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The Peace Book | Classroom Community Book Writing

Create a class book after reading Todd Parr’s The Peace Book: students complete “Peace is…” with their own writing and illustration.
Grades
Preschool–K
Pages
4
File type
PDF
Preparation
Print ready

Updated Dec 03, 2021

Subject
ELA, Children’s Literature, Writing
Topic
Classroom book, Classroom community
Resource types
Worksheets
Preparation
Print ready
Standards
W.K.8

Product description

From the author

Students can listen to "The Peace Book" by Todd Parr and then use this resource to create a classroom book detailing what peace is in their own words. There are 2 different cover pages and 1 page for students to write on and illustrate a picture.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Express a personal idea about what peace means

  • Contribute an individual response to a collective class book

Teaching tips

  • Discuss several concrete examples of peaceful behavior before writing

  • Offer dictation or shared writing support for emerging writers

  • Todd Parr’s published book is a separate read-aloud; this download contains the class-book covers and response template.

Skills covered

  • Reflective writing

  • Community-book contribution

  • Peace vocabulary

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

How can emerging writers contribute?

Let students draw their idea first, then dictate a sentence or work with you to write it. Include their page in the shared class book.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • W.K.8

Core concepts

  • Peace book

  • Classroom community

  • Early writing

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