Katrina Tangen https://katrinatangen.com Children’s Author Tue, 20 Aug 2024 03:02:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 https://i0.wp.com/katrinatangen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-F089FC37-799E-4B7D-A079-1B26547D81C6.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Katrina Tangen https://katrinatangen.com 32 32 205849361 OC Book Fair https://katrinatangen.com/2024/08/19/oc-book-fair/ https://katrinatangen.com/2024/08/19/oc-book-fair/#respond Tue, 20 Aug 2024 03:02:11 +0000 https://katrinatangen.com/?p=1822 Team Copy Cat had a great time at the first OC Book Fair in Old Town Tustin! The SCBWI booth was great, as always, and lots of independent bookstores participated. Thanks to my mom and sister!

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Teacher’s Guide https://katrinatangen.com/2024/03/07/teachers-guide/ https://katrinatangen.com/2024/03/07/teachers-guide/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:10:13 +0000 https://katrinatangen.com/?p=1776 Now you can download the Copy That, Copy Cat! Teacher’s Guide all in one file!

Plus it includes a new Language Arts activity. Animals Go Vroom! by Abi Cushman was one of the inspirations for Copy That, Copy Cat!. “Good Copycat or Bad Copycat?” invites students to compare and contrast the two books and practice being good copycats in their own writing.

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Teacher’s Guide, Part 3 https://katrinatangen.com/2024/02/21/teachers-guide-part-3/ https://katrinatangen.com/2024/02/21/teachers-guide-part-3/#respond Wed, 21 Feb 2024 22:09:20 +0000 https://katrinatangen.com/?p=1753 Hands on Science!

At long last, the last chunk of the Copy That, Copy Cat! Teacher’s Guide is available. With these inquiry-based experiments, kids will discover how planes fly, how snowshoes work, and make their own soda can submarine!

You can find the rest of the Teacher’s Guide in Resources.

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Teacher’s Guide, Part 2 https://katrinatangen.com/2024/02/09/teachers-guide-part-2/ https://katrinatangen.com/2024/02/09/teachers-guide-part-2/#respond Fri, 09 Feb 2024 19:48:07 +0000 https://katrinatangen.com/?p=1708 I have a couple of new resources for educators!

Here’s a printable coloring sheet of one of my favorite COPY THAT, COPY CAT! spreads:

And check out my guest post on Patricia Newman’s LitLinks blog. It includes the biomimicry song, two hands-on science activities about lift, and a language arts activity on how to be the good kind of copycat! The site is full of lots great STEM activities connected to children’s books,,

In case you missed it: Teacher’s Guide, Part 1. You can also find all of the educator resources on the Resources page.

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