Children's Literature Assignment PB by 305JMM

We're All Wonders

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-25 08:00:18 UTC

Written and Illustrated by: R.J. Palacio
Read: 4/14/17
Genre: Fiction HOT***
Age/Audience: Pre-K-2,Special Needs

This author presented the concept of being different in a very unique way. The main character's name is not provided, no visible skin color and he has only one eye. The character talks about not looking like others, being stared at and wanting to escape to another galaxy. The character is dealing with his difference and worrying about how others are judging who he is.
Teaching point: Addressing difference with people, but till being the same, kindness.

Picture Books

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-26 10:01:34 UTC

Owl Babies By:Martin Waddell

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-26 15:55:31 UTC

Read: 2/19/17
Genre:Fiction 1992
Age/Audience K-2nd Grade
Three owl babies live in the trunk of a tree with their mother. One night the babies wake up and discover their mother is gone.The owls have to be brave as things around them begin to move in the dark. The babies wonder if their mother is lost or hurt.
Teaching point: Children will make prediction of what they think will. Also can take about beginning, middle and end of a story.

The Sound of All Things By: Myron Uhlberg

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-26 16:02:29 UTC

Read:2/21/17
Genre: Fiction 2016 HOT***
Age/Audience K-5th

This book talks about sounds that are found around a boy(story told in first person).His father is deaf and always ask the boy to describe the sounds to him which is done through sign language. He wants to describe the ocean to his dad so he goes to the library, some sounds his dad can feel like the movement coming from a roller coaster.Illustration painted pictures using people.

Teaching Point-Can be used to start a unit on sound, talk about if you can imagine what you hear if the sound isn't actually around.

My New Teacher and Me! By: Al Yankovic

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-26 16:15:37 UTC

Read: 3/23/17
Genre: Fiction 2013

Age/Audience 1st-5th Grade

Right off hand you will enjoy the pictures because it feels as though they are coming right off the page. A little boy named Billy likes to tell the outlandish stories to his teacher Mr.Booth who is strict and doesn't take well to the story his new student keeps telling on the first day of school. Lots of rhyming and vocabulary that can be introduced to students like absurd and poppycock.
Teaching point: Students write about their first day of school the good and not so good elements. Break down the stories the main character told, what could be true and what is just poppycock. Lots of -ed words to sort.

New Shoes By: Susan Lynn Meyer

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-26 16:35:54 UTC

Read: 4/05/17
Genre:Fiction 2015 HOT***
Age/Audience K-5th
This book is illustrated with painted pictures that actually look like regular camera pictures just painted. Two African American girls live in the sounds where Jim Crow laws are present but things are still different for Blacks. Ella and Charlotte both are not allow to try on shoes at the shoe store they have to trace their feet instead. So the make a shoes with hand me downs allow people like them to try on shoes.
Teaching point: Identify differences from now and when times were segregated. Discuss the Jim Crow laws and the issues faced.

ICE BOY By: David Ezra Stein

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-26 16:50:39 UTC

Read: 4/08/17
Genre:Fiction 2017 HOT***
Age/Audience K-5th Grade
This book is hilarious and it all about a piece of ice. His parent tell him while in the freezer that it great to be selected one day for someone's drink or cold compress like his aunt. Ice boy wants so much more so he leaves the freezer without telling his parents. He goes from Ice Boy to Water Boy to Vapor Boy , a drop of water to ice again. He even makes it back home.
Teaching point: Introduction to the water cycle. Lesson on wanting more for yourself in life and thinking big.

Alan's Big Scary Teeth by: Jarvis

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-26 17:03:44 UTC

Read:4/10/17
Genre: Fiction 2016 HOT***
Lots of vibrant colors used for pictures. Alan is an alligator who is know for scaring the jungle animals. He would prep himself each day to go out and say how everyone should fear his razor sharp teeth. No one knew his teeth were fake. Beaver stumble upon his teeth my accident and takes them no one thinks he scary anymore. He gets his teeth back but has to agreed to be different.

Teaching point: This story can help to identify verbs, adjectives, onomatopoeia and adverbs.

