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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.

Monday, January 30, 2012

A Good Day


Book Title: A Good Day
Author(s): Kevin Henkes
Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Kevin Henkes
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Copyright Date: 2007
Genre: Picturebooks
Brief Annotation: A bird, a fox, a dog and a squirrel started out having a bad day. Then, the day turned around for each of them and a little girl.
Your Rating (1-5) and Why: I give this book a four. It has many repeating words for young readers and the pictures help young readers figure out the words.
Readers who will like this book: Emerging readers will like this book.
Question to ask about this book before you read aloud: What makes an ordinary day a good one?

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