Summary: This book is about a young boy who got into trouble because they thought he stole a pair of shoes, so he gets sent to this camp in Texas and everyday they are sent out to dig holes in the desert and the young boy named Stanley shortly realizes that this camp has alot more secrets than a lot of people realize. Shortly after he realizes more secrets about his family, and that his family is involved in this camp.
Personal Reaction: This book was an amazing book, I remember when I was in high school every one was reading this book and I never got around to it. Now I know what I missed. AWESOME!
Classroom Extension:
1. I'd have my students go on a mission to find a buried treasure around the playground.
2. I would also make the students read this book first, and then on a Fun day we would watch the movie for fun with refreshments and goodies!
Personal Reaction: This book was an amazing book, I remember when I was in high school every one was reading this book and I never got around to it. Now I know what I missed. AWESOME!
Classroom Extension:
1. I'd have my students go on a mission to find a buried treasure around the playground.
2. I would also make the students read this book first, and then on a Fun day we would watch the movie for fun with refreshments and goodies!
Summary: This book is about a 10 year old boy named Buddy who is an Orphan. He is taken in by a foster family, which he finds not what he wants, and he thinks does not treat him right. So he escapes from the family and starts his own journey through life. Buddy has a lot of problems when he is on the streets, he runs into a lot of conflicts. But he has one thing in mind, which is to find his father. In the end, he ends up finding his father. This story is based off of what happens in the Great Depression.
Personal Reaction: I absolutely love this book, I read it when I was younger and I loved reading it again!
Classroom Extension:
1. I would use this book to open up about what happened in the Great Depression.
2. I'd have the children have a day where they act out living in the Great Depression and how rough it was on all the children that had to live through it.
Personal Reaction: I absolutely love this book, I read it when I was younger and I loved reading it again!
Classroom Extension:
1. I would use this book to open up about what happened in the Great Depression.
2. I'd have the children have a day where they act out living in the Great Depression and how rough it was on all the children that had to live through it.
Summary: This book is about Binky and his handy co-pilot named Ted. Binky accidentially sends them into outer space, which is actually the bathroom window, and he stumbles upon a vicious attack by aliens, which they're actually bees. and he saves his handle co-pilot from a vicious cat.
Personal Reaction: This book was really cute. and a perfect book for freetime for children.
Classroom Extension:
1. I'd have the children create their own outer space and have their own attacks by aliens in their imaginations.
2. I'd have the children read this silently to themselves right after recess.
Personal Reaction: This book was really cute. and a perfect book for freetime for children.
Classroom Extension:
1. I'd have the children create their own outer space and have their own attacks by aliens in their imaginations.
2. I'd have the children read this silently to themselves right after recess.
Summary: This book is about two boys, George and Harold, who get into trouble all the time, and they decide to make themselves their own comic book. They hypnotize their principal into thinking he is "Captain Underpants" and he kills robots.
Personal Reaction: I really did not like this book, and do not think it's suitable for children.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would not make this be a classroom assignment.
2. I would maybe make this be a book that children could read on their own time, especially children who you can not get to read on their own because it's more interesting. But it's not suitable for a classroom.
Personal Reaction: I really did not like this book, and do not think it's suitable for children.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would not make this be a classroom assignment.
2. I would maybe make this be a book that children could read on their own time, especially children who you can not get to read on their own because it's more interesting. But it's not suitable for a classroom.
Summary: This book goes through all the stories of the coral reefs, it starts on how the coral reefs are formed and produce and live. It discusses the way it lives, and the creatures that live in the reefs. It's a very informative book.
Personal Reaction: I thought this book was informative, and the pictures were very beautiful, will definitely catch a kids eye.
Classroom Extension:
1. I'd have the students draw one of the animals that live in the reefs and have them write a paper on information about the animal of their choice.
2. I'd have them do an anatomy on one of the creatures that live in the reef, and have a test on the anatomy of it.
Personal Reaction: I thought this book was informative, and the pictures were very beautiful, will definitely catch a kids eye.
