Yes, David!

After having read all David Shannon's "David" books and conduct-
ing our trial of the main character where we highlighted the evidence proving David's naughty behavior, we decided to focus on the positive.  What, we wondered, might David do to make the adults in his life say, "yes," to him instead of no.  Each child came up with an idea that David could do to show respectful, responsible behavior such as giving flowers to his teacher, helping an elderly person cross the street, getting an alarm clock so he could get to school on time, etc.  Then, I typed up the text using the simple style of David Shannon and the students illustrated our classroom book titled, "Yes, David."  We then laminated and bound the book so we could share it with our families.  I will be sending the book home each night with a different student.  Please take some time to read the story with your child and ask him/her about our experiences learning about the works of David Shannon.  Ask your child why we chose to use such a simplistic writing style in our story.  Ask him/her to tell you about the unique writing and illustrating style of David Shannon.  After reading the story, please return it to school the following day so that I can send it home with another family.  We hope you all enjoy reading "Yes, David" by Room 125.