tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16388527224726953932024-02-19T16:04:07.267-08:00Kim's Literature BlogKim Centorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371531796227673096noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638852722472695393.post-58551343353244929612011-11-23T12:45:00.000-08:002011-11-30T15:56:50.093-08:00If you Take a Mouse to School<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>If you Take a Mouse to School</i><br />
Written by Laura Numeroff and Illustrated by Felicia Bond<br />
Publisher: Scholastic Inc., 2002<br />
Grade Level: Pre-K-2<br />
Themes: humor, friendship and sharing</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>This is about a mouse and a young boy. They are friends. The boy is going to bring the mouse to school, but the mouse has a lot of requests. Once he asks for one thing, he will need something to go a long with it. There are a series of chain events that take place. If you take a mouse to school, he'll ask for your lunchbox. When you give him your lunchbox, he'll want a sandwich and so on.<div><br />
</div><div><b>Reflection: </b>This is a cute and funny story. The boy is very patient with the mouse and fulfills all his requests even though the mouse is never fully satisfied. The boy shares everything with the mouse. The illustrations are very colorful and they complement the text well. The books in the series are equally as funny and entertaining. Some of them include, <i>If you Give a Dog a Donut, If you Give a Mouse a Cookie, If you Give a Moose a Muffin </i>and <i>If you Give a Cat a Cupcake.</i> These books are perfect for teaching the skill, sequencing to children.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Pre-Reading: </b>I will discuss with the children what it is like getting ready for school. Is it hard to get up in the morning? Do you make your bed and pick out your own clothes? Do you bring your lunch or buy it? Does it take you a long time to get ready in the morning? Do you have the same routine everyday? What is your routine? I will also draw the children's attention to the pictures and talk about how they go right a long with the text. We can look at the pictures for meaning of the story even if we don't know every word.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Post-Reading: </b>I will have sequencing paper strips with sentences and illustrations on them. We will all work together to put them in order. What happend first in <i>If you Take a Mouse to School</i>? Then what happend and we will keep going until we reach the end of the cycle with the correct order. Then the students will go back to their seats and do the same thing on their own. They will have paper strips with words and illustrations. Then they will paste them in the correct order onto construction paper.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>About the Author: </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpt-_mNy8ik7BWDp1fSbOZIGpEmdQmoEQuKQxm9Vw6hA6pm3vrOcOyMvTM7rQg81hpHFo5YUWD1A4uLTiin_fzBwUfx6c7YAxrxqj_aEWeo4GuoMEpSK1jQ4VHYZ5e2aXiC5Vh8zH1KU/s1600/Numeroff_Laura.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpt-_mNy8ik7BWDp1fSbOZIGpEmdQmoEQuKQxm9Vw6hA6pm3vrOcOyMvTM7rQg81hpHFo5YUWD1A4uLTiin_fzBwUfx6c7YAxrxqj_aEWeo4GuoMEpSK1jQ4VHYZ5e2aXiC5Vh8zH1KU/s200/Numeroff_Laura.jpg" width="160" /></a></div><div><a href="http://lauranumeroff.com/bio/index.htm" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Laura Numeroff</span></a> grew up in Brooklyn, NY. She loved reading, drawing and making up stories. Laura thought she wanted to be a fashion designer just like her sister, Emily. She went to Pratt Institute, but her last year there she had no idea what she wanted to do. She took a class in writing and illustrating books for children. Many of her books are printed in different languages for children all over the world to enjoy.</div>Kim Centorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371531796227673096noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638852722472695393.post-61563349276344124012011-11-23T12:43:00.001-08:002011-11-30T14:16:36.316-08:00A Chair for my Mother<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A Chair for My Mother</i><br />
Written and Illustrated by Vera B. Williams<br />
Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 1982<br />
Grade Level: K-2<br />
Themes: family, love, support and tough times</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>Rosa is a young girl who lives with her mother and grandmother. A fire destroys everything they own. Rosa and her family decide to save all their pennies until they can buy a new chair for her mother. It is a beautiful, nice soft chair that her mother can come home to after she has been waitressing all day. Rosa wants to do this for her mother because she appreciates all she has done for her and how hardworking she is.<br />
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</div><div><b>Reflection: </b>This is a sweet book about a loving family and community support. The plot is simple, but it has a great lesson, if you work hard even when times are tough you can get what you want eventually. This is a Caldecott Medal Winner. The illustrations are beautiful and they support the text perfectly. </div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Pre-Reading: </b>I will ask students to talk about their favorite possessions and how much they enjoy having them. The main characters in the story we are going to read lose all their favorite possessions in a fire. In what ways could you help someone who experiences a tragedy? Could you donate some of your toys to children who lose theirs? Could you and your family collect money to donate to other families?</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Post-Reading: </b>I will ask students to draw pictures of the objects that they pick for Rosa to buy and write their sentences under their pictures.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>About the author: </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxhM5KTdvjQDFG7Vd4ZNfHL9Fs4Zj5iOmFhFAL2oIIi6XxrJVOV4BJeOVhCmpEQ0CGUIr2gAQD79dtPL1e0sSnPd8aV80NIh2jLSB0_Bm1NthmSlIg4CU84w7gtJ6eHjHzG-s9WWiz5I/s1600/WilliamsStill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxhM5KTdvjQDFG7Vd4ZNfHL9Fs4Zj5iOmFhFAL2oIIi6XxrJVOV4BJeOVhCmpEQ0CGUIr2gAQD79dtPL1e0sSnPd8aV80NIh2jLSB0_Bm1NthmSlIg4CU84w7gtJ6eHjHzG-s9WWiz5I/s1600/WilliamsStill.jpg" /></a></div><div><a href="http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-williams-vera.asp" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Vera B. Williams</span></a> lives in New York City. She went to Black Mountain College and in 1949 got her degree in Graphic Art. She started writing after her divorce at the age of 46. She enjoys writing children's books, but also writes and draws for adults. She writes short stories, leaflets and posters.</div><div><br />
</div>Kim Centorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371531796227673096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638852722472695393.post-69306357726853002842011-11-23T12:42:00.000-08:002011-11-30T12:31:05.168-08:00An Island Grows<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>An Island Grows</i><br />
Written by Lola M. Schaefer and Illustrated by Cathie Felstead<br />
Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2006<br />
Grade Level: K-2<br />
Themes: geological history and volcanoes</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>This book is about how a volcano forms from beginning to end. First there is an undersea explosion of molten lava. Then the gradual buildup of solidified lava. Next the arrival of plants and wildlife. Lastly, the arrival of people.<br />
