My Brush with Greatness - DAV PILKEY!!!

Johnny Carson used to have a segment on the Tonight Show – My Brush with Greatness!  People from the audience would tell a story about a celebrity they encountered.  WELL . . . I’ve had MY BRUSH WITH GREATNESS!! 

My all time favorite author is DAV PILKEY!  I had the opportunity to MEET HIM!!  I love his humor and his ability to encourage young readers to read!  If you’ve ever viewed his videos on YouTube – the guy is a downright comic genius!!  I treasure his Dogzilla and Kat Kong books.  I use his Dumb Bunny series to make my students laugh AND to teach children the difference between “funny” names and “mean” names.  (There is a big difference between being “dumb” and being a “dumb bunny.”) 

And how can you not LOVE the wacky humor of the Captain Underpants series!!!  It is my dream to be cast as the Wicked Wedgie Woman in a full-length feature movie of Captain Underpants!  No one can come close to MY HERO – DAV PILKEY!!!

Me and MY HERO - Dav Pilkey!!

My Dream - to be the Wicked Wedgie Woman in a Dav Pilkey movie!!!

Click on Dav's nose to see this cool unit!

Click Kat Kong to see a VERY FUNNY Reader's Theater!

Click Dogzilla to see another VERY FUNNY Reader's Theater!

Drama Chronicles - Walking On Sunshine

Any time my students have to sit for a while – they NEED to get up and move around!  I love playing music and leading my class in a somewhat structured movement activity!  One of their favorites is Walking On Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves!  While the music is playing I do the following side 

coaching –

Are you hot or cold?

What are you wearing on your feet?

Does your whole body move?

Are you moving high or low?

What are your arms doing?

After the music, we have a class discussion –

What do you think it means to walk on sunshine?

I ask them to write about it and/or create a picture of what it would look like to walk on sunshine.