Recommended by the Daily CAFE under "Book Looks".
A girl was full of curiosity and wonder about the world and loved sharing her wondering with an adult. When that adult is no longer there, she decides to keep her heart in a bottle so she cannot be hurt. As a result, her love for life is contained also.
Simple text but potential for deep conversations with older students.
Strategies: inferring, connections, ask questions, author's purpose, cause/effect
Monday, July 6, 2015
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Using Math to Design a Roller Coaster by Hilary Koll, Steve Mills and Korey T. Kiepert*
Mathworks! series
Ever have a child or student ask when they will ever use a particular math concept?
This series presents various situations where individuals must know how to utilize math to accomplish a great task.
The layout makes it accessible to different ages. One could just read the main paragraph and fact boxes to younger children. 4th-7th graders would enjoy solving the math problems on each page.
The clipboard boxes share math problems while the data box gives information to solve the math problems.
This particular book is focused on designing and building a roller coaster.
I learned a lot!!
Other books in the series: 1. Using Math to Climb Mount Everest
2. Using Math to Build a Skyscraper
3. Using Math in the ER
4. Using Math on a Space Mission
5. Using Math to Be a Zoo Vet
6. . . .to Conquer Extreme Sports
7. . . .to Create a Movie Stunt
8. . . . to Fly a Jumbo Jet
9. . . . to Solve a Crime
10. . . .to Win a Grand Prix
So, almost every career requires a knowledge and a good understanding of math!
Perfect for enrichment in a classroom or for home schooling. I would also use it in the beginning of the school year to introduce the first math lesson to create excitement and necessity.
*Highly recommend.
Ever have a child or student ask when they will ever use a particular math concept?
This series presents various situations where individuals must know how to utilize math to accomplish a great task.
The layout makes it accessible to different ages. One could just read the main paragraph and fact boxes to younger children. 4th-7th graders would enjoy solving the math problems on each page.
The clipboard boxes share math problems while the data box gives information to solve the math problems.
This particular book is focused on designing and building a roller coaster.
I learned a lot!!
Other books in the series: 1. Using Math to Climb Mount Everest
2. Using Math to Build a Skyscraper
3. Using Math in the ER
4. Using Math on a Space Mission
5. Using Math to Be a Zoo Vet
6. . . .to Conquer Extreme Sports
7. . . .to Create a Movie Stunt
8. . . . to Fly a Jumbo Jet
9. . . . to Solve a Crime
10. . . .to Win a Grand Prix
So, almost every career requires a knowledge and a good understanding of math!
Perfect for enrichment in a classroom or for home schooling. I would also use it in the beginning of the school year to introduce the first math lesson to create excitement and necessity.
*Highly recommend.
Friday, July 3, 2015
Winnie-The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh by Sally M. Walker illustrated by Jonathan D. Voss*
Ms. Walker shares the story of Winnie in such an interesting manner that my five year old did not protest that it was "nonfiction" (he is not a nonfiction fan!)!
Harry, an veterinarian for the army, is traveling on a train with his group when he spies a cub with a gentleman at a train station. Discovering that the man had become a reluctant caretaker because he had shot the mother bear without realizing she had a cub, Harry offers to take the cub and raise it. The reader hears about Winnie's life as military bear and her eventual residency at the London Zoo where Christopher Robin first encounters her.
Readers will fall in love with Winnie as prior generations had. Very effective writing.
Mr. Voss' playful, expressive illustrations also disguise the fact this book is nonfiction.
End pages contain photographs of Winnie, Harry, A.A Milne and Christopher Robin.
*Highly recommend!
Strategy: connections (T-T -Winnie the Pooh books), schema building
Harry, an veterinarian for the army, is traveling on a train with his group when he spies a cub with a gentleman at a train station. Discovering that the man had become a reluctant caretaker because he had shot the mother bear without realizing she had a cub, Harry offers to take the cub and raise it. The reader hears about Winnie's life as military bear and her eventual residency at the London Zoo where Christopher Robin first encounters her.
Readers will fall in love with Winnie as prior generations had. Very effective writing.
Mr. Voss' playful, expressive illustrations also disguise the fact this book is nonfiction.
End pages contain photographs of Winnie, Harry, A.A Milne and Christopher Robin.
*Highly recommend!
Strategy: connections (T-T -Winnie the Pooh books), schema building
Great Illustrated Classics-The Call of the Wild by Jack London (adapted by Mitsu Yamamoto illustrated by Pablo Marcos Studio*
My 8 year old read this book to himself. He loves the Classics!
This book is about Buck who is transported from an easy life in CA to the Klondike. This book shares how he survives and thrives in the wild.
*Highly recommend.
This book is about Buck who is transported from an easy life in CA to the Klondike. This book shares how he survives and thrives in the wild.
*Highly recommend.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
We Dig Worms! by Kevin McCloskey*
*Toon -Books- Easy to Read Comics- Level One (Brand new readers-Grades K-1st)
One of our county's library story teller's husband wrote and illustrated this book.
Through cartoon-like illustrations, readers learn about worms.
I love how he drew on paper bags for the illustrations.
**Highly recommend.
Guided Reading Level: L (2nd grade)
Here is a link which contains school activities designed by Mr. McCloskey and his librarian wife:
http://www.toon-books.com/we-dig-worms.html
Local author.
One of our county's library story teller's husband wrote and illustrated this book.
Through cartoon-like illustrations, readers learn about worms.
I love how he drew on paper bags for the illustrations.
**Highly recommend.
Guided Reading Level: L (2nd grade)
Here is a link which contains school activities designed by Mr. McCloskey and his librarian wife:
http://www.toon-books.com/we-dig-worms.html
Local author.
The Skunk by Mac Barnett illustrated by Patrick McDonnell
In this humorous story, a gentleman is followed by the skunk all over town-even into the opera house. No matter what he does he cannot lose the skunk. When he begins a new life without the skunk, he suddenly wonders about the skunk.
Funny ending that requires some inferring.
I really liked the illustrations and the color choices by Mr. McDonnell. Readers can infer the meaning of the color palettes and what they mean in reference to the story.
Strategy: inferring
Funny ending that requires some inferring.
I really liked the illustrations and the color choices by Mr. McDonnell. Readers can infer the meaning of the color palettes and what they mean in reference to the story.
Strategy: inferring
Miss Hazeltine's Home for Shy and Fearful Cats by Alicia Potter illustrated by Birgita Sif
Where do cats who are shy and fearful go to overcome their fears? Why to Miss Hazeltine's home, of course. With diligence she tries to help transform the cats. She confides in Crumbs, one of the cats, her own fears. Then one evening she finds herself in a predicament. Will the shy and fearful cats push aside their insecurities and rescue their beloved mentor?
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