Pigeon Fever-Mo Willems Part 1

Warning... This post may cause Pigeon Fever.  Don't worry.  If you feel it coming on, run (or maybe take a bus?!), don't walk to your nearest library or book store and get a few Pigeon books.  You might want to stop for a quick bite (maybe a hot dog??  or a cookie??) but don't take too long because you don't want to stay up too late.  Oh, and make sure to read through this post and watch out for puppies!  They have BIG teeth, ya know!  ;)  {And of course if you get it REALLY bad, you might want to check out my newest packet on TPT or TN!  hehe}


As you recall, we had a great time studying Robert Munsch.  We then read some Froggy (and did research).  What is the next logical theme?!  Mo Willems, of course!  We spent our first week with Knuffle Bunny.  We did a lot of comprehension things (that I did not create, but just copied from what I have---it's not included in the fantastic packet I will be telling you about in just a few short sentences!)

Then we moved on to Pigeon.  Oh, my.  It was love at first laugh for my littles.  Of course, most of them have read the books before.  But, now that they are bigger and better readers---they understand more and boy, do they ever have a fantastic reading voice!

Enter, my gigantic Pigeon Packet!

In short---this is what we accomplished in just 1 short week:
*Somebody, Wanted, But, So for each book.  It was great because poor Pigeon...  He doesn't really get his problems solved so much---so this graphic organizer what a great tool to use for these!  {Click HERE to grab yourself a freebie for it to try it out in your room!}
*We wrote letters to Pigeon, Duckling and the Bus Driver (depending on the story)
*We discussed pets.
*We learned more about contractions.
*We learned/reviewed pronouns.
*We learned/reviewed the 4 types of sentences first graders are supposed to know (according to the CCSS)
*We created some shape composite Pigeons in math!  

*We had a Pigeon PJ Party to end the week!  We read in the dark (well, lights off anyway) and created one of the best bulletin boards I have ever seen, in my opinion anyway!  ha!  :)  The kids came up with their own excuses to stay up late.  I took their pictures of them "begging" and put them all together!  Is this not total cuteness?!?!  (wish I didn't have to blur them out.....)

{Excuse the lack of title.  In the speech bubble will go "Don't Let the KIDS Stay Up Late!"}

*We had a little brain break of "Duck, Duck, PIGEON!" 

This is going to be a multi-post session for Mo.  We've carried it over into this week.  I'll be back soon to share more!

Leave me a comment and I'll be choosing a few winners to get this fantastic packet for FREE!  Don't forget to leave your email addys, and remember I changed my settings so you HAVE to be a follower to comment----I want to reward my fab followers!  =)   Congrats to Heather, KLyn and Jessica!  Heather, contact me so I can get you your packet to you!  KLyn and Jessica, I will be getting the packet ready to be sent to you tomorrow, if that's okay?!  I think it's too big to email, so I'll be setting something up for you to download.