This book is a classic. I love the idea of a dog babysitter. In the book Carl takes over to watch the baby as his owner goes out for the day (I did warn the class this was a bad idea). The baby and Carl have adventures throughout the house sliding down the laundry chute, dancing to the record collection, swimming in the aquarium, and having a little snack. Luckily Carl is able to pick up the mess and get the baby back into the crib seconds before his owner returns.
When the students were reading this book we wanted them to work on reverse visualizing. All week long we have been working on having students turn the text into a movie in their head. Today that was impossible because their were no words. The idea today was to have the students create the words that would go with the pictures in the book. We talked about how the amazing authors that we have looked at this week have created pictures with their words. They described the dog and the checkerboard floor and the outside of the house and anything else.
The writing was amazing. Hopefully now students understand that they not only have to visualize when they read but also allow their reader to visualize by using descriptive details.
Hope you are all having a great week.
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