Have You Seen My Cat? (Eric Carle) A World-Wide Journey

Have you ever wondered how long it took the little boy in the story, "Have You Seen My Cat?" to find his cat? Well, we did! We pretended that the boy started his journey and ended it in Jacksonville, Florida. He started his journey at the Jacksonville Zoo where he only found a lion and ended right back where he started searching. In the meantime, he found a Bobcat in Mexico, a Puma, Jaguar, and Panther in South America, a Cheetah in Africa, a Tiger in India, and a Persian Cat in Persia (modern day Iran). Below is a sample of the map that we used to follow his journey.

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Introducing Eric Carle!

This week, we began an Author Study of Eric Carle. Eric Carle has written or illustrated over 70 children's books. His most famous, "The Hungry Caterpillar" has sold over 29 million copies worldwide! Eric Carle is most famous for his illustrations done with a special collage technique. Truly, Eric Carle is one of the most beloved Children's authors!

To begin our work as readers in this study, we have begun to record our responses to Eric Carle's books in a Reader's Response Notebook. Your student has learned that there are many ways to respond to an author's work. The can re-tell the main events of a story, give their opinion and explain why (even if they do not like the work :), and/or recommend the book to others. The following is a piece written by a student, giving her opinion about the Book, "Have You Seen My Cat?".

In weeks to come, we will connect moments in the text to moments in our own lives, events in other books, or in the world. Stay tuned for more student work from our study of Eric Carle!

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