Kayla's Informational Books by criblenud https://padlet.com/soapybubblesblue/se4bjq3poxaj Week 4 en-us 2018-03-26 14:57:24 UTC 2025-12-22 06:09:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Grand Canyon by Jason Chin soapybubblesblue https://padlet.com/soapybubblesblue/se4bjq3poxaj/wish/246121394 a. Preview
b. Author Information: Jason grew up in a small town in New Hampshire, and studied illustration at Syracuse University.  In 2001 he moved to New York City and found a job at a children’s bookstore in Manhattan.  It was through co-workers at the store that Jason found his way to his current publisher, Roaring Brook Press. http://jasonchin.net/biography/
AWARDS for Grand Canyon:
2018 Caldecott Medal Honor
2018 Sibert Medal Honor
2018 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award
Booklist Editors Choice Top of the List 2017
c.  Teacher Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDBtVVxoNxQ
d. CCSS: RI K.5, K.7, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 2.4 2.5, 2.7, 3.4, 3.7
e. Teaching Idea: Author Study Jason Chin: http://jasonchin.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Jason-Chin-CCSS-Guide-FINAL.pdf
]]> 2018-03-26 14:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/soapybubblesblue/se4bjq3poxaj/wish/246121394 Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras soapybubblesblue https://padlet.com/soapybubblesblue/se4bjq3poxaj/wish/246132104 a. Preview
b. Author Information: Duncan Tonatiuh was born in Mexico City and grew up in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where he now lives. He travels extensively in the U.S., visiting schools, libraries, and bookstores.
AWARDS:
2016 Sibert Medal Honor
Pura Belpré Honor Book
c. Teacher Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMcU6VwKc8M
e. Teaching Idea: https://as.vanderbilt.edu/clas-resources/media/Final%20Funny%20Bones%20Educator%20Guide.pdf

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b. Author Information: LYNNE COX was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Los Alamitos, California. She has held open-water swimming records all over the world, swimming without a wetsuit. Cox has been inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Her articles have appeared in many publications, among them The New Yorker, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times Magazine. Cox lives in Long Beach, California.
c. Teaching YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21AOZ6qbvk4
d. CC.1.2.2.C Describe the connection between a series of events, concepts, or steps in a procedure within a text.
e. Teaching Idea: Article Nonfiction https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/65069649/elizabeth-the-elephant-seal-stars-in-book]]> 2018-03-26 16:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/soapybubblesblue/se4bjq3poxaj/wish/246157544 Informational Books: What I learned soapybubblesblue https://padlet.com/soapybubblesblue/se4bjq3poxaj/wish/246164200 Informational books are meant to present factual information to students. The Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded to high quality informational books.
I began my search using the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Page: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal
I also asked a librarian for a recommendation of an Informational Book students at her school love : Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas.

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/quick-guide-selecting-great-informational-books-young-children
http://researchguides.library.vanderbilt.edu/c.php?g=68590&p=444232

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