Reading List by Kara Christiansen

Reading List by Kara Christiansen https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14 Kara Christiansen en-us 2019-08-29 02:25:26 UTC 2025-07-03 23:09:02 UTC hello@padlet.com If You Give a Pig a Pancake By Laura Numeroff kara_christi3 https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/378135885 The first picture book I chose to read is If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff. Laura Numeroff has wrote many books similar to this one and they have always been my favorite since I was a child learning to read. I love how interesting the illustrations are and the humor this book demonstrates. It keeps young children intrigued, without losing interest by the end of the reading. I feel as if this book would be a great one for very young children or ones learning how to read for their first time, especially because of how repetitive it is. ]]> 2019-08-29 02:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/378135885 That's Why We Don't Eat Animals By Ruby Roth kara_christi3 https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/378137515 The next book I chose to read is That's Why We Don't Eat Animals by Ruby Roth. This book is new to me but was very informative. I like how informative it is and I actually learned from reading it, but a younger child might get more bored reading or listening to this book rather than others. Also some of the pictures might not be as appropriate for younger grades as older grades. However, this would be a very good book to go along with a science lesson or for older grades to hear. Younger kids may take it too seriously and be too sensitive for this topic. Maybe if I wanted to teach about nutrition or health I would incorporate this book. ]]> 2019-08-29 02:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/378137515 Go Home, Little One By Cate James kara_christi3 https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/378138366 Go Home, Little One by the author Cate James is another book I chose to read. This was a creative easy read children's book. I liked how this book taught a lesson through animals that children would enjoy such as a Hedgehog and squirrels. The hedgehog disobeyed his mom and ran away from home, only to get too far and be very frightened. This teaches a good lesson to children as to why they should not disobey those in charge of them and those who are looking out for their safety. If I ever need to teach about safety or maybe about why not to run away at recess or a field trip this would be a good book. It also incorporates information about the different seasons, which is good for a unit about weather. I don't know if I like how short it is though it would be a very very short read in a classroom. ]]> 2019-08-29 02:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/378138366 Goldfish on Vacation By Sally Lloyd-Jones kara_christi3 https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/378138729
Another book I chose to read is Goldfish on Vacation by Sally Lloyd-Jones. I loved how creative this book was. This did not have a lot of meaning or a message that was trying to be incorporated, but it was a fun read. This book also had a lot of names in it, which might confuse young children. However, It might spark students' creativity and they might think of different ways they can explore or play with friends. It also demonstrated the kids in the book dropping their pet fish off with other fish so they weren't trapped in a bowl their whole life. This could teach children not to be selfish with their stuff and that sometimes you need to do what is best even though you don't want to. This is more a read for free-time or down time.

]]> 2019-08-29 02:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/378138729 I Know Numbers By Taro Gami kara_christi3 https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/378139736 The final book I chose to read is I Know Numbers by Taro Gami. This book demonstrates all the different ways numbers are incorporated into our daily lives such as, temperature, calendars, weight, phone numbers, and prices. I like how simple this book is for children to read. I would read this book before a math lesson, or maybe have a kid read it and tell me five ways numbers are important to know. I got the impression this book is for very early learners because of how simple the words and illustrations are. ]]> 2019-08-29 03:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/378139736 Reading Magic By: Mem Fox kara_christi3 https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/390318633 I thoroughly enjoyed reading Mem Fox’s Reading Magic, it really gave me a new perspective on how important reading is to younger children. I never was a huge reader growing up, but while reading this I kept finding very relatable scenarios that my parents would do for me and it made me so grateful. One doesn’t even realize how much a child is learning by just reading out loud one book. It is amazing all the tactics this book introduced to me, even the way words in a book are read to a child. ]]> 2019-09-26 22:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/390318633 Igniting a Passion For Reading By: Steven L. Layne kara_christi3 https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/390319135
I was very intrigued by the first four chapters of Igniting a Passion for Reading written by the author Steven L. Layne. I found the connections the author made very valuable, and the speakers made some awesome points that I had never realized. I enjoyed all the little analogies they made also, it made me want to keep reading more. I kept finding myself thinking of similarities between this book and the Mem Fox book we just read. They both demonstrate how important reading is, and the different aspects involved in reading.

]]> 2019-09-26 22:34:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/390319135 How to Steal a Dog By: Barbara O'Connor kara_christi3 https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/390319615 Before I would read the book to the class, it would be important to introduce students that not everyone comes from the same background. There are very diverse socioeconomic backgrounds in this story, including the main characters whom live in a car, and Carmella who lives comfortably looking for her dog.This is a good book to show that sometimes people make bad decisions, not because they want to, but because they have to in order to get by. I would then ask my class before I start reading chapter one, “is it okay for people to do something wrong, in order to help someone else?” I would tell them to keep that question in the back of their mind throughout the book. ]]> 2019-09-26 22:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/390319615 The Giver By: Lois Lowry kara_christi3 https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/398833648
The Giver, by Lois Lowry is a book I have always heard of, but I never have read it so I decided to give it a try. After first starting it I was not sure if I should read this to elementary students, but after reading What Is a Good Book, my outlook changed.

This book reminds me of similar utopian society books I have read in the past. I gained a passion for utopian books in high school, so I was glad to read this, however, it turned out to be a dystopian society. Things took a twist in this book, which I feel would get readers more interested in the book. Jonas, the main character, is eleven years old and has the big event of becoming a twelve coming up in December that all the kids celebrate. Each age is called “ones,” “twos,” “threes,” and so on. At the twelve ceremony, Jonas is supposed to learn his assignment for life, but he is skipped. Jonas was chosen to be the receiver of memory, which means ‘The Giver,’ an old man who used to be the receiver of the memories, gives Jonas all the memories. ‘The Giver’ explains that the primary function of ‘The Receiever’ is to hold the painful memories that the community cannot handle.

]]> 2019-10-17 03:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/398833648 Love That Dog By: Sharon Creech kara_christi3 https://padlet.com/kara_christi3/tlyxc8cczf14/wish/398834399
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech. I loved how unique this book was set up. I had never read a whole book in poetry form that was explaining the same story. It was interesting to see the dates that the poems were written because it shows how the main character, Jack, progressed with his poetry over time. At first it shows him writing short poem responses, then as he connected with poets he enjoyed you could see his poems getting more and more detailed towards the end. This book changed my opinion on poetry in many ways. I realized poetry does not have to rhyme to tell a story. This specific story also showed poetry can be easy to read, but difficult to follow. I read some passages in this book and overlooked the meaning and I got halfway through the book and realized I have no clue what this story is about, so I decided to analyze each poem on each page and find the deeper meaning. I did enjoy how easy to read these poems were though. A lot of times I read super wordy poems that use very poetic things, however this poem used words such as ‘wheelbarrow’ and ‘dog’, which can be more interesting for young kids.

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