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</div><div><b>Reflection: </b>This is a nice book about the development of a volcanic island. It is simple text, but the wording is nice. Great sentence fluency. This is a great book to teach science (geology and rocks) with. The illustrations are colorful.<br />
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<b>Pre-Reading: </b>Tell the children that this book is about a volcanic island forming. Make sure they listen to how to it forms. Turn to someone sitting next to you and make a prediction about how you think a volcanic island forms? Can plants and people live on an island?<br />
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<b>Post-Reading: </b>I will write a couple things from the book on the board. Stones break,water quakes and Lava flows. We will talk about subject and verbs. Subjects and Verbs are essential for making sentences. Ask students to think of processes such as the water cycle, life cycle of a plant or tree. Pick one of these and brainstorm the steps in each process using a subject and verb. I chose the life cycle of a plant. For example, Leaves sprout, branches fill, sun shines and so on. Once we are finished brainstorming, children will go back to their seats. They will get with a partner and create a book about any process they choose.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-9a3E81hOzhZ6zfOWMAfgszgMS0OzJltXVURPEA0eGNgDRCOVdp8YF_l4u2iQRECJV0Rvf-mfUlM8Tufn9Oci5qBnq3E3-tS9vPVtxdQXudy_2TMsUUoHWB2cGnYCWoj1CXsIhrItEQ/s1600/lola.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-9a3E81hOzhZ6zfOWMAfgszgMS0OzJltXVURPEA0eGNgDRCOVdp8YF_l4u2iQRECJV0Rvf-mfUlM8Tufn9Oci5qBnq3E3-tS9vPVtxdQXudy_2TMsUUoHWB2cGnYCWoj1CXsIhrItEQ/s200/lola.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><a href="http://www.lolaschaefer.com/content/official-biography" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Lola M. Schaefer</span> </a>has always loved books, but she never imagined that she would be writing children's books. She is also a writing consultant. She travels to schools, conferences and workshops. She has written more than 250 books for children. Her book, <i>Frankie Stein</i> was awarded the Children's Choice Book Award for Kindergarten through Grade 2. She has won many other awards. She was a teacher and an instructor for graduate level courses. She lives with her husband Tim.<br />
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</div>Kim Centorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371531796227673096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638852722472695393.post-35145796315164699992011-11-23T12:24:00.001-08:002011-11-29T15:48:17.821-08:00The Tortilla Factory<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Tortilla Factory</i><br />
Written by Gary Paulsen and Illustrated by Ruth Wright Paulsen<br />
Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1995<br />
Grade: K-2<br />
Themes: Tortilla making process, cycle</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>This story is about how tortillas are made. Farmers are in the field, preparing the soil, planting the seeds and growing the corn. We see the workers in the factory, using corn flour to create dough, kneading the dough and baking it into tortillas. Then, we return to the farmer's home, eating the tortillas so they have energy to continue their work. Tortilla making is basically a full circle just like seasons and water cycle for example. The process repeats itself.<div><br />
</div><div><b>Reflection: </b>This non-fiction topic would be interesting to children because tortillas are a staple in so many families kitchens. It is simple text, but almost poetic. The illustrations are perfect for the book. They are made up of warm colors that helps you to envision someone making the tortillas in your kitchen and how delicious and warm they are when you finally get to eat them. This book is perfect to demonstrate a cycle. The cycle of planting, harvesting, processing the grain and eating the tortillas.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Pre-Reading: </b>Make an overhead of the beginning and ending of the book's text and discuss what the students think it means and predict what will happen in the story based on the sentences in the beginning and the sentences at the very end.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Post-Reading: </b>Ask the children if they noticed anything about how the book was organized. I would tell the children that the book goes in a cycle or full circle. We will make a list on chart paper of other things that go in cycles. Some examples could be the water cycle, seasons, school, days and night and trees and plants. Then the students will be given a piece of paper. They will draw and color one of these cycles we talked about.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>About the author:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmL0qMabDEONILlwwZs_4sYSU8SJpX-DJ4kVNwaTIPeGg7J4bCwU-C75M2VzjNuB2cdUzHmUzVfibwPnjxa3huZZkoraX82VcqfGbV_wb3a2yEceBjPm9XHsZTOtnYyMaGHZJaTIT47do/s1600/Paulsen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmL0qMabDEONILlwwZs_4sYSU8SJpX-DJ4kVNwaTIPeGg7J4bCwU-C75M2VzjNuB2cdUzHmUzVfibwPnjxa3huZZkoraX82VcqfGbV_wb3a2yEceBjPm9XHsZTOtnYyMaGHZJaTIT47do/s200/Paulsen.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/about.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Gary Paulsen</span></a> was born in 1939. He was never a dedicated student, but he enjoyed reading. He ran away from home when he was 14 and traveled with a carnival. Paulsen realized he wanted to be a writer when he was working as a satellite technician for an aerospace firm. Paulsen has written over 175 books. Gary's wife, Ruth is an illustrator. They spend their time at their home in New Mexico and a boat on the Pacific.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Amazing Grace</i><br />
Written by Mary Hoffman and Illustrated by Caroline Binch<br />
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991<br />
Grade:K-2<br />
Themes: performing, determination, inspirational and love</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>A young girl named Grace loves reading and acting out stories. She puts on plays for her family. One day in school, Grace's teacher told the class that they will be putting on the play, <i>Peter Pan</i>. Grace knew she wanted to be Peter Pan. Her classmates told her she couldn't be Peter Pan because she was a girl and African American. Grace was very upset, but she believed in herself and auditioned for the part of Peter Pan and in the end she got the part!<div><br />
</div><div><b>Reflection: </b> This is a sweet and inspirational book about a determined girl who wouldn't let her classmates bring her down. She wanted something and never gave up. Determination, race and gender roles are all things to discuss after reading this book.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Pre-Reading: </b>Tell the children that this book, <i>Amazing Grace</i> has a lot in common with a book they read a couple days ago called <i>Oliver Button is a Sissy</i> by Tomie DePaola. As I read this book think about how it is similar and different than <i>Oliver Button.</i> As I read the book to the children I will model text- to- text connections to construct meaning and enhance understanding. I will tell them that making text-to-text connections from one book to another, can help them to understand the new story and make predictions about what may happen based on what they know from the other story.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Post-Reading: </b>As a class we will complete a large Venn-diagram comparing and contrasting the connections we made between <i>Amazing Grace</i> and <i>Oliver Button is a Sissy.</i></div><div><br />
