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Alex's Blog: August 2010
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010. All Time Favorite Children's Books. Growing up, my favorite book had to be a four-way tie between Good Night Moon. And Where the Wild Things Are. I grew through phases with each book: first it was Pat the Bunny. Followed by Good Night Moon. Then it was The Giving Tree. And finally Where the Wild Things Are. I loved Pat the Bunny. Although the book is not really upbeat, I have always had a place in my heart for The Giving Tree. It is so simple and adorable, but it really displays...
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Alex's Blog: We All Sing with the Same Voice
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010. We All Sing with the Same Voice. We All Sing with the Same Voice. Is written by J. Philip Miller and Sheppard M. Greene and illustrated by Paul Miesel. It is written for primary elementary grades, ranging from kindergarten to 2nd grade. I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars. Here is a great lesson plan. Using this book to promote and describe diversity in the classroom. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. We All Sing with the Same Voice. I Dream of Trains.
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Alex's Blog: Hello World! Greetings in 42 Languages Around the Globe!
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010. Greetings in 42 Languages Around the Globe! Greetings in 42 Languages Around the Globe. Is written and illustrated by Manya Stojic. It is geared toward 1. Grade students and I would rate this book 4 out of 5 stars. Each page in this book shows a child from a spoken language in the world and the way in which that language says hello. There are a lot of colors throughout the book: background color, hair color, skin color, eye color. A great page to serve as an example is page 30.
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Alex's Blog: November 2010
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010. Is a children's novel written by James Howe. It is geared toward students between grades 5 and 7. I would rate this book 4.5 out of 5 stars. Teaches a lot of lessons that apply to elementary students currently and they should be exposed to. Here is a lesson plan. That discusses "us vs. them" or outsiders using a few different books, one of them being The Misfits. Tuesday, November 9, 2010. We All Sing with the Same Voice. We All Sing with the Same Voice. This kind of harmoniou...
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Jenna's Blog: Amazing Grace
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010. Amazing Grace is written by Mary Hoffman and illustrated by Caroline Binch. 2nd - 3rd Grade. 5 out of 5. Grace's classmates say that she can not play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black and a girls. Grace finds out that she can do anything she puts her mind to. I think that Amazing Grace. November 17, 2010 at 4:57 AM. Do you know there rae 2 more picturebooks (and a 4th next year) and 3 storybooks about Grace? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Horton Hears A Who!
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Katie Larson's Blog: The Misfits
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010. Is a novel written by James Howe. The target audience of this book is fifth to seventh grade students. 8220; A fast, funny, tender story that will touch readers.” (School Library Journal). 8220;A timely, sensitive, laugh-out-loud must read.” (Voice of Youth Advocates). Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars. And http:/ www.antibullying.net/. 8220;Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit”. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Misfits" By: James Howe.
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Jenna's Blog: The Misfits
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010. The Misfits is written by James Howe. 5th Grade and Up. 4 out of 5. The Misfits is about four misfit students who start a 3rd party for their school student council elections to represent all students that have ever been called a name. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Misfits: Acceptance in the Classroom. A Rainbow of Friends. Horton Hears A Who! View my complete profile. Watermark template. Powered by Blogger.
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Alex's Blog: Woodson Experience
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010. I have never really read several books by the same author in a way that we did in this class. I really enjoyed reading Locomotion. And I was surprised to find such common themes threaded throughout a lot of her books and the specific connections that we were able to see between Locomotion. And Miracle’s Boys. Lonnie and his sister and separated by being put in two different foster homes and in Miracle’s Boys. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Alex's Blog: I Dream of Trains
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010. I Dream of Trains. 8220;I still stare at the tracks and wait for Casey and his engine to come flying past the fields and dream me away.”. I Dream of Trains. Is written by Angelia Johnson. And illustrated by Loren Long. It is written for 3rd-4th grade students. I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. We All Sing with the Same Voice. I Dream of Trains. Leo the Late Bloomer. Greetings in 42 Languages Around the .
