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I Love My Pirate Papa by Laura Leuck (Author) and Kyle M. Stone (Illustrator) begins…
I love my pirate papa!
He’s the bravest buccaneer.
he helps me put my earring on
and buckles up my gear.
Teach the traits of word choice and voice as students write a treasure hunt story.
This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by Two Writing Teachers.
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In Minji’s Salon by Eun-hee Choung, Minji imitates her mother at work and gives the family dog a salon treatment!
Good morning, madam.
What would you like today?
Teach the traits of organization and sentence fluency as students write their own “job” story. (Also available in Spanish: El salon de Minji/ Minji’s Salon )
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The Searcher and Old Tree by David McPhail is an allegory about a safe place…
While the Searcher sleeps, the wind starts to blow.
Teach the traits of ideas and sentence fluency as students write about a safe place they know.
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In Trouble Talk by Trudy Ludwig (Author) and Mikela Prevost (Illustrator), Bailey loves to gossip…
“I know a girl who has a really big mouth. Her name is Bailey. Big Mouth Bailey. She doesn’t know I’ve called her that because I’ve never said it out loud. But that’s what I think.
Teach the traits of ideas and word choice as students write a “gossip” story.
(Teaching Tolerance Tuesday was created by Read. Imagine. Talk.)
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Welcome to the Nonfiction Monday Round-up!
Add your post to the round-up by clicking on the link below. Please write the title of your book or topic (in parentheses) after your name so Mr. Linky makes a hotlink for it. For example: Picture Book of the Day (Making Cents). I’ll post the links on this page as the day goes on. Thanks!
1. Picture Book of the Day (Making Cents)
2. Franki (Adventures in Graphica)
3. Sarah N. (Bird)
4. Literate Lives (A Home for Dixie)
5. Read. Imagine. Talk. (Things To Do On a Rainy Monday)
6. Jules, 7-Imp (Manfish and Pale Male)
7. Abby the Librarian (Deadly Invaders)
8. Lori Calabrese Writes (When Mr. Jefferson Came to Philadelphia)
9. Wild Rose Reader (Poetry & Science, Part II)
10. Guinea Pig Scientists (Becky)
11. I.N.K. (Kathleen Krull on Can Informational Books Be Sexy)
12. The Reading Zone(The Young Birder’s Guide)
13. propernoun.net (Thanksgiving)
14. Wendie’s Wanderings (Meet the Meerkat)
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Making Cents by Elizabeth Keeler Robinson (Author) and Bob McMahon (Illustrator) is about counting and earning money.
Look! We have five pennies.
We can trade them for a…
Nickel!
Teach the traits of ideas and voice as students write about what they can buy with the money they earn.
Six Trait Author Programs and Classroom Writing Workshops
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The cut paper art of Matisse is brought to life in Oooh! Matisse, a poetic “take a closer look” book by Mil Niepold (Author) and Jeanyves Verdu (Art Director).
white,
I am snow
and blue, I am
the mountains below
Teach the traits of ideas and word choice and as students create their own paper collages and write about what they see in them.
This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by Two Writing Teachers.
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Sally and Dave, a Slug Story by Felice Arena is a tongue twister!
Sally loves to swish, slam dunk, and sink baskets on Saturdays, and she’s super at shooting soccer goals on Sundays.
Teach the traits of voice and sentence fluency as students write their own tongue twisting tale.
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In I Don’t Want to Go! by Addie Meyer Sanders (Author) and Andrew Rowland (Illustrator) Joey doesn’t like to try new things.
Joey, is your bag packed?” Mom asked. “Grandma and Grandpa are here. They’re taking you to their house and you’re going on the train. You’ll have a wonderful time.”
“I don’t want to go,” Joey said.
Teach the traits of sentence fluency and conventions as students write about a time they tried something new.
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Rabbit & Squirrel by Kara LaReau (Author) and Scott Magoon (Illustrator) is subtitled “A Tale of War and Peas.”
“Though Rabbit and Squirrel
lived right across the way from each other,
they kept to themselves
and never offered each other vegetables
or even bothered to say hello…
Teach the traits of ideas and organization as students write a story about a misunderstanding.
