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I Need My Monster
I Need My Monster | Amanda Noll
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A unique monster-under-the-bed story with the perfect balance of giggles and shivers, this picture book relies on the power of humor over fear, appeals to a childs love for creatures both alarming and absurd, and glorifies the scope of a childs imagination. One night, when Ethan checks under his bed for his monster, Gabe, he finds a note from him instead: "Gone fishing. Back in a week." Ethan knows that without Gabes familiar nightly scares he doesn't stand a chance of getting to sleep, so Ethan interviews potential substitutes to see if they've got the right equipment for the jobpointy teeth, sharp claws, and a long tailbut none of them proves scary enough for Ethan. When Gabe returns sooner than expected from his fishing trip, Ethan is thrilled. It turns out that Gabe didn't enjoy fishing because the fish scared too easily.
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Bookzombie
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Ethan finds a note under his bed from his monster, Gabe, that says he has gone fishing and won‘t be back for a week. How will Ethan get to sleep without his monster under the bed?
This was really cute. I love the idea that the child needs the monster under his bed to keep him there and help him sleep.

#Screamathon

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overtheedge
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This book did not come up in the search, found it on youtube, audio kids Halloween
Theres Are Monsters In My Room
by Michael Yu
#teamslaughter #scarathon @Clwojick

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DianaHerrera
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This modern fantasy book, I Need My Monster written by Amanda Noll, won the Georgia Picture Story Book award and it would be a good way to GR to your students. The theme of this book would be humorous, imagination and night frights. Ethan is a little boy who goes to sleep every night knowing he has a monster, named Gabe, underneath his bed. Before going to sleep he finds a note that says he has gone fishing. Ethan did not know what to do next.

DianaHerrera He meets different kinds monsters along the way that can make all the kids laugh and shiver in a positive way. Will Gabe come back? I guess you‘ll have to read to find out. https://www.empoweringwriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Seasonal-Lesson-I-N... (edited) 6y
DianaHerrera One activity I would do with my students is to ask them questions about the story first. I would ask what the story would be about and why is it that they think that way. I would look over the pictures with them then read the story to them. Students work best in small groups so this is why I chose guided reading for this book. Students will pay attention to the details of the characters, problem in the story and to find the solution. 6y
DianaHerrera Next thing to do would be to have an example of your own to show students how they can create their own monsters with detail! Imagination is key. The UDL principle 3.3 that best fits this book is to guide information processing and visualization to help build comprehension. EL 2 would be a great strategy to go with this book because students work great together in small groups. In addition to EL 6, 8, and 22. #UCFLAE3414SuB18 #INeedMyMonster (edited) 6y
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prissy.mooney I think your activities would be great! Imagination and choice is key! I‘d love to see all the monsters my students came up with 6y
DianaHerrera @prissy.mooney thank you! I hope you add this book to your classroom library because I enjoyed reading this one🙂 6y
Gabylaurel10 This book looks like a fun read! I think a good time to read it would be during Halloween! I also love the activity you thought of! You can hang the students monsters around the room to show off their crafts! 6y
Thayes1787 This seems like such an interesting book! This would be a great book for visualization for students and to do a guided reading as well! It‘s also a great way to get a students to talk about what they would do if they were in the same situation. 6y
DianaHerrera @Gabylaurel10 I love anything artsy! I try to incorporate art as much as I can in all of my lessons because kids love arts and crafts. As much as I love doing them, I learned to love teaching them more. 6y
DianaHerrera @Thayes1787 yes! It is such a cute book I bought several months ago for a different lesson plan but I love that I got to do something different with it and use other resources to come up with a whole new lesson. 🙂 6y
DrSpalding We used this as a sample. Great job starting this project as soon as it was presented in class. Not being a procrastinator is an important part of teaching. 6y
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MeganAnn
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Axton and I made a book character pumpkin to display in the school library. He chose Gabe from this adorable children's book that is one of our favorites. 🎃 #bookcharacterpumpkin

#kidlit #raisingreaders #monsterbooks

Alfoster Too cute!! 8y
britt_brooke Love it! 8y
Bookzombie So cute! 8y
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Cinfhen Awesome! Super creative 👍🏻🖍🖌✂️💙 8y
kathyellendavis Great job! It looks AWESOME! 8y
MeganAnn Aw thanks everyone! We had a lot fun working on it. I have a little bookworm/artist in the making 📚🖌😍 @Alfoster @britt_brooke @Bookzombie @Cinfhen @kathyellendavis 8y
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#GiveaScaryBook Kai loves his new book.

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Linsy
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The nephews and I love this book. It's not a scary read, but it hits on that all-too-familiar fear of something under the bed in a comical, approachable way. When I'm a lazy aunt, the nephews and I like to have Rita Moreno read it to us. Storyline Online is an auntie's best friend. #allhallowsread #picturebook