Author
Sonja McGiboney
Sonja loves making children smile. Her Jazzy’s Books series features fun photographs that delight young, emergent readers while introducing concepts like the alphabet, counting, shapes, time, friendship, self-worth and more. What began as a simple photo album in 2017, grew into a self-publishing journey that continues today. Passionate about teaching, she helps writers through leadership in the Chesapeake Bay Writers. She hosts several virtual writing groups, and she participates in the SCBWI and NLAPW.
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Welcome Teachers
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Feel free to use any of these activities in your classroom.
You may print the following worksheets.
Kids Write Jazzy Fan Fiction
I'd love to work with your class on creating a Jazzy Journal full of stories that they write. It's a project I love doing. See more details on the Jazzy's Journal page.
Theme: Friendship, Acceptance, and Diversity
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
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Identify the main idea of the story (accepting differences).
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Discuss how characters show kindness, empathy, and inclusion.
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Make connections to their own experiences with friends who may look, act, or think differently.
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Create a class activity celebrating differences.
A Comprehension Worksheet, with teacher guide, for grades K-2. Written by Julie Hansen
Rewrite ABC Jazzy.
Use flip cards for the children to pick the new picture for each letter. Then read the book together.
Use the letters in this printout for children to hold as you read the book. Hide them in the classroom next to corresponding objects and after reading, have children find them.
Printable Alphabet 1/2 page coloring book. Just print the pages and staple it in the corner and the children can come up with their own objects for each letter.
Download the idea guide.
A free, printable book of Counting Down Jazzy but by two's. (Using only cupcakes.)
Use the popsicle stick cutouts, that correspond to each page in the book, for various activities.
Print the Jazzy sheet and cut them out like you are making place cards for a table. Then glue the edges leaving the bottom open to fit over the child's fingers like a puppet. Then whenever you say, "Along came Jazzy," the children can make their Jazzy puppet move.
Cupcakes for counting!
Reading, Literacy, Art, Seasons, Colors
Objectives: Students will:
1.Listen to and engage with the story Jazzy Colors.
2.Identify colors and match them with months/seasons.
3.Make text-to-self connections by discussing their favorite colors and times of year.
4.Create a personal “Color of the Month” art project.
Make a Jazzy card to send to someone! Download instructions and print pattern.