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 When I was in school at the University of Cincinnati we learned about literacy charts and how it helps to develop langauge, literacy, and social skills.  This chart is easily done and can be used to extend the book or song.  I have one in my room that is about whose here today, and we go around the room changing out the names and pictures as we sing the song.  Not sure if any of you have seen this done or have used it, but it is a great way to extend the learning into other areas of the classroom.  I thought I would extend on the Brown Bear book and how we can use it in many differen ways.
The top picture shows the sentence strips that get added and taken away next to I see a_______. This got laminated and I added velcro to the back of the sentence strips and to the other sentence strip on the board.  I then used the larger pieces, like you see the duck and bear as felt board pieces for the children to use to retell the story.  I then placed additional sentence strips as seen above with books, and writing utensils in the writing center for them to write their own story.  Great way to extend Jay's book into the other areas.