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You have accessed the blog site for Choosing and Using Books for Children. Throughout the term we'll use our blog to record the books we read and the ideas we have for using them when we're teachers. By the end of March, our class will have read at least 280 books. Happy reading!

Two important protocol actions for EVERY post:
1. Underline or italicize all book titles (choose one formatting style and stick with it--underline OR italicize for all book titles)
2. Add your name in the "label" box before you post each documentation.

One important recommendation:
Create your documentations in a separate Word document, then cut and paste in a blog post.

Basic Documentation

Book Title:

Author(s):

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist:

Publisher:

Copyright Date:

Genre:

Brief Annotation:

Your Rating (1-5) and why:

Readers who will like this book:

Teaching Strategy from Tompkins or Yopp & Yopp (you'll link a strategy to at least 10 of your 40 books) :

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age):

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade):
Use book wizard to help with the previous 2 areas


3. List awards

4. Does this book have a book trailer? If so, cut and paste the web address here.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Because of Winn Dixie

BASIC DOCUMENTATION
Book Title: Because of Winn-Dixie

Author(s): Date DiCamillo

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Chris Sheban (front cover illustrator)

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Copyright Date: 2000

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Brief Annotation: With her mother recently leaving, Opel and her father have moved to Florida. With the help of a stray dog (found in the Winn-Dixie grocery store), Opel makes friends in the new town and begins to build relationships that relieve the emptiness of missing her Mom.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 5 It is nice to read books about animals that help people without dealing with their loss. The book gently touches on subject that many students have encountered but has positive solutions to problems. It uses language students can fully understand and subject matter they can associate with.

Readers who will like this book: Animal/Dog enthusiasts; Students needing a sense of hope when lonely or after the loss of someone/something;

Teaching Strategy:
#37 Reciprocal Questioning in Tompkins (pp. 103-105)
Reciprocal Questioning is a strategy that utilized small group discussions to focus on: questioning; clarifying; vocabulary and inferencing. There are many chances for students to develop social skills through discussing the many characters and situations that appear in the text. There are also many opportunities to develop voculary and inferencing skills from their peers while reading and discussing that new skill/knowledge with their classmates.

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:
What do you think happened ‘because of Winn-Dixie’?
Is there a clue to how ‘Winn-Dixie’ got its name?

OPTIONAL, BUT NOTED AS EXTRA EFFORT:

1. Interest Level (age): 8-12

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 4.1
Use book wizard to help with the previous 2 areas

3. List awards: 2001 Newbery Honor Book and the Josette Frank Award from the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education.

4. Does this book have a book trailer? If so, cut and paste the web address here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUHzeam1Gy4
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