</div><div><b>About the Author:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXeXrLhsXoroBjmhM9G90kohXqDJz1zk-rOX5NRXpgVZBGRP3Z9ZqPngzU-_Uaekr3jAB90SiSiCTALJtw-iT98p39EhOHShCZvkcb5bVW-gAOhQPukyM7QS8nuO5QRVDFnQKSdglgDo/s1600/mhF.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXeXrLhsXoroBjmhM9G90kohXqDJz1zk-rOX5NRXpgVZBGRP3Z9ZqPngzU-_Uaekr3jAB90SiSiCTALJtw-iT98p39EhOHShCZvkcb5bVW-gAOhQPukyM7QS8nuO5QRVDFnQKSdglgDo/s200/mhF.png" width="145" /></a></div><div><a href="http://www.maryhoffman.co.uk/about.htm" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Mary Hoffman </span></a>was born in New Hampshire. When she was three her family moved to London. She has two degrees, one in English Literature and one in Linguistics. Her first book, <i>White Magic</i> was published in 1975. She has written over 90 books for children and teenagers. She has a husband and three daughters. She travels to Italy at least once a year. </div>Kim Centorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371531796227673096noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638852722472695393.post-52285396393254736732011-11-23T12:15:00.000-08:002011-11-29T12:57:41.317-08:00A Sick Day for Amos McGee<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A Sick Day for Amos McGee</i><br />
Written by Philip E. Stead and Illustrated by Erin E. Stead<br />
Publisher: Roaring Book Press<br />
May, 2010<br />
Grade Level: K-2<br />
Themes: Friendship</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>Amos McGee is a zoo-keeper. He has a lot to do everyday, but he still finds the time to visit his friends. His friends are zoo animals. He has lots of fun playing with the animals, but one day Amos wakes up with a horrible cold. He can't go into work. His friends wait and wait for him, but he never shows up. The animals are very sad, they then decide to take the bus to Amos's house. Amos is delighted and they play games such as chess and hide and seek. At the end of the book they have a sleepover.<br />
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<b>Reflection: </b>This is one of my favorite books! This book makes me feel as if I have been reading it from the time I was very little until now. It feels like a classic. This is a really great story about friendship. The children will find it entertaining how all the animals leave the zoo and show up at Amos McGee's house to play with him. Amos is a cute elderly man and is so nice to the animals. There are awesome life like illustrations with hints of color. This book is a Caldecott Medal Winner. The illustrator uses woodblock printing techniques and a pencil.<br />
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<b>Pre-Reading: </b>Tell the children that this is a story about friendship. Ask the children to think about their friends. What makes a good friend and what kinds of things do you do with your friend? I will record their responses on chart paper.<br />
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<b>Post-Reading: </b>Discuss Amos and how kind he was to his friends. When Amos got sick his friends went to see him. Tell the children to write a short paragraph describing what they would do for a friend or family member if they got sick and then draw a picture.<br />
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<b>About the author:</b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBnVwv5eiONuLpcrxbeZIbYkmhCAJgu_wLeikVq6KANk9NgU0YRBT1UU8f9IZHWc4iIEIBRKehMOS22obGc4b5bbOfmbYNw4mXFAHRuLqJsUCHsQft9H9A0c0GzZVCo4_mz5tGgKUHMY/s1600/phil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBnVwv5eiONuLpcrxbeZIbYkmhCAJgu_wLeikVq6KANk9NgU0YRBT1UU8f9IZHWc4iIEIBRKehMOS22obGc4b5bbOfmbYNw4mXFAHRuLqJsUCHsQft9H9A0c0GzZVCo4_mz5tGgKUHMY/s200/phil.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><a href="http://foliolit.com/folio-jr-2/illustrators/philip-c-stead/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Philip E. Stead </span></a>is the author of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2010 and Publisher's Weekly Best Children's Book of 2010 <i>Amos McGee</i>. Philip's wife, Erin illustrated the book. Philip, also an artist, both wrote and illustrated in debut, <i>Creamed Tuna Fish and Peas on Toast</i>. Philip lives in Michigan.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>One Tiny Turtle</i><br />
Written by Nicola Davies and Illustrated by Jane Chapman<br />
Publisher: Candlewick Press, 2001<br />
Grade:K-3<br />
Theme: Loggerhead turtle's habitat</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>This is about a Loggerhead turtle. She makes her way from her egg far into the sea to her summer and winter feeding areas and her nesting ground, the beach where she was born. We experience her feasting on crabs, clams and shrimp. The struggle of depositing her eggs in the sand and swimming from one location to another.<br />
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<b>Reflection: </b>I love sea turtles so I really enjoyed this book. I love the author's descriptive language to explain the lifecycle of Loggerhead sea turtles. I like on each page how there are interesting well researched bits of information about the Loggerheads. The pictures are very beautiful. This is a great and interesting non-fiction book! There is also a version of this book with a cd including music and facts.<br />
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</div><div><b>Pre-Reading: </b>Ask children if they know anything about Loggerhead Turtles.Tell the children that they need to listen for similis and metaphors. There are a lot in this book. The children will have background knowledge on similis and metaphors because we will have already gone over what they are.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Post-Reading: </b>I will have sentence strips with the similis and metaphors from the story written on them. I will have a chart with similis on one side and metaphors on the other. The children will help to read each sentence strip and I will call on the students and ask them if that sentence is a simili or metaphor and then he or she will put it on the appropriate place on the chart (under simili or metaphor). Then, they will go back to their seats and write one fact they learned about Loggerhead Turtles and draw a picture.<br />
There is a lot you can do with this book. You could use this book to demonstrate the characteristics of non-fiction books. You could discuss complete sentences and fragments. There are some sentences in the book that are not complete (fragments). Discuss that a complete sentence has a subject and a verb (a doer and an action). I would re-read sentences from the book and students will put their thumb up if the sentence is complete and thumb down if it isn't. Then the students will go back to their seats and write one <b>complete sentence</b> using a fact from the story and then draw a picture. </div><div><br />
</div><div><b>About the author: </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHM1b3kFOeGHQHcx5laMTO_PDviUuqaxZyBoB5F6_qMec7nabR3iw8r6vmAjoRzmo7MiUNmm-p8sDACf-8F4_SzGvWT2Cu592laHt-DIAQmrmgUGL3lnVU1tr1-aAaQH1LnOfY5VItAWo/s1600/nicola_davies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHM1b3kFOeGHQHcx5laMTO_PDviUuqaxZyBoB5F6_qMec7nabR3iw8r6vmAjoRzmo7MiUNmm-p8sDACf-8F4_SzGvWT2Cu592laHt-DIAQmrmgUGL3lnVU1tr1-aAaQH1LnOfY5VItAWo/s200/nicola_davies.jpg" width="121" /></a></div><div><a href="http://www.nicola-davies.com/nicola-davies.com/Welcome.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Nicola Davies</span></a> has always been fascinated with animals. Nicola's first job was studying geese in Scotland. She has been all over the world studying animals. She has written 8 non-fiction picture books. All the animals she has written about are creatures she has seen in the wild or habitats she has visited. She visits schools and runs writing workshops for children.</div>Kim Centorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371531796227673096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638852722472695393.post-41586963968869814402011-11-23T12:02:00.000-08:002011-11-29T11:43:12.442-08:00My Friend Has ADHD<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>My Friend has ADHD</i><br />
