998 Project Overview Jan Brett is an author/illustrator who is familiar to many young children. This project will enable children to become more familiar with books written and illustrated by Jan Brett, other books retold and illustrated by her and those books that she illustrated only. Children will access the Web Site for Jan Brett and use her home page to find biographical information. The children will familiarize themselves with the characters and events in her books, this further developing their reading, writing and listening skills. Curriculum Connections Main Curriculum Areas: Language Arts Art Technology School Curriculum: Integration of several subject areas.

30. Jan Brett Biography - Reading Comprehension Print jan brett (font options, pick words for additional puzzles, and more) Leave your feedback on jan brett (use this link if you found an error in the http://edhelper.com/DailyThemes_694.html

Social Studies Biographies Reading Comprehensions Jan Brett Biography Reading Comprehension Jan Brett Reading Level edHelper's suggested reading level: grades 4 to 6 Flesch-Kincaid grade level: Vocabulary challenging words: currently folktale folktales illustrator inspiration seacoast trademark extremely hedgehog original recall childhood gorgeous thoughts works certainly content words: Jan Brett Colby Junior College Boston Museum Fine Arts School Fine Arts Berkshire Hills Joe Hearne Boston Symphony Orchestra Beautiful Horses Print Jan Brett edHelper.com subscriber options: Print Jan Brett (font options, pick words for additional puzzles, and more) Quickly print reading comprehension Print a proofreading activity Print Jan Brett Print reading comprehension Feedback on Jan Brett Leave your feedback on Jan Brett (use this link if you found an error in the story)

31. SEN Web Links : Jan Brett : SEN Teacher ~ Free Teaching Resources For Special Ne jan brett is an American author who provides a huge (3632 pages at the last count) collection of PDF teaching aids as free downloads. http://www.senteacher.org/Resources/2/Kids.xhtml

skip to the page content. skip to the navigation menu. Web www.senteacher.org SEN Web Links : Jan Brett About Jan Brett Jan Brett Links Jan Brett is an American author who provides a huge (3,632 pages at the last count) collection of PDF teaching aids as free downloads. Activities include beautifully drawn posters, visual aids, worksheets, colouring pages and projects. The content mostly targets Primary aged learners, though many of the thousands of activities available are age-appropriate for older students with LD. Recent additions to the site include a collection of video tutorials on drawing for children, audio renditions of books and an interactive learning area. Back to the list of links Front Page Front page of Jan Brett's site Activities Page Selection of activities including bulletin boards, literacy and numeracy activities, calendars, charts and very much more. All free! Safari Mural Collection of line drawings to aid the creation of a large (2 metre) safari mural Jan Brett Bio About the site's author. Video's 'How to draw' tutorial videos for children Translate Page English Portugese Chinese German Japanese Korean French Italian Spanish All Original SEN Teacher Website Content by Simon Evans is licensed under a

32. Real Learning: Jan Brett's 'Twas The Night Before Christmas v Watch the jan brett video online to see where the story is set. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference jan brett s Twas the Night Before http://ebeth.typepad.com/reallearning/2006/11/jan_bretts_twas.html

Real Learning About Pages Advent and Christmas with Tomie de Paola and Others Fairy Tales Gnomes and Gnumbers Monday Night Football Geography ... How To Keep Baby Busy Fairy Dust Brothers Grimm: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales Andrew Lang: The Blue Fairy Book (Dover Storybooks for Children) Cicely Mary Barker: Fairyopolis ... Cicely Mary Barker: How to Host a Flower Fairy Tea Party With an Eye Towards Beauty Stockmar Art Supplies Felt Toymaking Wool Felt Lyra Pencils ... Beeswax Crayons Natural and Nurturing Earth Mama Angel Baby - Natural Pregnancy, Labor, Postpartum, Breastfeeding and Baby Care Products and Information The Herb Quarterly AskDrSears.com Home - Baby Cotton Bottoms ... Naturally Healthy...Birth and Beyond - Shonda Parker, Professional Herbalist Homemaking FlyLady.net: Your personal online coach to help you gain control of your house and home Naturally Frugal Cleaning Family and Home Network ChoosingHome ... Large Family Logistics: do it heartily, as to the Lord Daily Details of Life in the Heart of my Home Faithful Over Little Things The Geography Basket: Monday Night Football Carol Crane: P is for Peach: A Georgia Alphabet (Alphabet Series) Anita Prieto: P is for Pelican: A Louisiana Alphabet Edition 1. (Discover America State By State. Alphabet Series)

