Title: I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track
Author: Joshua Prince
Age: K-3
Topic: Ants
Comments: An ant is walking on the railroad track (tickety-tack) and is about to get a whack when it veers off for a snack with switchman Jack. Can you tell this is a rhyming book? I also got a non-fiction book on ants and read what ants eat (other than people food) such as seeds, insects and leaves. It showed a picture of ants attacking an earthworm, to cut up and take back to their colony. The kids thought it was great. Many students told me stories about ants, including the ones they have found in their homes. (they're just so honest)
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Mtn. Shadows - Nov.
Terra Linda
This month during the Presidential Elections we did a pair and share with the following books : The Voice of the People American Democracy in Action, A True Book Voting, and Otto Runs for President.
We talked about the voting process and how a President gets elected. We then read the picture book "Otto Runs for President." It was very informative and the kids learned a lot about Democracy in action especially since our school was a polling location and they had a lot of questions.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
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Title: skelly the Skelton Girl
Author:Jimmy pickering
Topic : Halloween
Comments: This is a new book and the kids love the drowing style of this. It's read like the night before Christmas.
Title: Where's my Mummy
Author: Carolyn Crimi
Topic: Halloween
Comments: It is a new book . It's about a little mummy who wants to play hide and seek and loses his mommy. Everyone tells him to go to bed . A Very cute book for halloween.
Terra Linda
Title: More Scary Stories for Sleepovers
Author: Q.L. Pearce
Age: 4-6
Topic: Collection of Scary Stories
Comments:
Our school's older grades LOVE scary stories. We can't keep those books in our library. Turn the lights down and use your scariest voice and these short stories go over very well. We have been told by the students they share these stories at home with their families.
Title: Jerry Seinfeld Halloween
Author: Jerry Seinfeld
Age: All
Topic: Halloween/Trick or Treating/Costume's
Comments: This is a great Halloween book that comes with a CD. Our school LOVES this!!! It has become a tradition and if we try and share a new Halloween book they want this one read
first. This is his stand up comedy routine where he talks about trick-or-treating when he was a kid. You know this will be hilarious!!
Monday, November 3, 2008
Westland Elementary
Title: Monster Goose
Author: Judy Sierra
Age: All
Topic: Rewritten nursery rhymes that feature vampires, ghouls, mummies, and other creatures.
Comments: We read the new version of the rhyme and let them guess what the original nursery rhyme was.
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