Green Eggs and Ham By: Dr.Seuss

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-26 17:16:31 UTC

Read: 3/02/17
Genre:Fiction 1960
Age/Audience K-4th, Special Ed
This book will always be one of my favorite of all times so I couldn't leave it off the list. The story starts off with a grumpy character whose name was not given. Sam-I-Am takes this character through a series of events to get him to try green eggs and ham. Provides rhyming words like,” in a box with a fox, on the train in the rain, and in the house with a mouse. The images are bright and eye-catching. The rhyming words make the book memorable and very catchy.
Teaching Points: Create sentence strips using the rhyming words directly from the book and some additional pair of rhyming words that have different beginning sounds and same ending. Make sure rhyming cards have pictures present so children can still identify the words even if unable to read. Allow children to pick out the pair of words that rhyme together and place on a chart across from each other.Create a chart and get children to states a food they dislike and why. Next compare the difference and explain to children everyone isn’t going to like the same things and that’s okay.

Unspoken By: Henry Cole

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-26 17:27:47 UTC

Read: 2/10/17
Genre: Fiction 2012
Age/Audience K-5th

This book has no words at all just pictures, but info in back of book. The illustration alone can bring words to each individual who looks through the pages . It actually a story from the Underground railroad but from viewpoint of someone who wasn't a slave. But children have the opportunity to make there own story just based off what they see not know. Some will use background knowledge and some will not.
Teaching point: Younger children will take turns creating a story in a whole group(each adding what they like) teacher writes the words as they speak them. Older children write individual story based off of what they interpret from the illustration and then discuss.

Science Fair Day By: Lynn Plourde

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-27 00:35:06 UTC

Read:2/22/17
Genre: Fiction 2008
Age/Audience 3rd-5th Grade
This book starts off with students bringing project into Mrs.Shepherd's class for the Science Fair. A little girl named Ima is all about asking questions so she is looking at everyone's project instead of getting hers set up. Principal Helm keeps coming back because the projects are not perfectly perfect. Come to find out Ima doesn't have a project just a much of answers to questions she asked everyone else.She whines up creating a newspaper about all the projects.

Teaching point: Aiding students in preparing for the Science Fair and finding things that interest them. Could do a Science experiment right after reading as an opening.

As the Crows Flies By: Sheila Keenan

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-27 01:07:36 UTC

Read: 3/11/1
Genre: Fiction 2012
Age/Audience 1st- 5th Grade
This books bring attention to the birds crows being everywhere. The different behaviors they have are illustrated beautiful on every page. The author does an excellent job of creating a flow with words that rhyme from sentence to sentence . At the end of the book the author talks about how smart crows really are and can be found in every part of the world except Antarctica.
Teaching point: Have student to identify things in their environment that are all around them . Talk about things that are abundant or scarce deeper understand identify reasoning.

Walpole By: Syd Hoff

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-27 01:37:49 UTC

Read: 3/27/17
Genre: Fiction
Age/Audience K-2nd

This book introduces us to a character name Walpole who doesn't want to be the leader of the walruses. Several things take place that make it clear why Walpole would be an exceptional leader. By the end of the story Walpole agrees to protect his herd.
Short and simple sentences.
Teaching point: Great book to do order of events. Also students could identify character traits and talk about what are characteristic someone who is considered to be a leader possess.

What if You Had Animal Teeth!? By: Sandra Markle

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-27 02:09:29 UTC

Read:4/17/17
Genre: Fiction 2013
Age/Audience K-5th Grade
This book provided a lot of information about different types of teeth animals have and what they use them for. It also has silly pictures of children with the animal teeth in their mouth and the things they could do with them. At the end of the book it talks about human teeth and how to care for them each day.
Teaching point: The importance of good hygiene.Allow student to pick out the animal they connect to the most when it comes to teeth and explain why.

Say Hello to Zorro! By: Carter Goodrich

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-27 02:49:02 UTC

Read: 3/10/17
Genre:Fiction 2012
Age/Audience K-5th Grade
This book introduces us to Mister Bud the dog who is use to having his own schedule, toys, space etc...Then one day things change because there is a new dog in town Zorro, who can be quite bossy. At first these dogs don't vibe then they realize they actually have the same schedule . Things become more fun having someone else around.
Teaching point: Have student discuss aloud or write about a time that something in their life changed (new addition to the family, new school or teacher or moved away.
Talk about maintaining a schedule the purpose .

Duck Soup By: Jackie Urbanovic

jamil_mathews — 2017-04-27 03:06:27 UTC

Read: 3/09/17
Genre: Fiction 2008
Age Audience K-5th Grade
Max the duck is always cooking soups for his friend. One day he needs an ingredient and steps out to find it, His friends come in and see a feather in the soup. They think Max is in the soup, different things in the soup look like it could be him. The friends are wrong Max is okay.
Teaching point: Perception or assuming before you know the facts. Talk with student about what initially made the friends assume their friend was in the soup. Show students picture of things that look like one thing but whine up being something else. Let student make a soup as a class in crock pot.