Written by Amanda Doering Tourville and Illustrated by Kristin Sorra<br />
Publisher: Picture Window Books<br />
January, 2010<br />
Grade: K-2<br />
Themes: special needs and ADHD</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>This is a nice story about two friends. One of the boys, Robby has ADHD and Marcus who doesn't have ADHD is his friend. Marcus in the narrator, he talks about what he and Robby do together and some of the symptoms of ADHD. "Robby and I love talking about sports, but sometimes he talks when he shouldn't. He isn't doing it on purpose, but I worry we'll get in trouble"(pg.6).<br />
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</div><div><b>Reflection: </b>I like this book a lot! I think the did you know facts on each page are informative. I like that there are two cultures in the book. Marcus is Hispanic and Robby is white. In the back of the book there is an explanation of ADHD and a glossary of some words pertaining to ADHD that elementary students wouldn't know. There are also some book titles listed about ADHD. I like how this book shows that children can still have friends with ADHD and participate in most of the activities children without ADHD participate in. This is a great book to use when talking to children about ADHD especially because so many children are diagnosed with it today.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Pre-Reading: </b>Talk to the children about what ADHD is and the symptoms. Tell the children that you can still be friends with someone who has ADHD and people with ADHD can still participate in the same activities children without ADHD participate in. Go over vocabulary in the back of the book.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Post-Reading: </b>I will give the students a worksheet that says, Today we read <i>My Friend has ADHD</i> one thing I learned is (blank) and the students will have to fill in one thing they learned from reading the book and then draw a picture.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNu5DjSUV-kxhK2aNWJbeUrDcdva5Y5B0fY_sv9vfUhfyFutjuvAHRfO_yffeWpTfCRtuvu1Aoa0jnUCJXZFblAMFvEzOj_NopUjTKWSQfiUpfqFR0knzsIlrEZLaQBiIjX_uogGanXMU/s1600/amanda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNu5DjSUV-kxhK2aNWJbeUrDcdva5Y5B0fY_sv9vfUhfyFutjuvAHRfO_yffeWpTfCRtuvu1Aoa0jnUCJXZFblAMFvEzOj_NopUjTKWSQfiUpfqFR0knzsIlrEZLaQBiIjX_uogGanXMU/s200/amanda.jpg" width="136" /></a></div><a href="http://www.jacketflap.com/profile.asp?member=ADT" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Amanda Doering Tourville</span></a> lives in Minnesota with her husband and bulldog. Amanda loves writing about a variety of topics. She is so happy she gets to help children learn and love to read! She feels being an author is a rewarding job. She likes to read, paint and travel.</div>Kim Centorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371531796227673096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638852722472695393.post-15791280749740985592011-11-23T12:00:00.000-08:002011-11-29T12:10:05.377-08:00The Hello, Goodbye Window<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Hello,Goodbye Window</i><br />
Written by Norton Juster and Illustrated by Chris Raschka<br />
Publisher: Hyperion Books for children<br />
April, 2005<br />
Grade:K-2<br />
Themes: imagination, grandparents/grandchild relationship</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>A little girl loves going to her nana and poppy's house because she loves looking out the Hello, Goodbye window. It looks like a regular window, but it is not. It is a magic window. She imagines seeing dinosaurs walking by, the queen of England and many other things.<br />
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<b>Reflection: </b>I like this book. Children will be able to relate to having fun at their grandparent's house. It made me think of running around and playing games when I was little at my grandparent's house. I liked all of the scenarios the young girl imagined. I enjoyed reading about the magical getaways. It was entertaining.<br />
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</div><div><b>Pre-Reading: </b>Show the children the cover of the book and the illustrations.<b> </b>Ask the children to predict what they think the hello, goodbye window is. </div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Post-Reading: </b>I will give the students a worksheet with a window on it. It will say, if you could see anything out of the hello, goodbye window what would you see and why? The students will write a few sentences about what they would want to see and draw a picture in the window of what they see.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>About the author:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmvtjLvq-mTgerr31R_U1-vrzFpTIuVQm8HhwIggrz2-t7BDlZ61ahoc24Gam_qV4XHhs9whRg7SLuJnB-rhwbINvHbo3QmKizPSJqahUNq0xrCvvRK3pWvc96niRtjcJU97cSTdM8V0/s1600/juster_norton_lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmvtjLvq-mTgerr31R_U1-vrzFpTIuVQm8HhwIggrz2-t7BDlZ61ahoc24Gam_qV4XHhs9whRg7SLuJnB-rhwbINvHbo3QmKizPSJqahUNq0xrCvvRK3pWvc96niRtjcJU97cSTdM8V0/s1600/juster_norton_lg.jpg" /></a></div><div><a href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/norton-juster" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Norton Juster</span></a> was born in 1929 in Brooklyn, New York. He studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1954 he joined the navy and began writing. His first book, <i>Phantom Tollbooth</i> was published in 1961. It was a winner of the George C. Stone Centre for Children's Books Award. It was made into a film by MGM and was recently turned turned into a musical. His latest book, <i>Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie</i> is a sequel to <i>The Hello, Goodbye Window.</i></div>Kim Centorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371531796227673096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638852722472695393.post-3840625402927644132011-11-23T11:57:00.000-08:002011-11-28T11:34:17.707-08:00Diary of a Wimpy Kid<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw</i><br />
Written and Illustrated by Jeff Kinney<br />
Publisher:Amulet Books<br />
January, 2009<br />
Grade:5-8<br />
Themes: peer acceptance, humor and family</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>This book is part of the <i>Diary of the Wimpy Kid</i> series.<b> </b><i>Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw</i> is about a typical middle school age boy who writes in his journal everyday about embarrassing moments, sibling rivalry, crushes, friends and his relationship with his family. He tries to impress people all around him. He is not an honors student and is not very athletic. He tries to fit in at school and occasionally gets in trouble. He wants to please his father because his father has threatened to send him to boarding school.<div><br />
