*Picture book for preschoolers through first graders
*Tiny bug and You as main characters
*Rating: I wish I would have had this idea for Can You Make a Scary Face?
Short, short summary: A bug gives the reader commands such as “Stand up,” “Sit down,” and “Do the chicken dance.” But then, he wants you to pretend a tiny, tickly bug is stuck in the reader’s shirt. And then a giant, hungry frog comes, and the bug wants you to scare him away! So, he tells you to make a scary face, but it turns out that the tickly bug is a pretty big scaredy-cat.
So, what do I do with this book?
1. This book has a built-in activity. The bug is telling the students what to do. You should have the students do the activities with the bug. It is a great book for a winter recess activity and/or a PE or music warm-up.
2. As a shared writing activity, write more pages for the book. You and your class can add more pages before the bug asks you to make a face. What can the bug ask the readers to do? Have fun creating these pages with your class or your children.
3. This book is great for drawing attention to the endmarks: periods, question marks, or exclamation marks. Because the print is big and there are few words per page, students can focus on the punctuation marks. They can also read the words with you, and practice intonations, etc that go with question marks, periods, and exclamation marks.
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