Recommended Read-a-louds(for single book)
Title/Author: K-2 Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis
Pair & Share Topic: Hawaii used for grades 3-6
Encyclopedia Britannica Discover America Hawaii (vol. 11)
America the Beautiful Hawaii
Shark Attack! Bethany Hamilton’s Story of Survival
Attack On Pearl Harbor by Shelley Tanaka
The USS Arizona by Stein
Tsunami Monster Waves
Pearl Harbor is Burning by Kudlinski
Nancy Drew’s Mystery on Maui
A is for Aloha by Goldsberry
We talked about this, our 50th state and what it is known for. We asked students what they think of when they hear of “Hawaii”. Many think of surfing, beaches, pineapple & coconuts. We use the globe to show where the 8 Hawaiian Islands are located and explain about their volcanic origin. We mention the Polynesian culture and we talk about the Hawaiian language that some native Hawaiians still speak today (even though English is the official language). It has just 12 letters and every Hawaiian word ends in a vowel. The History of this state includes the attack on Pearl Harbor and because we have several books on this we show them and talk about this event during WWII. We finish up with the Alphabet book on this state called “A is for Aloha”. We let the students raise their hands and choose a letter then we read that page from this book. It is a fun interactive way to end the book talk.
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