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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.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile

BASIC DOCUMENTATION
Book Title: Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile
Author(s): Tomie dePaola

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Tomie DePaola

Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons

Copyright Date: 1987

Genre: Fantasy

Brief Annotation
William, a crocodile, and his friend Pete, a toothbrush, take a trip to a museum to learn more about the concepts they have studied in school. While there, they encounter a thief.


Your Rating (1-5) and why: 3.5
The illustrations are a good compliment to the text. It uses a predictable pattern throughout the book that will help beginning readers retell the plot.


Readers who will like this book:
• Readers who enjoy the pyramids, mummies or Egypt
• Readers that like alligators
• Readers that like adventure


Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:
By looking at the cover, can you predict the setting.

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): 5-7

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 3.1
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