Classroom Extension:
1. I'd have the students draw one of the animals that live in the reefs and have them write a paper on information about the animal of their choice.
2. I'd have them do an anatomy on one of the creatures that live in the reef, and have a test on the anatomy of it.
Summary: Ms. Fizzle is teaching the class about the human body. When she decides she is going to shrink their magic school bus and take them on a tour of a classmates human body. They take trips to each part of the body, and they learn different anatomy of the body.
Personal Reaction: I love this book, it had great pictures of the human body, especially the heart. It was the greatest. I used to read these books, and when I was younger there was a show on about this, and this book was based off of my favorite episode!
Classroom Extension:
1. I would have the students draw a picture of the human body, and color it and name all of the parts of the human body.
2. I would have the kids name every part of the human body, and have a test over it at the end.
Personal Reaction: I love this book, it had great pictures of the human body, especially the heart. It was the greatest. I used to read these books, and when I was younger there was a show on about this, and this book was based off of my favorite episode!
Classroom Extension:
1. I would have the students draw a picture of the human body, and color it and name all of the parts of the human body.
2. I would have the kids name every part of the human body, and have a test over it at the end.
Summary: This book was based off a true story, of Amelia Earnhart, and Eleanor Rosevelt go on a plane ride, and escape the white house.
Personal Reaction: I thought this book was pretty interesting.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would use this as a lesson on Eleanor Rosevelt and who exactly she was.
2. I would also use this as a way to read other books where women did not abide by the rules that were forced upon them back then.
Personal Reaction: I thought this book was pretty interesting.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would use this as a lesson on Eleanor Rosevelt and who exactly she was.
2. I would also use this as a way to read other books where women did not abide by the rules that were forced upon them back then.
Summary: This book is about Harriet Tubman's experiences during slavery and it tells the story of when she was trying to free the slaves, she takes two children back in time to experience what life was like back then.
Personal Reaction: I think this book was really good, and it would help children understand slavery better.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would have a slavery lesson with this book.
2. This would also be a good story to use to talk about the underground railroad.
Personal Reaction: I think this book was really good, and it would help children understand slavery better.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would have a slavery lesson with this book.
2. This would also be a good story to use to talk about the underground railroad.
Summary: This book is about a young boy who makes a bet with his friends that he would not be able to eat 15 worms, So billy decides to go for the bet, and he eats them all. He felt like he was a getting sick for a minute, but he ended up being fine, and he ate all of the worms and he won the bet!
Personal Reaction: I did not read this exact book when I was younger, but I remember in 5th grade we had to read this book!
Classroom Extension:
1. I would have the students make fried worms, but they wouldn't really be fried worms, they would be fried noodles with chocolate, and have them eat them while reading this book.
2. I would have a lesson on the body of a worm, and what worms are made of.
Personal Reaction: I did not read this exact book when I was younger, but I remember in 5th grade we had to read this book!
Classroom Extension:
1. I would have the students make fried worms, but they wouldn't really be fried worms, they would be fried noodles with chocolate, and have them eat them while reading this book.
2. I would have a lesson on the body of a worm, and what worms are made of.
Summary: Alexander has a lot of bad luck, and leads him to have a very bad day. Where he gets gum in his hair, drops his sweater in the sink, trips on his skateboard, and this is just a start to his day, so he knows he is going to have a horrible day. As the day goes on, it just gets worse and worse and he continues to have bad luck. He went to the dentist and found out he had a cavity, he had such a bad day he wishes he could move to Australia. Finally, after the day is over, his mother assures him that everyone has bad days, and they even have bad days in Australia.
Personal Reaction: This book was really cute, and I liked the story behind the book.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would use this book to assure students that they are going to have bad day, but it doesn't mean that it should get you down, just keep smiling and going on!
2. I would have a lesson on anger, and how not to lose your temper on things such as a bad day.
Personal Reaction: This book was really cute, and I liked the story behind the book.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would use this book to assure students that they are going to have bad day, but it doesn't mean that it should get you down, just keep smiling and going on!