33. The January Seen -- Bill Brett's Photos Around Town - Boston.com jan. 13 in Boston. 200 guests attended a reception for Boston and Beyond A Bird s Eye of Boston, and John Sasso, of Boston. (Bill brett / Globe Staff) http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/specials/bill_brett/january08seen/

Local Search Site Search otherTab = document.getElementById('searchLocal'); Home Today's Globe News Business ... Bill Brett 38th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast Next Previous Jan. 21 in Boston Over 1,000 guests attended the 38th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in South Boston. From left: Jacki Wilkins of Melrose and Stella Hourd-Benamaisia of Revere. (Bill Brett / Globe Staff) E-mail to a friend Prev Next Photos The December Seen Home Today's Globe News ... The Boston Globe Store NY Times Co.

34. Technically Teaching (Lynn's Blog): Jan Brett Videos jan brett Videos. This time of year it seems inevitable that I will end up searching for something new on jan brett s website. http://technicallyteaching.blogspot.com/2007/12/jan-brett-videos.html

@import url("http://www.blogger.com/css/blog_controls.css"); @import url("http://www.blogger.com/dyn-css/authorization.css?targetBlogID=11303027"); Technically Teaching (Lynn's Blog) This blog will address my thoughts about using technology with elementary students. Many elementary teachers are apprehensive to incorporate technology into the curriculum. My goal is to be an instrument of change in that area and to be an encouragement to my fellow Educators as they discover the many benefits of using technology in their classrooms. Wednesday, December 05, 2007 Jan Brett Videos This time of year it seems inevitable that I will end up searching for something new on Jan Brett's website This year, I think I hit the jackpot!!! She has a great video section. I downloaded the two videos for the Gingerbread Baby. One video shows how to draw a gingerbread baby, and in the other, she talks about the story and her illustrations and ends up telling the story. I think my favorite part was how she explained the illustrations in the side bars of the page. She talked about how that allows her to add extra details to the story and to do some foreshadowing. She spent some time talking about giving her characters voice and making them seem real to the reader. The videos are extremely well made. There are several to choose from. Most of them focus on how to draw the illustrations in her books. Her conversation while drawing is an added bonus!

35. N2teaching: Jan Brett And Dena Just returned from a whirlwind trip to Wichita, KS to see jan brett with Dena. Oh yes, also to shop! LOL More to follow, but I wanted to post at least one http://samccoy-n2teaching.blogspot.com/2007/10/jan-brett-and-dena.html

skip to main skip to sidebar Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Jan Brett and Dena What a weekend! What a week! Lots of stories to tell...good stories. Caught up with many old friends, mentors and acquaintances. Just returned from a whirlwind trip to Wichita, KS to see Jan Brett with Dena. Oh yes, also to shop! LOL More to follow, but I wanted to post at least one picture of our fantastic weekend. Posted by samccoy at Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Labels: author book Jan Brett shop ... Wichita KS comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe Now: Feed Icon Subscribe in a reader Blog Archive January Lunch Box Police Stories, Pictures Lost Forever Permalinks: Improve the Validity of Your Blog ... August Clematis Seeds in Autumn A cluster of Clematis Seed in perfect condition at the beginning of Autumn TAPPEDIN to LEARNING JOIN US AT TappedIN.org Get a Voki now! Bookmark to any service Snap Shots Living Large on the Leaves A fluffy squirrel prepares for Winter in the beauty of Autumn Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License

