Nonfiction Monday: Ox, House, Stick: The History of Our Alphabet
Ox, House, Stick: The History of Our Alphabet by Don Robb (author) and Anne Smith (illustrator) is organized, of course, alphabetically! Each letter is shown in many langages, so readers can see how our Roman alphabet evolved.
BECAUSETHEYUSEDONLYCAPITALLETTERSANDD
IDNTHAVEANYPUNCTUATIONMARKSTHEYALSO
WROTEWITHOUTANYSPACES
Use this history of the alphabet to teach the traits of ideas and conventions as students select a favorite fact and create a page about it for a class reference book. (Reference is one of the six genres of nonfiction.)
[...] book or topic (in parentheses) after your name so Mr. Linky makes a hotlink for it. For example: Picture Book of the Day (Ox, House, Stick) I’ll post the links on this page as the day goes on. [...]