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Poetry Friday: Dirty Joe the Pirate

Posted February 27, 2009
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Dirty Joe the Pirate by Bill Harley (Author) and Jack E. Davis (Illustrator) begins…

Out upon the briny deep, where the wild and wet winds blow,
There sailed a cruel and evil man, the pirate Dirty Joe.
He sailed upon the scummiest craft that ever left the docks.
He roamed the world and seven seas in search of dirty socks.

Ideas Mini-lesson
Primary/Intermediate: Ask students to write their own “dirty pirate” story. What would they collect on the seven seas? Use the Idea Wheel graphic organizer to think of ideas.

This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by Mommy’s Favorite Children’s Books.

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Copyright © 2009 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.

Boris and the Snoozebox

Posted February 26, 2009
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In Boris and the Snoozebox by Leigh Hodgkinson…

Boris doesn’t have a bed.

Organization Mini-lesson
Primary/Intermediate: Ask students to write their own version of a “pet in a box” story. Use the Story Map 3 graphic organizer to plan out three places for their pet to visit.

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Tooth on the Loose

Posted February 25, 2009
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Tooth on the Loose by Susan Middleton Elya (Author) and Jenny Mattheson (Illustrator) is bilingual poem. (There is a glossary and proununciation guide for the Spanish words in the front of the book.)

My tooth is so wiggly,
I don’t like to use it.
Papa says it won’t be
too long till I lose it.

Word Choice Mini-lesson
Primary/Intermediate: Ask students to write their own “loose tooth” story. What happened when they lost their first tooth? Where did it happen? What did it feel like? Use the Idea Wheel graphic organizer to brainstorm a list of words.

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Willie and the All-Stars

Posted February 24, 2009
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Willie and the All-Stars by Floyd Cooper is a 1942 baseball story…

Willie pretended he was playing baseball no matter what he was doing.

Conventions Mini-lesson
Primary/Intermediate: Ask students to write their own “sports” story. Remind them to check their stories to make sure they began each sentence with a capital letter.

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Nonfiction Monday: Owney: The Mail Pouch Pooch

Posted February 23, 2009
Filed under: nonfiction, voice |

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Owney: The Mail Pouch Pooch by Mona Kerby (Author) and Lynne Barasch (Illustrator) is a true story.

In the year 1888, on a cold rainy October night in Albany, New York, a straggly terrier mutt wandered through the empty streets looking for a place to get out of the rain. He was so skinny his ribs stuck out.

Voice Mini-lesson
Primary: This “traveling dog” story is written in third person point-of-view. Ask students to write their own pet story using this voice.

This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up is at The Miss Rumphius Effect.

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Copyright © 2009 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.

Poetry Friday: Sheep Blast Off!

Posted February 20, 2009
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In Sheep Blast Off! by Nancy Shaw (Author) and Margot Apple (Illustrator) …

Sheep see a shape in the mist, by a tree.
Something has landed! What can it be?

Ideas Mini-lesson
Primary/Intermediate: Ask students to write their own “alien abduction” story. Who took them? Where did they go? How will they escape? Use the Idea Wheel graphic organizer to brainstorm ideas.

This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by The Holly and the Ivy.

Learn how to write a children’s book.
Copyright © 2009 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.

Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley

Posted February 19, 2009
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Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley by Aaron Blabey is a friendship story.

Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are friends.
Really good friends.

Word Choice Mini-lesson
Primary/Intermediate: Ask students to write about their best friend. Use the Idea Wheel graphic organizer to brainstorm a list of words that describe their friend (and themselves!)

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Ella Sets Sail

Posted February 18, 2009
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In Ella Sets Sail by Carmela & Steve D’amico, Ella’s lucky hat is lost. How will she ever find it?

Ella sighed, “I can’t believe it.”

Conventions Mini-lesson
Primary/Intermediate: Ask students to write their own “lucky” story. Remind them to check their stories to make sure they added quotation marks to the dialogue.

Baron von Baddie and the Ice Ray Incident

Posted February 17, 2009
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Baron von Baddie and the Ice Ray Incident by George McClements begins…

Baron von Baddie was a genius.
An EVIL genius.

Organization Mini-lesson
Primary/Intermediate: Ask students to write their own version of the Baron von Baddie story. What would they do each week? How would they save Captain Kapow? Use the Story Map 3 graphic organizer to plan the story.