Although bunny is excited to finally have a reader open his book, he expresses his impatience at the long wait. Youre finally here, shouts the rabbit in an excited welcome. There may be underlining, highlighting, and or writing. The activities in this pack are designed to correspond with the reading of youre finally here by melanie watt. One of my favorite back to school read alouds is melanie watts book, youre finally here.
Hes been waiting long enough to learn an accordion solo. And the rabbit turns from excitement to irritation as he recounts with analogies how long he has waited and how bored he has been. Most of her books are filled with colorful and cute illustrations that readers can enjoy. This is a great getting to know you activity for the beginning of the year. At first, this little bunny is deliriously excited by your arrival, but now that youre finally here, he and i want to know. I will hang them in the room for them to see and be reminded. In praise of melanie watt leon the chameleon and youre. But then he cant help letting you know that waiting for you took too long, was way too boring, and even became insulting. These activities are designed to go with the book youre finally here. Blending the tongueincheek humor of her popular scaredy squirrel series with a clever direct appeal to the reader, canadian authorillustrator melanie watt introduces an oddly appealing new animal character in youre finally here. Jan 02, 2019 why is this book, youre finally here, being sold for an absurd amount of money. As readers open the digitally illustrated book, a white bunny.
Melanie watt is the author and illustrator of this book. The bunny is ready to forgive everything if you will promise. Nov 14, 2018 at first, this little bunny is deliriously excited by your arrival, but now that you re finally here, he wants to know. Reads chris hunt reads youre finally here by melanie watt. In youre finally here, melanie watt definitely shows off the wealth of knowledge shes accumulated in the ten years since leon the chameleon, creating a picture book that takes a very simple premise and turns it into something extremely dynamic, interactive, and laughoutloud funny. The bunny was very bored while waiting for me to read this book, and it definitely let me know how bored he actually got. Chester by melanie watt kids books read along 2016. Feb 01, 2011 this is no ordinary picture book character, and it will quickly become clear that this is no ordinary picture book namely because you, the reader, are on the spot. Read aloud with calgary reads chris hunt reads youre finally.
A bunny bounces through a range of emotions in this funny picture book about how difficult it is to wait. At first, this little bunny is deliriously excited by your arrival, but now that youre finally here, he wants to know. The book is fun, but it cannot compare to the scaredy squirrel books. Melanie watt is back with a bunny that seems, at first, to be so excited to see you, but quickly devolves into codependency and rudeness. After sharing this book, ill be using it as a jumping off point for some literacy and math learning with my new packet, youre finally here. A zany picture book that will resonate with anyone whos ever been kept waiting. First published by disney hyperion, this is the only book that melanie has created entirely on the computer. At first hes ecstatic that you, the reader, has arrived. Bunny exclaims from the first page of this young picture book. A little bunny is the main character, and it was so happy to see me reading this book. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. We read the most precious and perfect first day book, youre finally here. This is no ordinary picture book character, and it will quickly become clear that this is no ordinary picture book namely because you, the reader, are on the spot.
One of the first activities that i am going to do is read the book, youre finally here. This is no ordinary picture book character, and it will quickly become clear that this is no ordinary picture book. It was published by hyperion book ch and has a total of 40 pages in the book. When my 6yearold son kyle and i saw melanie watts name on the cover, it was the first book we dug into. The pack can be used as a whole class activity or during small group guided reading time. Cute bunny will make kids laugh and think about emotions.
Back to school activities to go with the most perfect first day of school book ever, youre finally here. Read aloud with calgary reads chris hunt reads youre. Just the right mix of colored vegetables make a delicious soup in this tasty introduction to colors, counting, and veggies. The most metatextual picture book yet from melanie watt creator of such hilarious characters as scaredy squirrel and chester the cat youre finally here. Testily, he lets readers know how long hes been waiting and how totally bored he got the boreometer reads, bored up to my ears.
May not include supplemental items like discs, access codes, dust jacket, etc. At first, this little bunny is deliriously excited by your arrival, but now that youre finally here, he. She has written the chester series, the scaredy squirrel series, have i got a book for you. I will take each of their pictures and attach them to the frame i created. Univ of toronto pra zany picture book that will resonate with anyone whos ever been kept waiting. April m a modern teacher second grade teaching ideas get to know you activities first day of school activities school games back to school night 1st day of school beginning of the school year middle school school fun school stuff.
I did not enjoy this book as much as i thought i would. I had high hopes since we are talking about melanie watt here. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. We like love scaredy squirrel and chester, and im so pleased that youre finally here.
We will talk about how excited i am that the students are in my class and how we will have a fun year. Its one of those books that you will probably find your students talking back to like mo willems pigeon books. Human behavior, rabbits, etiquette, juvenile fiction, fiction, books and reading, patience. Back to school literacy and math activities is a packet created to go along with melanie watts lively book, youre finally here. Mar 21, 2011 when my 6yearold son kyle and i saw melanie watts name on the cover, it was the first book we dug into. Oct 02, 2015 story time with bizzy book club 7,751 views. Read about our first week of school and the fun we had with the book, youre finally here. Raised in a family of talented bulldogs, antoinette the poodle wonders what makes her special. Melanie watt, author and illustrator of the scaredy squirrel series, accomplishes just that in this simple but noisy dialogue between rabbit and reader. Also, a great bulletin board display for open house mee. As readers open the digitally illustrated book, a white bunny with an oversized head, bulging eyes and expressive eyebrows announces in large type, youre.
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