Owen created this book and his mom thought it would be nice to share it. We had a bit of a rocky transition into the Lusaka International Community School and this book was his big 'breakthrough.' He has a weekly spelling list but this particular list he took it upon himself to first write a sentence using each of the words; then, he deciced to write sentences that were all about cats so that he could put together a surprise for his little brother who loves cats. He did everything from figuring out how many pages he needed, how to organize his list of sentences, what pictures to draw with the sentences and the best part was figuring a way to make a book without staples or tape. He even did some editing on his own. It is one of our favorite storytime books. We hope you enjoy it, too!
I like Cats by Owen, illustrated by Owen
Cats need feet to walk. We know a cat with three legs.
We know a cat with no tail. She lives on our street in Seattle.
Cats like to sleep.
Cats need love! They are so sweet!
Cats creep at night. Creep! Creep! Creep!
Last week we saw a kitten! It was in Viv's pool house!
Sleep, creep, three, sweet, feet, need, week, street, live, put
3 comments:
Owen, I think you did a really really really really great job on your book! And thank you for the elephant. It's sitting on my dresser. I love you Owen.
Hi Owen! Wow, you sure put a lot of work into your book. I really liked reading it. Was Finny surprised to see that it was all about cats? And the cat with no tail that you mentioned ... did you mean Frank's cat next to your house?
Did your dad tell you that Hank and I talked to him before we left for school yesterday (Friday) morning? That was so fun! We can't wait to finally talk to you and see you on the web cam too!
Owen, how clever...to put your spelling words into a story for Finny! I am proud of you for continuing to be a hard working student in far away Africa. Today we looked at the Zambian money your mom gave to us. Your Seattle classmates are learning to count U.S. money.
Guess what! Lydia left for Ethiopia last Friday. (Or Eritrea; I can never remember which of her parents is from which country.) It is still too cold in Seattle to even call it summer but next Tuesday is the last school day for kids!
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