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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, March 2, 2012

Ten Little Rabbits

BASIC DOCUMENTATION
Book Title: Ten Little Rabbits

Author(s): Virginia Grossman

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Sylvia Long

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Copyright Date: 1991

Genre: Fantasy and Rhyme

Brief Annotation:
In a counting book style, rabbits are used to depict various traditional Native American customs that include smoke signals, costumes and more. There is a brief notation in the back of the book describing the Native American custom/tradition and the tribe that used it.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 4
The characters and scenes are easy for the beginning readers to make connections with and also get introduced to Native American culture.


Readers who will like this book:
• Beginning readers
• Readers interested in Native American connections
• Readers that enjoy animal stories
• Readers interested in outdoor activities

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:
Looking at the cover, what culture do the rabbits belong to?
• What gives you a clue?
• What are other things you may see in the book/story?

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): 4 and up

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 1.8


3. List awards
• The Five Owls
• An IRA Children's Book Award winner
• Parents' "Best Book of the Year"
• American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists
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