</div><div><b>Reflection: </b>This book is so funny! I think middle school students could relate to it and would enjoy it. I couldn't put it down. I liked that it was written from a child's point of view. It brought me back to when I was in middle school. The themes such as peer acceptance, sibling rivalry and embarrassing moments are all apart of typical middle age student's lives. For boys who don't typically enjoy reading will really like this book.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Pre-Reading: </b>Discuss what a graphic novel is and the different parts of graphic novels. Look at all the illustrations and discuss how they create meaning.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Post-Reading: </b>The students will create their own graphic novels. They will use the same format as the book, comic strips. They can make a comic strip about any topic they would like. They need to brainstorm in their journals before creating their graphic novel.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>About the author:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGzgVKBPiM0BdvHrxnGaUlhpHe82MYGbchvZZeJmWubJutzpmLdNpNzd5SO4mfcNYyGGcRNmPPrPRsiN9H_eYMDc0cFJ3oe_-Q24dfwBy97DrqEVXKFd7GIjWstov3ImNCFTGvzcycas/s1600/Jeff-Kinney1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGzgVKBPiM0BdvHrxnGaUlhpHe82MYGbchvZZeJmWubJutzpmLdNpNzd5SO4mfcNYyGGcRNmPPrPRsiN9H_eYMDc0cFJ3oe_-Q24dfwBy97DrqEVXKFd7GIjWstov3ImNCFTGvzcycas/s1600/Jeff-Kinney1.jpg" /></a></div><div><a href="http://www.wimpykid.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Jeff Kinney</span></a> was born in Maryland in 1971 and attended the University of Maryland. He knew he wanted to be a cartoonist. He worked on <i>Diary of a Wimpy Kid</i> for a long time before it was finally released in 2007. <i>Diary of a Wimpy Kid </i>was a New York Times best seller along with the other books in the series. Jeff is a full-time design director of a Boston-based Internet Publishing Company. Jeff lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two sons.</div>Kim Centorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371531796227673096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638852722472695393.post-79146224727153095922011-11-22T17:49:00.000-08:002011-11-23T11:56:07.879-08:00I Can't Stop! A Story about Tourette Syndrome<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I Can't Stop! A Story about Tourette's Syndrome</i><br />
Written by Holly L. Niner and Illustrated by Meryl Treatner<br />
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2005<br />
Grade:1-4<br />
Theme: Tourette's Syndrome and acceptance</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>This book is about a young boy struggling with Tourette's Syndrome. Tourette's Syndrome causes people to do things with your body that you can't help no matter how hard you try not to. Some of these are blinking, sniffling, moving your head, barking and swearing. There is not much you can do for this. Medicine may help, but it has a lot of side effects.<br />
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</div><div><b>Reflection: </b>This is a great book to read to your class to educate them on Tourette's Syndrome. I read a novel called <u>Front of the Class</u> by Brad Cohen. Brad Cohen wrote about his life dealing with Tourette's. Much of what he wrote sounds very familiar to the information in this book. This book is easy to understand, but some of the pages do have a lot of text on them. I would say this book is appropriate for first grade and older. At the beginning of the book a doctor writes about Tourette's Syndrome. I like that the book stresses that people can be successful with Tourette's. The illustrations are very life like and they really capture the character's facial expressions and body language depending on what situation(s) they are in.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Pre-Reading: </b>Complete a KWL Chart with the class. Asking them what they know about Tourette's, what they wonder and what they learned after reading the book.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Post-Reading: </b>I got this activity from another teacher. She did this with us after we finished <u>The Front of the Class</u> by Brad Cohen. Imagine you are a student with Tourette's. You need to write the Pledge of Allegiance. When ever you hear a knock on the table you need to run your thumb using the hand you are writing with down your cheek, but when a person has Tourette's Syndrome, they could also be Obsessive Compulsive, so you need to cross out every third word and re-write it. You have a minute to write the Pledge of Allegiance. Then we will discuss how difficult of a task this was and how this is what people feel like everyday living with Tourette's. Try this! It is so much harder than it sounds.<br />
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<b>About the Author:</b><br />
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</div>Kim Centorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371531796227673096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638852722472695393.post-6047225097288704572011-11-22T17:15:00.000-08:002011-11-22T17:18:43.974-08:00I Wanna Iguana<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONVhZnQpxCUWSVhgdbaB-XjSO6crB2a3CNmDVojHDWAVWrtiFSnSngkTPXCIyXHhxHjjhmIwh5kPgmu05DJQquhPjQwd0nRfxSZFbE5g21amNkw9_9i_ozec5QPfvV5Of-lkPoy9AdAw/s1600/iguana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONVhZnQpxCUWSVhgdbaB-XjSO6crB2a3CNmDVojHDWAVWrtiFSnSngkTPXCIyXHhxHjjhmIwh5kPgmu05DJQquhPjQwd0nRfxSZFbE5g21amNkw9_9i_ozec5QPfvV5Of-lkPoy9AdAw/s200/iguana.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I Wanna Iguana</i><br />
Written by Karen Kaufman Orloff and Illustrated by David Catrow<br />
Publisher: Putnam<br />
2004<br />
Grade:K-2<br />
Themes: pets, responsibility and humor<br />
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</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>Alex wants a pet more than anything! He doesn't want a cat, dog or a bird. He wants an iguana. He writes letters to his mom explaining all the reasons why an iguana is the perfect pet for him. She writes letters back explaining why one isn't, but Alex doesn't give up trying to convince his mom to let him have an iguana. Alex eventually gets his wish.<br />
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</div><div><b>Reflection: </b>This is a funny book written from both Alex's and his mom's point of view. Children will definitely be able to relate to Alex begging his mom to get a pet and her needing a lot of convincing that he will take care of his pet. The pictures are very funny. My favorite illustration was the six foot iguana laying in bed reading the newspaper.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Pre-Reading: </b>We will do a picture walk through the book and I will talk to the children about the letter's that Alex is writing to his mother and the letters she is writing back to him.<br />
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<b>Post-Reading: </b>I will teach children about the parts of a letter. The greeting, body, closing and P.S. We will look at a letter and label it correctly. The children will then be assigned a pen pal from another class and they will write letters back and forth to each other.<br />
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<b>About the Author:</b><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRSTEl3UA8kuOETKZ_l8L0XaXDUFdnXyxcCMBma6JubDgVDQXZGp0sG65pEufizpIkvDGXdnRYlxy5FnkiQzmRjwDVcF34Ta-IPN245fPAOMP8aQMmDX8u8bWGOm5Z02MLthLzOUKW0g/s1600/TweakTweakBook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRSTEl3UA8kuOETKZ_l8L0XaXDUFdnXyxcCMBma6JubDgVDQXZGp0sG65pEufizpIkvDGXdnRYlxy5FnkiQzmRjwDVcF34Ta-IPN245fPAOMP8aQMmDX8u8bWGOm5Z02MLthLzOUKW0g/s200/TweakTweakBook.jpg" width="168" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Tweak Tweak</i><br />
