Hayden Peak

We have found that the students LOVE jokes. We will find or collect jokes and riddles with a theme, such as Halloween or Valentine's Day. We just had a Dragon theme, so we collected dragon jokes.
Susan comment: I have seen this in action and the kids do have fun with it. You could find a joke that fits the story you are going to read and tell it before the story.
Knock, Knock. Who's there?Reeda.Reeda who.
Reed alot books this summer
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Marsupial Sue, the cd of the song, is also a fun change. We find some of the children start singign along with the catchy song by John Lithgow.

Bark George, we have used with the CD by John Lithgow. I feel like a comedian when we use it. John Litgow does wonderful voices.

Pup and Hound Hatch an Egg by Susan Hood. We love this new series of books. The children love this book and it has a surprise ending.

(Susan's Comments. These guys are really into the curriculum, too! Thanks!)

Mountain Shadows

Title: Detective Small
Author: Wong Herbert Yee
Topic: Mystery
Grades: K-3
Comments: Had the students predict the ending. Then suggested other mystery stories that could be read by Shaw and others.

Title: The Perfect Nest
Author: Catherine Friend
Topic: Caring

Westland

Title: Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary
Author: Julie Lavios
Topic: Animals/Colors/Poetry
Age: K-3
Comments: I let the children pick a color and then i read the poem that went along with that color.

Title: The Candy Shop Wars
Author Branden Mull
Topic: Adventure, magic, and CANDY Fiction
Age: 4-6
Comments: I did a book talk. I read a brief description and part of the preface.

Pare and Share: Vegetables
Titles/Authors: Tops and Bottoms Janet Stevens Picturepedia Food and Farming
Comments: I read the story about the hare tricking the bear out of the vegetables on the top, the bottom and the middle. I showed pictures of the vegetables in the food and farming book that showed how vegetables grow.

Susan's Comments:
Westland has really been blasting along on curriculum. This month they did 4th grad, parts of a book, Dewey, Biographies... Wow! Thanks.

Oquirrh

Title: Five Creatures
Author: Emily Jenkins
Topic: Counting and Comparing
Age: k-3
Comments: Great fun in seeing how many ways you can group the humans and animals in your own household.

Title: The Happy Hedgehog Band
Author: Jill Barton
Topic: making Music
Age: k-3
Comments: Kids had fun being characters in the book and playing rhythm instruments as the book was read.

Terra Linda

Title: Dogku

Author: Andrew Clements

Grades: K-3
Topic: A dog finding a home

Comments: Younger kids loved this book about a dog who finds a home.



(Susan's Comments)

The art is this book is SO endearing. A Haiku is a Japanese poem that has 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, and 3rd in the last. It is meant to pack a punch in few words. This charming story is told completely in Haiku. Thus the name Dogku.

West Jordan

Title: Shelf Elf Helps Out
Author: Jackie Hopkins
Grades: All
Topic: Re-shelving books and Dewey #'s
Comments: We also did a hands on how to reshelve and keep books on the shelf properly.

(Susan's comment)
I was there for one of Cheryl's lessons. She and Janine decided that even though the year is coming to a close, their students needed a reminder on how to behave in the library. After all, they will be there next year! They also have been doing lots of curriculum. Yeah!

Heartland

Title: Fancy Nancy
Author: Jane O'Connor
Grades: K-3
Topic: Is having more or doing more really better?
Comments: The boys and girls enjoy this book! We talked about how we are all different and like different things.

Oakcrest

Title: Ted, Bo, and Diz; The First
Author: Jason Chapman
Grades: K-3
Topic: Meeting new friends from different worlds
Comments:

Title: Why the Cicken Crossed the Road
Author: David MacCaulay
Grades: All
Topic: The consequences of our actions
Comments: We discussed what can happen even when our actions are not bad.