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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!

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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.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Today I Will Fly!

Book Title: Today I Will Fly!

Author(s): Mo Williems

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Mo Williems

Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children

Copyright Date: 2007

Genre: Picturebook, Fantasy

Brief Annotation: Piggie is determined to fly and tells Elephant that he will fly one day. Elephant continues to shut him down and tell him he can’t do it. Piggie finds help from his friends to help him fly and gives Elephant the encouragement and positive reinforcement he needs to have faith in himself.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 5 – This book is about having faith in yourself and others and always following your dreams. The moral of this story about never giving up on something and finding new and creative ways to accomplish things is a great moral for students to learn about. It’s a cute and easy book to read for students.

Readers who will like this book: Young children who have a fun, creative imagination. Students who may need a little big of encouragement to complete something or need a little push of faith to follow their dreams.

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud: Have you ever been faced with something that seemed impossible to accomplish?

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