Written by Eve Bunting and Illustrated by Sergio Ruzzier<br />
Publisher: Clarion Books<br />
2011<br />
Grade: Pre-K-K<br />
Themes: Love, discovery and curiosity</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>This book is about a mother and baby elephant going on a walk. Mother elephant tells the baby elephant to tweak twice if he has a question. As they are walking, baby elephant becomes very curious and asks his mother about the frog, monkey, songbird, butterfly and crocodile. He especially wants to know what elephants can do.<br />
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</div><div><b>Reflection:</b> This is a great book for younger children.This book is all about discovery and curiosity. Younger readers will learn something about the animals just like the baby elephant did. The illustrations of the animals are very cute. I like the question and answer format of the story and the animal sounds.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Pre-Reading: </b>I would tell the children a little bit about the book. Baby elephant has lots of questions for his mother about the animals they see on their walk. Some of the animals they see are frogs, monkeys, butterflies and crocodiles.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Post-Reading: </b>I would tell the children to think about their favorite animal. They will draw that animal on a piece of construction paper. Then they will think about a question they have about that animal. They will write the question next to their drawing, a teacher will help them with this. We will also talk about the question mark before completing this activity.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>About the Author:</b><br />
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</div>Kim Centorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371531796227673096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638852722472695393.post-12417927902164365092011-11-20T12:08:00.000-08:002011-11-22T11:15:27.090-08:00Dirt on my Shirt<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3iqeuIsvzZ_ayYaYwMQ0durV9amQgrkWh9CbP6tBsfEUkZqqaBk0ylWFxJP32ORjUzLbDQ_25mXu2koizvxMlCK5isseNKXZ3qeFx6YX5jvXSJ3IGNEh6kuQHVfWnnLbUqdm3ddluqM/s1600/dirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3iqeuIsvzZ_ayYaYwMQ0durV9amQgrkWh9CbP6tBsfEUkZqqaBk0ylWFxJP32ORjUzLbDQ_25mXu2koizvxMlCK5isseNKXZ3qeFx6YX5jvXSJ3IGNEh6kuQHVfWnnLbUqdm3ddluqM/s200/dirt.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
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Written by Jeff Foxworthy and Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman<br />
Published:Harper Collins<br />
2008<br />
Grades: 1-3<br />
Themes: family, friends, nature and poetry</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>This a book of poetry filled with humor and rhyme. Children in elementary school classrooms can relate to the poems. Some of the topics include friends, family members, outdoors and nature.<br />
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</div><div><b>Reflection: </b>This is a great way to introduce poetry to students. It is humorous and the topics are all age appropriate. The text is simple and easy to follow so children will not feel overwhelmed. The illustrations are kid friendly, colorful and dramatic. I like how there is a table of contents because you can teach children what a table of contents is. Some of my favorite poems are <i>Friends, Are We There Yet?, Auntie Brooke, Uncle Moe</i> and <i>Sharing a Bed.</i></div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Pre-Reading: </b>Before reading the book have the children brainstorm what they know about poetry on chart paper. You could also complete a KWL Chart with children. Talk with the children and write down some examples of different kinds of poetry.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Post Reading: </b>Have the students write a poem about a family member, friend or animal. Children will be instructed to either write a Limerick or Acrostic Poem. We will review the Limerick and Acrostic Poems before they begin writing.</div><div><br />
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</div>Kim Centorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371531796227673096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638852722472695393.post-22740286619431424572011-11-20T11:17:00.000-08:002011-11-22T11:16:16.603-08:00Chrysanthemum<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chrysanthemum</i><br />
Written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes<br />
Publisher: Harper Collins<br />
1996<br />
Grade: Pre-K-2<br />
Themes: Love, individuality and acceptance</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>Chrysanthemum loves her name. She loves how it sounds when she whispers it to herself in the bathroom mirror and when she sees it written on an envelope. When she starts school the children make fun of her because of her name. The children point out how long her name is, how it doesn't even fit on a name tage and how she is named after a flower. One day the children are at music class and their pregnant teacher overhears them making fun of Chrysanthemum and she tells the class that she is considering the name Chrysanthemum for her baby. It is then Chrysanthemum's school days go from dreadful to delightful.<br />
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</div><div><b>Reflection: </b>This is a cute book. I remember one of my teachers reading it and I liked it then and I still like it now! It is a book geared for younger students. Once the boys gets too old I do not think they will enjoy it very much. I enjoyed the happy ending when the student's begin to accept the name Chrysanthemum. I think teachers could do a lot of different activities with this book especially math activities. The illustrations are very cute and they match the descriptions and actions in the text.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Pre-Reading: </b>I will ask the children if they know what a Chrysanthemum is. I will tell them that it is a flower and then I will ask them to look at the cover and make a prediction about what the book is about and why they made that prediction.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Post-Reading: </b>As a class we will graph how many letters there are in their first names. Children will think pair share with a partner telling them how many letters are in their name and then their partner will tell them how many letters they have in their name. Then we will talk about the characteristics of a graph and then I will ask each child how many letters are in their first names and we will graph each name and then talk about whose name had the most letters and whose name had the least and whose name had an equal amount of letters. </div><div><br />
</div><div><b>About the Author:</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A Day's Work</i><br />
Written by Eve Bunting and Illustrated by Ronald Himler<br />
Publisher: Sandpiper<br />
April, 1997<br />
Grade Level:K-3<br />
Themes: honesty, love and immigration<br />
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</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>Seven year old Francisco waits with his grandfather as they look for work along with many other immigrants on the street corner. A man came looking for a gardner. Francisco's agrees to gardening. Since his grandfather does not know English, Francisco does all the talking. He says, "My grandfather and I are great gardeners." They work all day in the hot sun, but when the man comes back at the end of the day, he scolds them saying, "You pulled out plants instead of weeds!" At the end, Francisco learns a valuable lesson about honesty.<br />
