Sendak, Maurice
Author Maurice Sendak
Answers.com: Who Was Maurice Sendak?
http://www.answers.com/topic/maurice-sendak
A short biography of Maurice Sendak
http://web.archive.org/web/20071017032738/http:www.northern.edu/hastingw/sendak.htm
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are Sorting
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/printables/PLAMathSSMDWhereTheWildThingsAreComparingSortingAndIslandStudyK.htm
Grade Level – K
A Trip Through The Digestive System
http://www.ckcolorado.org/units/2nd_grade/2_ATripThroughtheDigestiveSystem.pdf
Grade 2 Complete Unit Discuss what happened to Max’s Dinner!
All Posters
http://www.allposters.com/-st/Where-the-Wild-Things-Are-Posters_c7915_.htm
Right Click Save as and you can print these posters. For better quality and larger size you can buy them but they allow people to use them free for educational purposes.
American Masters
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/education/lesson8_overview.html
Maurice Sendak has captured the imaginations of young readers for many years. This American Master’s series lesson for teachers contains activities for both elementary and middle school students. Early elementary students will read books written and/or illustrated by Maurice Sendak, learn what reading was like at Sendak’s elementary school, and write a class book based on one of Sendak’s stories. Middle school students will learn how Sendak not only wrote and illustrated children’s books and created works in the field of ballet, but also turned his book Where the Wild Things Are into an opera. They will also work in groups to produce an opera.
Animal Print School Supplies. Make some Cool things notebooks, Pencil can, Bookmarks
http://dfc.c-ij.com/cpark/keywordSearch.do?datacount=15&keywordIds=56a3d851-d4f9-4449-9b94-d870ada5a4e1&langCode=en
Canon Creative Park Main Page http://cp.c-ij.com/en/index.html
Book Report Alternative: Examining Story Elements Using Story Map Comic Strips
This lesson plan uses Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are as an example to model the process of creating the story map comic strips; however, any book you and your students have explored recently that demonstrates the elements of character, setting, problem, events, and solutions will work.
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view_printer_friendly.asp?id=236
Canon Printables Timber Wolf
http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/3157/03389/index.html
Creation of Where the Wild Things Are
Discussion of the creation of Where the Wild Things Are. Also gives a page-by-page analysis.
http://web.archive.org/web/20080119053813/http:www.northern.edu/hastingw/wildthings.html
Drawing – Literature – Illustration
Students implement textures and patterns in creating an imaginary “Wild Thing”
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/early/Jeryl-Wild.htm
Eating Fractions Grade 1
http://web.archive.org/web/20060624231447/http:www.mhschool.com/teach/math/mhmath/teachres/mathideaofthemonth/mathIdea.php3?II=4154059
Ebay Search for things for sale that relate to Where the Wild Things are by Sendak
http://tinyurl.com/avzhz
Elements of a Story Where the Wild Things Are Grade Level K-2
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/printables/PLAWildThingsStoryElementsK2.htm
Go Wild With Children’s Room Makeovers Without Going Crazy Over Money or Time
Turning a child’s dream bedroom into reality doesn’t require back-breaking work or bank-breaking costs.
http://www.parenthood.com/article-topics/article-topics.php?Article_ID=7453
Habitats of the World
Grade 1 Complete Unit Discuss the Monsters and Max’s Natural Habitat
http://www.ckcolorado.org/units/1st_grade/1_HabitatsoftheWorld.pdf
Happy Trails Mix Grade 3
http://web.archive.org/web/20060624231201/http:www.mhschool.com/teach/math/mhmath/teachres/mathideaofthemonth/mathIdea.php3?II=4151420
Learning With Paint And Literature
The Learning With Paint And Literature lesson could be used with students in Pre-K through third grades. This lesson is designed for kindergarten level students. The students will begin with a hands-on technology introduction activity of a Paint picture example on the Internet. After reading and discussing the book, Where the Wild Things Are, students will develop a picture about the book using a computer drawing program. This is a cross-curricular lesson integrating technology, art, and language arts skills.
http://www.valdosta.edu/~achartle/paintlesson.html
Max is Missing
Your Mission: Max has been captured by the “wild things”. He really wants to go home, but the “wild things” have designed a challenge for him. He must complete the challenge before he is allowed to go home. You must help Max complete the following activities so he can return home safely!
http://web.archive.org/web/20080201081705/http:teacherexchange.mde.k12.ms.us/teachnett/scholtes.htm
Oceans
Grade 1 Complete Unit Discuss Oceans like the one Max Crossed
http://www.ckcolorado.org/units/1st_grade/1_oceans.pdf
PBS Kids 7 Little Monsters
Show is Based on Where the Wild Things Are. The show is retired and links might not work but this is the last known archive link I was able to open.
http://web.archive.org/web/20040209023826/http:pbskids.org/sevenlittlemonsters/
Paper and Trees Grade 4
http://web.archive.org/web/20060624220844/http:www.mhschool.com/teach/math/mhmath/teachres/mathideaofthemonth/mathIdea.php3?II=4116840
Preschool Education has lots of monsters to make
http://www.preschooleducation.com/amonster.shtml
Slicey Sandwiches Grade 4
http://web.archive.org/web/20060624223222/http:www.mhschool.com/teach/math/mhmath/teachres/mathideaofthemonth/mathIdea.php3?II=4130763
Teacher Created Resources has a Unit Study on the book. This link is to order it or download a sample.
http://www.buyteachercreated.com/estore/product/0525
That’s Some Bite! This New York City housecat doesn’t meow. He ROARS!
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/read180/community/pdfs/rBkproj_A_W7_R1.pdf
The Caldecott Award: 1964
Children compare a previous Caldecott Award book with other books illustrated by the same author. They continue to develop a list of criteria for outstanding illustrations. They respond in writing to the illustrations of Caldecott Award books.
http://www.michigan.gov/printerFriendly/0,1687,7-155-10710_10733_10735-40379–,00.html
Note: I cannot find the updated link for this yet.
EasyFunSchool Where the Wild Things Are Literature Unit
http://easyfunschool.freeunitstudies.com/article1293.html