New Book News
August/September/October 2002
Excerpt
Book
What About Me? by Ed Young
Philomel, 2002 (all ages)
A young boy is surprised at how he acquired knowledge in this Sufi tale of truth and wisdom.
Idea
Ask students to identify what they would like to learn. They then write what they think they must to do gain the knowledge they seek, identify each of the steps, and put them in sequential order. Combine their steps to knowledge into their own "What About Me?" books.
Idea
Students can identify the most important knowledge they have, and why it is so important. Encourage them to describe how they have used this knowledge, and how they gained / learned it.
Idea
Students can make a knowledge booklet. Ask them to identify a topic about which they have a particular interest. This can be a topic that will be studied during the year or one of personal interest; it can either be an academic topic or a recreational topic. Students then make a cover for their knowledge booklet that is related to their topic. Whenever they learn anything new about their topic, they put their new information into their knowledge booklet; they can write about their learning or draw a picture. The new knowledge can be recorded in the form of notes, sketches, or in a more formal presentation. At the end of the year, students can then review how much knowledge they have gained about a subject of interest.
Strategies for the following books are also included in the August/September/October issue
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- Alphabet Under Construction
- by Denise Fleming (gr. K-4)
- Bill Grogan's Goat
- adapted by Mary Ann Hoberman (gr. K-3)
- David Gets in Trouble
- by David Shannon. (gr. K-4)
- Dear Mrs. LaRue
- by Mark Teague. (gr. K-4)
- Earthquack!
- by Margie Palatini. (gr. K-5)
- Elizabeti's School
- by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen. (gr. K-3)
- The Experiments of Doctor Vermin
- by Tim Egan. (gr. K-3)
- Food Fight!
- by Carol Diggory Shields. (gr. 1-6)
- Halloween Hats
- by Elizabeth Winthrop. (gr. K-2)
- I Pledge Allegiance
- by Bill Martin, Jr. & Michael Sampson. (all ages)
- If You Take a Mouse to School
- by Laura Numeroff. (gr. K-3)
- I.Q. Goes to School
- by Mary Ann Fraser. (gr. K-3)
- Loser
- by Jerry Spinelli. (gr. 4-7)
- Lulu's Hat
- by Susan Meddaugh. (gr. 2-4)
- The Magic Hat
- by Mem Fox. (gr. K-3)
- Old MacDonald in the City
- by Suzanne Williams. (gr. K-3)
- The Princess and the Pizza
- by Mary Jane and Herm Auch. (gr. 1-4)
- Saffy's Angel
- by Hilary McKay. (gr. 4-6)
- School Picture Day
- by Lynn Plourde. (gr. K-2)
- Scritch Scratch
- by Miriam Moss. (gr. K-4)
- The Snake's Tales
- by Marguerite W. Davol. (gr. K-6)
- A Story for Bear
- by Dennis Haseley. (all ages)
- This Place I Know
- selected by Georgia Heard. (gr. 3+)
- Timothy's Tales from Hilltop School
- by Rosemary Wells. (gr. K-3)
- What Teachers Can't Do
- by Douglas Wood. (gr. K-5)
- The Wolf Who Cried Boy
- by Bob Hartman. (gr. 1-4)
- Zathura
- by Chris Van Allsburg. (gr. 1-6)
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