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<b>Reflection:</b>This is a great book to discuss immigration, culture and honesty. I like the water color illustrations. They depict the characters and emotions well.<br />
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</b></div><div><b>Pre-Reading: </b>Discuss immigration with the children. Some people came to America in search for jobs or a better place to live, where there is no war or diseases. When immigrants got to American they needed to find work to pay for food, clothing and a place to live. Some examples of places immigrants could come from are Ireland, Italy and Mexico. Francisco and his grandfather are from Mexico and they come to the United States looking for work. I would also go over some of the spanish vocabulary in the book and write it on chart paper. <b> Abuelo: </b>(grandfather) <b>Hace Frio: (</b>it's cold) <b>Senora: (</b>Lady) <b>Gracias:</b>(thank you) <b>Bueno: </b>(good) <b>Muy Bonita: </b>(beautiful) and <b>Chickweed: </b> This not a spanish word, but children would need to know this to understand what Francisco and his grandfather picked. A chickweed is a herb that is grown all over the world. They have pretty white flowers that bloom and contain many vitamins. Francisco and his grandfather picked the chickweed instead of the weeds. </div><div><b><br />
</b></div><div><b>Post Reading: </b>Point of View: First person. This book is written in Francisco's point of view. Write about how the point of view would be different if Francisco's grandpa told the story.</div><div><b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sylvester and the Magic Pebble</i><br />
Written and Illustrated by William Steig<br />
Publisher: Aladdin Picturebooks<br />
1997<br />
Grade Level:K-2<br />
Themes: family and magic</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Summary: </b>A donkey named Sylvester finds a magic pebble. He discovered that if he held the pebble and made a wish the wish would come true. One day a lion frightens Sylvester. Sylvester makes a wish, but the wish brings unexpected results. I do not want to give away what happens to Sylvester.</span></div><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Pre-Reading: </b>This is a great book to have the class make predictions with. I would have the students looks at the front of the cover and we would do a picture walk through. We will talk about our predictions.</span></div><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://us.macmillan.com/author/williamsteig" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">William Steig</a> (1907-2003)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Steig was a cartoonist, illustrator and author. Steig's family members were all artists so Steig followed in their path. He attended City College and National Academy of Design. Many of Steig's works appeared in the New Yorker. He wrote his first children's book in 1968. He has won numerous awards.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Sylvester and the Magic Pebble</i> won a Caldecott Medal and he also wrote the book<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Shrek!</i> Which later became a movie.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div>Kim Centorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371531796227673096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638852722472695393.post-34345881355589492602011-11-03T10:21:00.000-07:002011-11-21T13:39:30.303-08:00It's Okay to Be Different<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: small;">Written and Illustrated by Todd Parr</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: small;">Themes: Love, Kindness and Acceptance</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Summary: </b><i>It's Okay to Be Different</i> inspires children to embrace their individuality through acceptance of others and self confidence. It's okay to be a different color, it's okay to have no hair and it's okay to say no to bad things are just a few of the it's okays.</span></div><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Reflection: </b>This book is great for younger children. You can use this book to begin teaching about differences and individuality. The text is simple and the illustrations are cute, bright and funny. Todd Parr has many other books that are easy for kids to understand. Some of these include, <i> The Earth Book, The Peace Book</i> and <i>The Feel Good Book.</i></span></div><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Pre-Reading: </b>This is a great book for early literacy. Each page begins, it's okay. The repetition makes it great for them to learn those words and read along with the teacher. You could go through the book and ask the children to help you find some sight words.</span></div><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Post-Reading:</b> Create your own class book. <i>It's Okay to Be Different. </i>Have the children create a picture of themselves and put them all together to form a book or tell students they are going to make a collage that shows interesting things about themselves. They will cut out pictures from magazines of any of their favorite things(pets, places, hobbies, clothing, sports) and glue them onto construction paper. Older students need to label their collage such as my favorite place.</span></div><div style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.toddparr.com/todd/bio.html" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Todd Parr </a>grew up in Wyoming. He failed art class in high school, but was determined to pursue his passion of drawing and painting. He was rejected many times, but never gave up. He continued working and has written and illustrated more than 28 books. He has won many awards and has joined several organizations to promote reading.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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Written by Donna Jo Napoli and Illustrated by Kadir Nelson<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"> Publisher:Simon and Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">January, 2010</span><br />
Grade Level:K-3<br />
Themes: Love and Multi-cultural<br />
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<b>Reflection: </b>This is a great multi-cultural book! This book is based on a tree story. Wangari Muta Maathai was the first African American woman to win the Noble Peace Prize. She started the Green Belt Movement to combat the deforestation in Kenya. This landed her in prison. In 1976, she came up with the idea of planting trees for peace to Kenya citizens. 30 million trees were planted in Kenya. In the back of the book the author will find more information about her life. Kadir Nelson is the illustrator, he is a Caldecott Honor Winner. His illustrations are so life-like. They are beautiful. I highly recommend this book. It is very touching!<br />
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<b>Pre-Reading: </b>Talk about the different problems in Kenya especially deforestation</div><div><b><br />
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<b>Post-Reading: </b>What problem would you like to fix? What seed would you plant to help this problem? It does not need to be a real seed. You can make one up. The children can answer these questions in their journal. They need to be creative and draw a picture.<br />
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</div>Kim Centorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371531796227673096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638852722472695393.post-44378879660622768582011-10-13T10:51:00.000-07:002011-11-22T11:20:09.894-08:00Blueberries for Sal<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Written and Illustrated by Robert McCloskey<br />
