Thursday, November 1, 2007

Altara October 2007

School: Altara
Month/Year: Oct 2007

Recommended Read-a-loud or Book-talk books :

Title: “The Secret Science Project that almost ate the School”
Author : Judy Sierra
Topic: Beehive Nominee
Grades: 1-3 grades

Comments: Fun story, great pictures, rhyming---had the students vote on it after we read it.

Title: “Monster Goose”
Author : Judy Sierra
Topic: Halloween
Grades: 1-3 grades

Comments: Fun Halloween nursery rhymes, had the students guess which nursery rhyme they were taken from.

Pair and Share Topic :
Grades: 4-6 grades

Titles/Authors used: “Now and Ben-The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin”-Gene Barretta, “The many Lives of Benjamin Franklin”-Aliki, “The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin”-James Cross Giblin

Comments: Interesting book, talked about his inventions that are still in use today, paired with biographies; learned some interesting facts about his life. Beehive Nominee, had the students vote on “Now and Ben”

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