From: Nancy Gloe <ngloe>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 10:09:43 -0500

Our librarian group recently did a similar sharing and since I have my suggestions all typed up, here they are.

All of these have wonderful use of language, many using repetition to advantage. Almost anything by Polacco can be used with older kids, but I like "Mr Faulker" because of the empathy it encourages. When I ask the kids to use the "problem" of the book to help discover the theme, they usually come up with 3-5 great ideas. Moments that make me love teaching. (Thus compensating for other moments.)

   

For Kinders: Gunniwolf - Wilhemina Harper - I find the older version's art allows for more reader imagination -for October and to compare to Little Red RH 50 Degrees Below Zero - Robert Munsch Tasty Baby Belly Buttons - Judy Sierra

Grade 1: Piggie Pie - Margie Palatini - for October. Lots of text-to-text connections Rainbabies - Laura Krauss Melmed Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters - John Steptoe

Grade 2: A Promise is a Promise - Robert Munch - grade 2 (I used it with kdg once and at least one set of parents had to sleep with their child for a few nights - lost the good librarian award on that one.) Mule Eggs - Cynthia de Felice -for fall The Talking Eggs - Robert San Souci Wiley and the Hairy Man - Molly Bang - for October

Grade 3: Ouch! A Tale from Grimm - Natalie Babbitt A Ride on the Red Mare's Back - Ursula LeGuin The Rooster's Gift - Pam Conrad - friendship Lucy Dove - Janice Del Negro - for scary October Gracias, the Thanksgiving Turkey - Joy Cowley - for inference

Grade 4: Kate Culhane: a ghost story - Michael Hague - for October around a cauldron The Brothers' Promise - Frances Harber Star Maiden - Barbara Juster Esbensen - for Wis connection + pourquoi tale The Windigo's Return - Douglas Wood - "

Grade 5: Thank you Mr. Falkner - Patricia Polacco - for plot and theme Saving Sweetness - Diane Stanley - for point of view


Nancy Gloe Emerson Elementary Madison, Wisconsin
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