2. I would have a lesson on anger, and how not to lose your temper on things such as a bad day.
Summary: This book is about a mother and a daughter and grandmother who are preparing to save up so her mother can buy a new chair that she deserves because she works hard, and can come home and relax. Every night, they put their money in a jar so they can save as much as possible. When their entire house catches on fire, and they lose everything they own. Then everyone around them pitch in and help the family with whatever they need. Everything except the chair, but at the end they end up saving up their money again, and they end up getting a sofa for them all to rest on, not just the mother.
Personal Reaction: I absolutely loved this book, it was so good and showed how people can pitch in and make a bad situation alot better.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would talk to the students about hardships, and how everyone will go through them, but it matters who you have with you to protect you through those hardships.
2. I would have a lesson on what is important to spend your money on, and what is not.
Personal Reaction: I absolutely loved this book, it was so good and showed how people can pitch in and make a bad situation alot better.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would talk to the students about hardships, and how everyone will go through them, but it matters who you have with you to protect you through those hardships.
2. I would have a lesson on what is important to spend your money on, and what is not.
Summary: This book is a english/spanish book. And she talks about all the different things she learns, from animals, and her friends. And on the other page it is repeated in spanish.
Personal Reaction: This book was okay, wasn't the best would be good for a classroom with all different cultures.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would use this book for a classroom with english and spanish people in it.
2. I would use this book for a lesson on what you can learn from nature.
Personal Reaction: This book was okay, wasn't the best would be good for a classroom with all different cultures.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would use this book for a classroom with english and spanish people in it.
2. I would use this book for a lesson on what you can learn from nature.
Summary: This book defines what a noun is in a fun way for children, it gives different forms of nouns and what they all are.
Personal Reaction: this book would be a good use for teaching.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would use this book in a lesson about nouns.
2. I would make children find a word that was a noun, and learn how to spell it.
Personal Reaction: this book would be a good use for teaching.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would use this book in a lesson about nouns.
2. I would make children find a word that was a noun, and learn how to spell it.
Summary: It's a rainy day at home, and the kids are bored and want something to do. So the cat saves the children's day and it makes them have more fun while their mom is gone. But they realize it's almost time for their mom to be home, and they have made a mess of the house! So they have to clean their house before their momma gets home. When mom gets home, they act like nothing happened at all.
Personal Reaction: This is an all time favorite for many children, it was one of my favorites when I was a child, and I enjoyed reading it again.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would have the students make their own rhyme up, and teach them about rhyming.
2. I would have a Dr. Seuss day and read all of the books to them.
Personal Reaction: This is an all time favorite for many children, it was one of my favorites when I was a child, and I enjoyed reading it again.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would have the students make their own rhyme up, and teach them about rhyming.
2. I would have a Dr. Seuss day and read all of the books to them.
Summary: Miss Spider wants to have a tea party, but none of the insects she invited wants to stay for tea. Because the insects fear that she wants to eat them, instead of have tea with them. A wet moth landed on her spider web, and he could hardly fly because he got wet, she took care of him, and they talked and ate tea and pie together. After the moth ate with her, and got better she let him off her web, and he took off just fine. Then he went and told the other insects that Miss Spider was really nice and really only wanted to have tea with them. So then, all the other insects went to her and decided to have tea once they realized she only liked flowers and tea.
Personal Reaction: I loved this book, and the illustrations are so cute!
Classroom Extension:
1. I would have the class color whichever insect was their favorite out of the story, and learn all about the type of insect it was.
2. This would be a good story to read for snack time, and they could have tea and pie just like the insects in the story.
Personal Reaction: I loved this book, and the illustrations are so cute!
Classroom Extension:
1. I would have the class color whichever insect was their favorite out of the story, and learn all about the type of insect it was.
2. This would be a good story to read for snack time, and they could have tea and pie just like the insects in the story.
