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.