Publisher:Viking Press<br />
September, 1976<br />
Grade Level: K-2<br />
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</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>Sal and his mother went out on Blueberry Hill to pick blueberries. Sal's mother was busy picking blueberries. However Sal was eating all the blueberries. Then Sal got lost, she begins to follow a bear who is eating lots of blueberries to store up for the long, cold winter. On the other side of the mountain little bear is following Sal's mother because he too is lost. The big bear turns around and is shocked to see Sal following her. Sal's mother is turns around is also shocked to see a bear following her. Finally, big bear finds little bear and Sal's mother finds Sal.<br />
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<b>Reflection:</b>This is a cute book. There is a lot you could do with it in an elementary classroom. You could focus on the letter Bb and use this book to help you. Create math lessons. You could also talk about hibernation or have the children make a connection about a time they got lost and then write about it.<br />
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</div><div><b>Pre-Reading: </b>Talk to the children about blueberries and what people make with blueberries. Tell the children that in this book Sal and her mother go to Blueberry Hill to pick blueberries. They will be canning them once they have enough blueberries. Explain to the children what canning means.<br />
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<b>Post-Reading: </b>I would complete a math activity with the children. This would be most suited for kindergartners. I would focus on subtraction. I would show the children a number sentence, for example, 3-1=. The children would then each have a pal and blueberries that were cut out of blue paper earlier. Children would then place three blueberries in the pal and take one out. How many blueberries are they left with?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Tiny Seed</i><br />
Written and Illustrated by Eric Carle<br />
Publisher: Little Simon<br />
March, 2009<br />
Grade Level:Pre-K-2<br />
Themes: Life cycle of a flower and seasons (Science)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Summary: </b>A strong wind carries flower seeds through the land. One by one many seeds are lost, burned by the sun, fallen into the ocean or eaten by a bird. Only one seed survives the long cold winter. Spring comes and the tiny seed begins to sprout. It grows and it grows, but once Autumn comes the flower begins to die and it's seeds are sent into the air and the process starts all over again.<br />
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<b>Reflection:</b>This is a great book for teaching about seasons and what happens in each season. Along with that you could talk about how flowers grow and what they need to grow. I also like how there is a story about what happens to the seeds. This makes it fun for the children to guess what is going to happen next. The illustrations are great and the children could mimic them using crumpled up tissue paper.<br />
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<b>Post-Reading:</b> Talk about what happend to each seed, how the flower grew and what the flower needed to grow. Have each child plant a marigold seed in a cup and discuss what that seed needs in order to grow.<br />
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Written by Audrey Penn<br />
Illustrations by Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak<br />
Publisher: Tanglewood Press<br />
August, 2007<br />
Grade Levels: Pre-K-1<br />
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</tbody></table><b>Summary:</b> Chester the raccoon does not want to go to school. He wants to stay home with his mom. She assures Chester that he will have fun at school. He will meet new friends, play with new toys and read new books. She then tells him the secret of the kissing hand that she learned from her mother. She kisses him in the palm of his hand. Chester feels the love of his mother's kiss immediately. She tells him that whenever he feels lonely at school put his hand to his cheek and he will feel her love.<br />
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<b>Reflection: </b>This is one of of my favorite books. I think that this is a great book to read to children on the first day of school. Most children can relate to Chester. It is a simple story filled with love.<br />
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Written and Illustrated by Kevin Henkes<br />
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.<br />
2004<br />
Grade Levels: Pre-K -1<br />
Theme: Forgiveness<br />
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<b>Reflection: </b>This is a nice book about teaching children about apologizing and forgiveness. I think that younger children will really enjoy it.<br />
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</div><div><b>Pre- Reading: </b>I will activate prior knowledge by asking if anyone has ever gotten so mad that they did something they were not proud of and how they might have solved the problem. This is also a great book to read if focusing on the letter Pp for that day or week.</div><div><br />
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Written and Illustrated by Gail Gibbons<br />
Publisher: Holiday House<br />
March 1992<br />
Grade Levels: K-3<br />
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<b>Reflection: </b>Learning about the weather is a topic that comes up in elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and college. Weather is always around us and always changing. This book is great to begin talking about the weather with students. It is very detailed, but not overly detailed where children would be confused. I think this book will make learning about weather exciting and as a teacher you could do a lot with it.<br />
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</div><div><b>Post- Reading: </b>We will use some of the weather topics we learned to discuss the weather outside on that day. This is lesson is aimed toward older students. Students will write in their weather journals for one week. They will discuss what the weather is for each day using the weather topics we have discussed.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
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Told by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff<br />
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Publisher: Scholastic Press<br />
February, 2006<br />
Grade Levels:K-6<br />
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<b>Reflection: </b>This is such a sweet book about about an unlikely friendship and the fact that it is factual makes it so much better. The wording is simple enough to understand for young children. The pictures are also amazing! I would recommend this to all ages even adults. You won't be disappointed!<br />
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</div><div><b>Post-Reading: </b>Children will write in their journals or draw depending on their age about a friendship they have. Answering the questions, what it means to be a friend, are you similar or different and what do you like to do together? It would also be great, if we could write letters to Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff or Dr. Kahumbu with questions or comments.</div><div><br />
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