Climb into a Good Book

Last Christmas, our classes created a literature tree.  We read several of Tomie dePaola’s Strega Nona books.  Then the students decorated simple ornaments with drawings of symbols from the books and dried pasta.  This year we are hoping to take the idea of a literature tree to the next level.  Every few weeks or so, we are hoping to complete a new book/author/character study and decorate our trees accordingly.  The best part is, that all seven first grade teachers are on board for this activity.  We will each have a tree, and the plan is to share the books with the other classes as we complete each project.

Our first tree project will be all about David Shannon’s troublemaker, David!