Bibliographic Information: Pinkwater, D. (2008). Bear's picture. New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Annotation: Bear creates his picture for himself and not according to the opinion of others.
Genre: Animal Fantasy
Grade Level: Pre-k to 2
Readers Who Will Like This Book: Those who like to paint or who can relate to enjoying something because they created it.
Personal Response and Rating: I rate this book a 3. I liked the combination of color and gray scale illustrations with the concept that it's more important that you enjoy what you created rather than depend on someone else for approval.
Prereading Question: Do you like to paint?
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble-Animal Fantasy
Bibliographic Information: Steig, William. (1969). Sylvester And The Magic Pebble. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Brief Annotation: Sylvester liked collecting pebbles until one day he found a magic pebble that turned him into a rock. He was stuck as a rock for a very long time until his parents found the magic pebble and thought of him.
Genre: Storybook; Animal Fantasy
Grade Level: K-3
Readers who will like this: Children who like magic
Response/Rating (1-4): 3, This book was very interesting. The whole time I just kept wondering why he would wish to be a rock!
One question you would ask before a read aloud: If you had a magic pebble, what would you wish for?
Reading Strategies Connection:
a. Reading Strategy: Readers Theatre
b. Strategy Description: The events in the story will be scripted into parts for the students to perform. The character roles will be the narrators, Sylvester, the lion, Mrs. Duncan, Mr. Duncan, the neighbors, the police, the dogs, and the wolf. There will be a couple of narrators to give more students a chance to retell the story. Then the students will receive their lines and perform the readers theatre as a class. Since there isn't many roles to fill, a new group of students can be selected to fill the roles another round of readers theatre.
c. Rationale: This strategy would be appropriate for this book because it will give the students a chance to enjoy the story and bring the text to life as they retell the story in the form of drama. They can also develop reading fluency as they reread their lines and interpret the story with their voices.
Brief Annotation: Sylvester liked collecting pebbles until one day he found a magic pebble that turned him into a rock. He was stuck as a rock for a very long time until his parents found the magic pebble and thought of him.
Genre: Storybook; Animal Fantasy
Grade Level: K-3
Readers who will like this: Children who like magic
Response/Rating (1-4): 3, This book was very interesting. The whole time I just kept wondering why he would wish to be a rock!
One question you would ask before a read aloud: If you had a magic pebble, what would you wish for?
Reading Strategies Connection:
a. Reading Strategy: Readers Theatre
b. Strategy Description: The events in the story will be scripted into parts for the students to perform. The character roles will be the narrators, Sylvester, the lion, Mrs. Duncan, Mr. Duncan, the neighbors, the police, the dogs, and the wolf. There will be a couple of narrators to give more students a chance to retell the story. Then the students will receive their lines and perform the readers theatre as a class. Since there isn't many roles to fill, a new group of students can be selected to fill the roles another round of readers theatre.
c. Rationale: This strategy would be appropriate for this book because it will give the students a chance to enjoy the story and bring the text to life as they retell the story in the form of drama. They can also develop reading fluency as they reread their lines and interpret the story with their voices.
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