36. USM De Grummond Collection - JAN BRETT PAPERS Ever since jan brett was a young child, she knew she wanted to be an author and illustrator of children s books. She was born in a seacoast town, Hingham, http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/brett.htm

de Grummond Collection McCain Library and Archives USM Libraries The University of Southern Mississippi JAN BRETT PAPERS Collection Number Collection Dates Collection Volume 1.15 cu.ft. (2 boxes) Biographical Sketch Related Collections Box Inventory Provenance Material was donated by Jan Brett from 1989 to 1997. Restrictions Noncirculating; available for research. Biographical Sketch Ever since Jan Brett was a young child, she knew she wanted to be an author and illustrator of children s books. She was born in a seacoast town, Hingham, Massachusetts in 1949. She has always drawn from her natural surroundings and from her life, spending a portion of the year at the seaside and summers in a mountain cabin. The influence of her surroundings is evident as she used actual musicians from the Boston Symphony as models for the musicians in Berlioz the Bear (1991). Jan Brett s life is well documented in the promotional material provided by her publishers and by newsletters that inform readers of many aspects of her work. She maintains a web site, http://www.janbrett.com

37. Jan Brett - Penguin Classics Authors - Penguin Classics Find information on jan brett, including popular titles and books by jan brett. Read more with Penguin Classics. http://www.penguinclassics.ca/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000038553,00.html

SYM=GetSymbol('BIO'); general title author ISBN Home Browse Discussions Features ... Biography Jan Brett Jan Brett lives in a seacoast town in Massachusetts, close to where she grew up. During the summer her family moves to a home in the Berkshire Hills. As a child, Jan Brett decided to be an illustrator and spent many hours reading and drawing. She says, "I remember the special quiet of rainy days, when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. Now I try to re-create that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I'm drawing really exists. The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real." As a student at the Boston Museum School, she spent hours in the Museum of Fine Arts. "It was overwhelming to see room-size landscapes and towering stone sculpture, and then moments later to refocus on delicately embroidered kimonos and ancient porcelain," she says. "I'm delighted and surprised when fragments of these beautiful images come back to me in my painting." Travel is also a constant inspiration. Together with her husband, who is a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Jan Brett visits many different countries, where she researches the architecture and costumes that appear in her work. "From cave paintings to Norwegian sleighs, to Japanese gardens, I study the traditions of the many countries I visit and use them as a starting point for my children's books."

38. Jan Brett - Penguin Group (USA) Authors - Penguin Group (USA) Find information on jan brett, including popular titles and books by jan brett. Read more with Penguin Group (USA) http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000038553,00.html?sym=BIO

39. Jan Brett -- Especially For Christmas! jan brett knows all about the magical relationship between a book and a reader. I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter http://www.kidspoint.org/columns2.asp?column_id=646&column_type=author

40. Happy Holidays With Jan Brett I love to do a jan brett author study in December. Her books are so much fun and the illustrations are beautiful. We get into the spirit of winter with http://www.calicocookie.com/happyholidays.html

Happy Holidays with Jan Brett I love to do a Jan Brett author study in December. Her books are so much fun and the illustrations are beautiful. We get into the spirit of winter with stories such as The Gingerbread Baby The Mitten The Hat The First Dog , and The Trouble with Trolls . Our school is culturally diverse and this theme is fun without focusing on any one culture. This year our class is participating in the Jan Brett online project created by Mrs. Holloway and Mrs. Hartley. We are looking forward to participating in this project with classes from Washington, Florida, Canada, New York, Illinois, Kentucky, California, and Ohio. I am glad of the opportunity to incorporate technology into our curriculum. Each class has three options for using technology as part of the project. First, we read several Jan Brett stories and then decided our favorite using tally marks to record our choices. As part of the project we voted for our favorite Jan Brett story character and wrote a class review of the book. Our Class Review of The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett The main character is the gingerbread baby. Some other characters were the cat, fox and Mattie.

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