Lois+Ehlert+Author+Study+-+Mrs.+Weiler's+Class

= Lois Ehlert Author Study =

=== Just starting our author study, we have already learned so many interesting things about Lois Ehlert! Did you know she was born and raised in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin? Today, she lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ===

=== Lois Ehlert always knew she wanted to be an artist. Learn about her in her autobiography Under My Nose. ===

=== When she was a little girl, her parents encouraged her artistic talents. Learn all about it in her book Hands. ===

==Lois Ehlert most often uses collage in her illustrations. After looking at her books __Color Zoo__ and __Circus__, students in Mrs. Weiler's class used various shapes to try their hand at collage. What creative students we have!==

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=== Lois Ehlert often gets ideas for her stories from things that happen in her real life. One day, when she came back to her apartment, there was a squirrel inside! This was how she got the idea to write Nuts To You! ===

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=== Below, find out what we would do if we came home and found a wild animal in our house! Second grade students at Tullar used their imaginations to think of their own wild animal adventures. They wrote about them, used KidPix to illustrate them, and then "Blabberized them! ===

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Max
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Logan
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Kyler, Lucie, & Lucas
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Trenton, Carter, & Landon
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Austin, Emma, & Carter
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Averi, Isabelle, & Jadin
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Cody
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Emily & Hayden
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Clay, Kaitlyn & Wyatt
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Ethan, Evelina, & Sean
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