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I’m a little over an eighth of my way through my picture book a day challenge with these next 7 book, and another week closer to being a dad. Here I’ll recap the picture books I read this week. Honestly, though, depending on your questioning and support, any picture book could work for any grade level. Most of these books… Read More
I’m a little over an eighth of my way through my picture book a day challenge with these next 7 book, and another week closer to being a dad. Here I’ll recap the picture books I read this week. Honestly, though, depending on your questioning and support, any picture book could work for any grade level. Most of these books… Read More
3 weeks into my picture book a day challenge, and another week closer being a dad. Here I’ll recap the picture books I read this week and the grade levels I think they would be most appropriate for. Honestly, though, depending on your questioning and support, any picture book could work for any grade level. Most of these books are… Read More
I’m one week into my 200 Days of Picture Books Challenge, and so far I’ve read some awesome picture books. My wife was really excited about it at first. I was sharing some of the books with her. She was hearing some interesting stories about animals and strong women. What was not to like? We literally have each of those… Read More
Day 117 of my 200 Picture Books in 200 Days Challenge:
A Different Pond by Bao Phi. With this challenge I decided that I wanted to start looking at some Caldecott Medal and Honor books. This one did not disappoint. It's about a refugee family from Vietnam that is semi-autobiographical. The language and description of the refugee experience from the boy. This book is great for grades 3-5 for talking about refugees and inferring meaning about descriptive and figurative language.
Get my lesson plan and activities here: bit.ly/2TUndoe
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Day 116 of my 200 Picture Books in 200 Days Challenge:
My Name Is Yoon by Helen Recorvits. This is a great book about a young Korean girl who moves to a new country where they do not speak her language. She doesn't want to write her name differently because it's different from Korean. Eventually she learns that sometimes all we need is a friend to change our minds about a new place. I love this book for talking about perspective and the importance of community.
Get my lesson plan and activities here: bit.ly/2UUhxdG
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Day 115 of my 200 Picture Books in 200 Days Challenge:
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say. A really beautiful Caldecott-winning story about the author's grandfather and his journey between his two homes of Japan and California and Allen Say finding understanding of his grandfather from a similar journey. This story is great for comparing and contrasting character experiences and looking at author's message.
Get my lesson plan and activities here: bit.ly/2UPWWr8
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Day 114 of my 200 Picture Books in 200 Days Challenge:
Escargot by Dashka Slater. This is a really cute story about a snail on his way to eat a salad at the end of the book. Along the way he talks about how sad he is that no one says that snails are their favorite animal. He learns along the way that despite despising carrots at the beginning of the story, he actually does like them and we readers actually do like snails. The French words thrown in are also really cute.
Get my lesson plan and activities here: bit.ly/2tkw8Uc
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Day 113 of my 200 Picture Books in 200 Days Challenge:
Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries by Mark Teague. A hilarious fractured fairytale great for comparing and contrasting to the original tale.
Get my lesson plan and activities here: bit.ly/2MZcTZr
What picture book are you reading today?