School: Sprucewood Elementary
Month/Year: October 2007
Recommended Read-a-loud or Book-talk books:
Title: The Legend of Spookley, The Square Pumpkin
Author: Joe Troiana – CD read by Bobby (Monster Mash) Pickett
Topic: Halloween and Differences
Grades: All
Comments: This book is a wonderful illustration of how our differences make the world a better place. Variety is the spice of life. Spookley is a square pumpkin. He feels bad that he is different until the night a storm blows in and he saves the day by blocking a hole in the fence.
Title: Halloween
Author: Jerry Seinfeld
Topic: Halloween
Grades: 3-6
Comments: The kids love this book. It is classic comedy in a written book form. Jerry Seinfeld tells of the funnier side of Halloween mishaps and traditions to which everyone young and old can relate. The kids request this book each year.
Pair and Share Topic:
Grades: All Grades
Titles/Authors used: Beehive Books
Comments: We didn’t do a pair and share this month. Instead, we introduced the beehive books.
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