Granite - December

School: Granite
Month/Year: December 2007

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

Title: Mrs. Claus Takes a Vacation
Author: Alenas, Linas
Topic: Christmas
Grades: All

Comments:

Title: Christmas in the Trenches
Author: McCucheon, John
Topic: Christmas in WW 1
Grades: 4-6

Comments: The children were mesmerized during the story.

Pair and Share Topic: Twas the Night Before Christmas
Grades: All
Titles/Authors used: The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore, The Night Before Christmas in Texas That Is by Lean Harris, Cajun Night Before Christmas by “Trosclair”, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas An African-American Version retold by Melodye Rosales, A Creature Was Stirring adapted by Carter Goodrich
Comments: We read two of the books and talked about the differences.