Summary: Piggie Pie was about a witch who woke up from her nap and was very hungry! She looked through her recipe book and nothing sounds goods. So she decides she wants to make Piggie Pie. She realizes she doesn't have any pigs, so she flies to Old McDonald's and she can't find any pigs, the pigs hide from the witch so that she could not have them. She then runs into the big bad wolf, and the wolf tells her that she should give up looking for pigs, because he's been looking forever and can never find them! So then the witch invites the wolf over for lunch with intentions of eating him for lunch!
Personal Reaction: This book was so cute, and wonderful for Halloween.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would use this as a book to read on Halloween day for students during their Halloween party.
2. I would make the children write in their journal what animal they would disguise themselves as, if the witch was coming to eat them!
Personal Reaction: This book was so cute, and wonderful for Halloween.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would use this as a book to read on Halloween day for students during their Halloween party.
2. I would make the children write in their journal what animal they would disguise themselves as, if the witch was coming to eat them!
Summary: This book is a tale from a long time ago, that twists the story a bit. A youngr red-headed girl was locked in her apartment with her Aunt Esme for tons of years, until one day she met this man named Roger. Repunzel and Roger become friends, and Aunt Esme gets mad and cuts Repunzel's hair off so they couldn't talk anymore. But to Aunt Esme's prevail, they met again and were happy as ever.
Personal Reaction: This book was very cute, I liked the regular story better. But this one was still cute.
Classroom Extension:
1) I think I would teach the students on how to be a friend no matter the circumstances.
2) This would be a good teaching on reading the old story and the new one, and how much different they are. And teaching the students how to compare and contrast the stories, and find out how they're alike and not alike.
Personal Reaction: This book was very cute, I liked the regular story better. But this one was still cute.
Classroom Extension:
1) I think I would teach the students on how to be a friend no matter the circumstances.
2) This would be a good teaching on reading the old story and the new one, and how much different they are. And teaching the students how to compare and contrast the stories, and find out how they're alike and not alike.
Summary: This book takes a twist on the old tale of the three bears, Goldilocks disobeys her momma when she tells her not to go into the forest, and goes anyway to find the three little bears house. She eats all three of their bowls of porridge, and decided she likes little bears the best, then goes to sit in the three chairs, only likes little bears, and then, she goes and sleeps in little bears bed, and the bears find her in there, and she gets scared and runs home to her momma, and she decides she better learn to listen to her momma more often.
Personal Reaction: I have loved this story since I was little, and I loved getting to re-read it again, and bringing back my childhood memories.
Classroom Extension:
1) Teach the students a lesson on how important it is to obey their parents, because their mom and dad always know what's best for them.
2) Have the students read the book aloud to one another and talk about what their favorite part of it is.
Personal Reaction: I have loved this story since I was little, and I loved getting to re-read it again, and bringing back my childhood memories.
Classroom Extension:
1) Teach the students a lesson on how important it is to obey their parents, because their mom and dad always know what's best for them.
2) Have the students read the book aloud to one another and talk about what their favorite part of it is.
Summary: This is a West African tale, and it tells the story of a Mosquito who tells a lie, and made trouble throughout the entire jungle, which then the mosquito has to suffer the consequences of everyone being mad at her.
Personal Reaction: This book was not my favorite, but it was still cute. I just remember reading this when I was younger, and decided to read it again, I liked it a lot more when I was younger though. It's a very strange book.
Classroom Extension:
1) Have a conversation to the classroom about telling lies, and what happens when you tell them.
2) Have the students draw their favorite animal in the book, and learn how to spell that certain animal.
Personal Reaction: This book was not my favorite, but it was still cute. I just remember reading this when I was younger, and decided to read it again, I liked it a lot more when I was younger though. It's a very strange book.
Classroom Extension:
1) Have a conversation to the classroom about telling lies, and what happens when you tell them.
2) Have the students draw their favorite animal in the book, and learn how to spell that certain animal.
Summary:
A spin to the song "The Farmer in the Dell", it's a story about the rat, cat, dog, child, mother, and father, who all go to get the cheese, when they realize the song is silly, and there's no reason the cheese should stand alone.
