A Summery Saturday Morning

Summery: It's Saturday morning and nothing is going as it should. Even though everything is wrong, the kids and animals all seem to be having a blast.

Personal Reaction: This is such a fun book to read out loud to young kids. This book has such character to it that you can be lyrical with it. Fun words and animals, everything is silly.

Classroom Extension:I would have kids draw a crazy Saturday morning for them. Then I would have them use their imagination and draw a fun, imaginative day they could only dream of. Then, individually they would tell the class about their drawings.

I love this book. A woman and four kids - two white, two black, it's not sure how everybody is related, but that's fine - go walking to the beach with two dogs.

Who chase *everything*. Eventually, they chase the geese, and... well...

Let's just say that in real life, geese are vicious creatures that DO NOT BACK DOWN, and they bite, too!

It's very bouncy, nothing really scary happens (not even the geese), and the artwork is well done. For more fun, try singing it to "Mulberry bush" or "I saw three ships".

Don't be shy to sing - your kids will love it no matter how bad your voice.
The illustrations are fun.
Unfortunately, all I see is that the dogs (& geese) spoiled the day for the people.

Summary: A woman takes four children and their dogs for a walk to the beach on a Saturday morning. Their dogs are very energetic and outgoing. They love to chase cats, bikes, and geese. This book is a rhyming book and is very upbeat and happy. One of the boys says “if you want to walk in peace don’t let your dogs chase the geese”.

Personal reaction: This is a very cute book that seems to be very upbeat, because it seems like a lot goes wrong when the dogs chase things but, the kids never get mad or aggravated about the dogs running off. I like the setting of this book, it reminds me of summer. I would like to read this book to my students.

Classroom Extension: (1) Students could write about if they could take a walk anywhere they show more would like to, where would it be and why. (2) Students could draw a picture of what they think their Saturday walk would look like. show less

Summary:
A woman walks her kids and the dogs down to the beach and along the way they describe what they see, heavy cadence and repetition drives this fun read along book about an easy afternoon.

Personal Reaction:
This took me back to just being able to get out of the house and walk across town, either to the park, or over to see friends, but in any account, being able to have a fun day out.

Classroom Extension:
Maybe ask the class to detail their trips to and from school, or if they went anywhere on the weekend.

Summary: A story about a family who goes to the beach with their dogs and the dogs chase the cats, geese, playing in the mud, then the gLearneese chase them.

Personal reflection: A fun book that has a rhyming tone to it, that could be sung, if you had that kind of talent.

Classroom Extension:
1. Use to teach which words rhyme, and how to use them in a sentence or to write a song or poem.

2. To take an imaginary trip to the beach and figure out all the things one might see on that trip.

Summary:
A Summery Saturday Morning is a good contemporary fiction book. It is about a family who takes their dogs for a walk on a wiggly track on a summery Saturday morning. The dogs make it quite an adventure. First they chase a cat, next a boy on a bike, and then the dogs try to play with the geese and start running with them. So the family tries to chase after the dog. Unexpectedly, the geese turn around and start chasing after them! Finally they got away, and decided if you ever want to walk in peace do not let your dogs chase the geese.

Personal Reaction.
This good was funny to me. It reminded me a lot about my family. We would always go out walking around or just on family outings and our dogs would always find ways to get into show more trouble! This is a good book of a family that does things together.

Classroom extensions:
1. I would be talking about families and how you should do things together.
2. I would have them draw a picture of there family and write a story on something their family does together for fun. show less