Archive for the ‘Making Personal Connections’ Category
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Pippi Longstocking is perhaps one of the most-loved orphans of all time (well, maybe she’s an orphan since she’s still waiting for her father to come back from being a cannibal king), along with Annie and the Baudelaire children. The style of this book reminds me very much of [...]
March 11, 2010 in Book Club Possibility, Elementary Educators, Lindgren Astrid, Making Personal Connections, Middle Grade Novel, Reading Skills, Timeless Thursdays
Tags: Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking, Timeless Thursdays | No Comments »
Talk about timeless–how about this book from 1937? It’s Dr. Seuss’s first children’s book, and I thought I’d wrap up this week of celebrating his birthday with talking about one more of his classic books. And to Think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street is, of course, a fantastical version of an actual [...]
March 4, 2010 in Art activities, Creative Writing activities, Dr. Seuss, Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Personal Connections, Picture Book, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Reading Skills, Shared Writing, Timeless Thursdays
Tags: And to Think I Saw it On Mulberry Street, Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss's birthday, Read Across America, Timeless Thursday | No Comments »
Henry Huggins is the lesser known resident on Klickitat Street, but he’s got a lot to offer kids and their parents even sixty years later! You are probably more familiar or might remember better from your childhood Beezus and Ramona books, but these two lovable sisters show up in Henry Huggins, too! Plus who can [...]
February 25, 2010 in Chapter Books, Cleary, Beverly, Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Reading Skills, Timeless Thursdays
Tags: Beezus and Ramona, Beverly Cleary, easy chapter books, Henry Huggins, Timeless Thursday | No Comments »
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Clifford the Big Red Dog first appeared on the scene in 1963. Now he has appeared in his own book series with more than ninety million books in print. He also has his own television series on PBS, and children around the world love him. So, this Timeless Thursday post [...]
February 18, 2010 in Bridwell Norman, Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Personal Connections, Picture Book, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Reading Skills, Timeless Thursdays
Tags: Clifford books, Clifford series, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Norman Bridwell, PBS | No Comments »
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*Picture book for preschoolers through second graders
*A skateboarding cow and other critters as main characters
*Rating: A Crazy Day at the Critter Cafe is a fun, crazy read that will leave kids laughing and wanting more. Cute ending!
Short, short summary: In rhyme and with super illustrations, Barbara Odanaka and [...]
February 16, 2010 in Art activities, Books with Health Content, Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Odanaka Barbara, Personal Connections, Picture Book, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Reading Skills, Research Ideas, Rhyming Words, Shared Writing, Tuesday Tales, White Lee
Tags: A Crazy Day at the Critter Cafe, Barbara Odanaka, Lee White, rhyming picture books, table manners | 4 Comments »
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I am happy to announce that the winner of Hate List by Jennifer Brown is Sara L. Congratulations, Sara! Enjoy the book. It’s a great read!
So, on Maniac Monday today, we’re talking germs! This winter everyone has had germs on their mind with the H1N1 scare, and [...]
February 15, 2010 in Books with Health Content, Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Maniac Mondays, Personal Connections, Preschool to 1st grade teachers
Tags: Fighting Germs, Hand washing, Juice Box Jungle, maniac monday, photo contest | 2 Comments »
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I decided to write about this book today in honor of the approaching holiday–Valentine’s Day. This book is about love in one of the most selfless and special ways we can give love–to animals who have been in puppy mills. **A portion of the sales profits from A Home for [...]
February 12, 2010 in Elementary Educators, Grover Jan Zita, Lane Nancy, Making Personal Connections, Personal Connections, Picture Book, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Research Ideas, Un-Forgettable Friday
Tags: A Home for Dakota, Animal shelters, childhood cancer, Humane Society, Jan Zita Grover, Nancy Lane, puppy mills, rescue dogs | 1 Comment »
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Do you L. O. V. E. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh? I do! And it was published the year I was born, so that makes it almost 40 years old. (That makes me almost 40 years old, too. Egads!) Anyway, I remember teaching this book as part of my [...]
February 11, 2010 in Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Middle Grade Novel, O'Brien, Robert C., Reading Skills, Timeless Thursdays
Tags: middle-grade novels, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O'Brien, Timeless Thursday | 1 Comment »
My Basset Hound, Hush Puppy, under the Christmas tree
*Picture book for preschoolers through 2nd graders
*Young girl and cute dog as main characters
*Rating: Anyone, child or adult, who has ever been searching for the perfect pet will love You? by Vladimir Radunsky.
Short, short summary: In the park, a poor, little lonely dog is searching for [...]
February 2, 2010 in Art activities, Creative Writing activities, Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Personal Connections, Picture Book, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Radunsky Vladimir, Shared Writing, Tuesday Tales, Writing Skills
Tags: pets, picture books about animals, Vladimir Radunsky, You? | 4 Comments »
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*Picture book for preschoolers (However, this can be used with elementary students during a poetry unit.)
*Young boy as main character
*Rating: Red Sled is a clever book about a night time sled ride for a boy and his dad. Not to mention, there’s wonderfully bright illustrations!
Short, short summary: A sad [...]
January 31, 2010 in Creative Writing activities, Demarest Chris L., Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Personal Connections, Picture Book, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Reading Skills, Rhyming Words, Special Sunday, Thomas Patricia, Writing Skills, poetry
Tags: Chiasmus, Chris L. Demarest, Patricia Thomas, Red Sled, rhyming words | 5 Comments »