Personal Reaction:
I think this book is so cute, and I've always loved the song "the Farmer in the Dell," and it is just a twist to the real song. The illustrations are wonderfully put together, and the colors are wonderful for children.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would read this book, and have the class learn the actually nursery rhyme, and have a sing-a-long to the song.
2. I would read this book during class snack time, and have them eat cheese and crackers.
A spin to the song "The Farmer in the Dell", it's a story about the rat, cat, dog, child, mother, and father, who all go to get the cheese, when they realize the song is silly, and there's no reason the cheese should stand alone.
Personal Reaction:
I think this book is so cute, and I've always loved the song "the Farmer in the Dell," and it is just a twist to the real song. The illustrations are wonderfully put together, and the colors are wonderful for children.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would read this book, and have the class learn the actually nursery rhyme, and have a sing-a-long to the song.
2. I would read this book during class snack time, and have them eat cheese and crackers.
Summary:
Max gets sent to bed without dinner because he was misbehaving, while in his room, it turns into a forest, and he starts sailing down a river for over a year, and finds himself where the wild things are. In this forest, he is named "king of all wild things." After awhile, Max became lonely and wanted to go home. After he decided this, he sailed back home over a year, and came home to find supper and it was even still hot!
Personal Reaction:
This was one of my favorite books as a child, and re-reading it made it even better the second time, I loved the story, and the illustrations.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would have the children pretend they were in the "Wild Things" and imagine what all they would do with the wild things when they got there.
2. I would decorate the classroom like a forest, and have them make their own 'Wild Things" creatures to take home and play with.
Max gets sent to bed without dinner because he was misbehaving, while in his room, it turns into a forest, and he starts sailing down a river for over a year, and finds himself where the wild things are. In this forest, he is named "king of all wild things." After awhile, Max became lonely and wanted to go home. After he decided this, he sailed back home over a year, and came home to find supper and it was even still hot!
Personal Reaction:
This was one of my favorite books as a child, and re-reading it made it even better the second time, I loved the story, and the illustrations.
Classroom Extension:
1. I would have the children pretend they were in the "Wild Things" and imagine what all they would do with the wild things when they got there.
2. I would decorate the classroom like a forest, and have them make their own 'Wild Things" creatures to take home and play with.
Summary:
Starting out, froggy is excited about his first ever sleepover. He gathers up all his things, and heads to his friends house for the sleepover, at the sleepover, they tell scary stories and Froggy gets scared so they go to Max's house, and made his mom make him popcorn. Then, his friend got a tummy ache, so they went back to his house. They did this off an on all night, and then they finally passed out at 9 in the morning and slept the entire day!
Personal Reaction:
I really enjoyed this book, it was so cute and such a good story. I picked it because my mother got a kick out of it because my nickname is "froggy" overall, this book was really cute, and the illustrations were very pretty.
Classroom Extension:
1. This book is not really a lesson teacher, but it would be a good read for after recess when they are hot, and need to calm down before getting into a lession.
2. The book could be used for talking about weekend time with friends, and it could be read to them on a Friday close to time for school to get out and it could end with "have a good weekend with friends students!"
Starting out, froggy is excited about his first ever sleepover. He gathers up all his things, and heads to his friends house for the sleepover, at the sleepover, they tell scary stories and Froggy gets scared so they go to Max's house, and made his mom make him popcorn. Then, his friend got a tummy ache, so they went back to his house. They did this off an on all night, and then they finally passed out at 9 in the morning and slept the entire day!
Personal Reaction:
I really enjoyed this book, it was so cute and such a good story. I picked it because my mother got a kick out of it because my nickname is "froggy" overall, this book was really cute, and the illustrations were very pretty.
Classroom Extension:
1. This book is not really a lesson teacher, but it would be a good read for after recess when they are hot, and need to calm down before getting into a lession.
2. The book could be used for talking about weekend time with friends, and it could be read to them on a Friday close to time for school to get out and it could end with "have a good weekend with friends students!"