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Poetry Friday: Jazz
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Jazz by Walter Dean Myers (Author) and Christopher Myers (Illustrator) is a poetry collection about that American treasure, jazz.
Oh be-bop be-bop, oh whee,
OH WHEEE!
Teach the traits of word choice and voice as students write a music poem.
This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by Wild Rose Reader.
The Perfect Nest
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In The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend (Author) and John Manders (Illustrator) Jack the cat has a plan…
With this perfect nest, he would attract a perfect chicken, who would lay the perfect egg, which would make a perfect omelet for a cat like Jack.
Teach the traits of sentence fluency and word choice as students write a “perfect plan” story.
Too Small for Honey Cake
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In Too Small for Honey Cake by Gill Lobel (author) and Sebastien Braun (illustrator) Little Fox is no longer the center of attention after Baby Fox is born.
“Come and see your
new baby brother,”
said Daddy Fox.
“But that’s my cradle,”
said Little Fox.
Teach the traits of conventions and ideas as students write a sibling story.
What a Party!
Froggy is the star of What a Party! by Sandy Asher (Author) and Keith Graves (Illustrator). Froggy can’t wait for Grandpa’s birthday.
I’m here to sing for Grandpa!” Froggie announced. “Today’s the day!”
Teach the traits of conventions and voice as students write their own party story.
Nonfiction Monday: Lady Liberty: A Biography
Lady Liberty: A Biography by Doreen Rappaport (Author) and Matt Tavares (Illustrator) tells the story of how the Statue of Liberty was made…in first person prose poems. The poems are written in the voices of historical figures, including a child who helped raise money to build the pedestal by sending her two pet roosters to Joseph Pulitzer!
MARIE SIMON
Bartholdi’s Assistant
25 rue de Chazelles, Paris, France, 1786
After months of work,
we have finished the right arm and torch.
Now we start on the left hand.
We go back to Bartholdi’s four-foot clay model.
Teach the traits of ideas and organization as students write a class book of prose poems about an event they have all experienced.
Nonfiction Monday Round-up
Welcome to the Nonfiction Monday Round-up!
Here’s what the kidlitosphere is reading this week…
1. Picture Book of the Day (Lady Liberty)
2. a wrung sponge (Mixed Experience History Month links)
3. Laura Salas (Padma Venkatraman on researching hist. fict.)
4. The Well-Read Child (As Good As Anybody)
5. Shelf Elf (National Geographic Biography:Anne Frank)
6. Read. Imagine. Talk (Big Books at Home)
7. Jama Rattigan(Hiromi’s Hands and Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds)
8. Abby the Librarian (Outbreak!)
9. Wendie’s Wanderings (Nonfiction matters)
10. I.N.K. (April Pullye Sayre on Reading Vacation)
11. Lori Calabrese Writes (A Horse in the House. . .)
12. The Reading Zone(The Year We Disappeared)
13. Anamaria (Ancient Egypt)
14. A Patchwork of Books (Country Explorers)
Poetry Friday: Pilot Pups
In Pilot Pups by Michelle Meadows (Author) and Dan Andreason (Illustrator), two toys go on a search and rescue mission.
Rolling faster,
Lift up high.
Soaring, roaring–
to the sky.
Teach the traits of word choice and voice as students write a story about the adventures of their toys.
This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by Becky’s Book Reviews.
Frankie Stein
In Frankie Stein by Lola M. Schaefer (Author) and Kevin Atteberry (Illustrator), Frankie is the son of monster parents, but…
“Oh my,” said his mother. “He’s…cute.”
“Why doesn’t he look scary like us?” asked his father.
Teach the traits of sentence fluency and conventions as students write their own monster baby story.
Very Hairy Bear
Very Hairy Bear by Marc Harshman (Author) and Barbara Garrison (Illustrator) begins…
Deep in the green gorgeous wood
lives a boulder-big bear
with shaggy, raggy, brownbear hair
everywhere…
Teach the traits of conventions and word choice as students write about an animal and the colors around it.
Only One Neighborhood
Only One Neighborhood by Marc Harshman (Author) and Barbara Garrison (Illustrator) is a counting book with a twist!
There may be only one bakery,
but there are many kinds of bread.
Teach the traits of ideas and organization as students write their own “one and many” page to create a class book.
