Mentor Authors

We begin our study of Ezra Jack Keats.  His books are simple and easy for 2nd graders to copy.  We pulled out A Snowy Day to begin our study.  We also watched a video where the "real" Ezra Jack Keats is talking about his ideas and where they come from. As a class we talked about where Keats might have gotten his ideas, we came up with "his ordinary life." We created a list of ordinary life topics we could write about. The next day we looked through Keats book A Letter To Amy.   The 2nd graders got into small groups and looked through his book as a group. The ideas they came up and are reflected in the anchor chart.