Archive for January, 2008

Connecting Science and Children’s Literature

Published by Tricia on January 5, 2008 in science. 1 Comment

Looking for some ideas for integrating children’s literature into science instruction? These sites offer some great starting points.

40 Books About Science and Scientists
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=76
40 Books About the Seasons
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=84
 Combining Poetry and Science
http://www.ala.org/ala/booklinksbucket/CombiningPoetryandScience.pdf
“Doing” Science with Poetry
http://www.ala.org/ala/booklinksbucket/everydaypoetry.pdf
Elementary Science Integration Project: Books Galore
http://www.esiponline.org/books/galore/galore.html
From Seed to Harvest: Books About Growing Food
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/publishing/booklinks/resources/growingfood.cfm
 The Green Earth Book Award
http://www.newtonmarascofoundation.org/programs/a_ge.cfm
 Integrating Children’s Literature with Physics and Astronomy
http://www.physics.emich.edu/ebehringer/JoAnneS/webpage/397PHY_webpage.html
The John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers
http://research.amnh.org/burroughs/young_readers_list.html
Let’s Go Outside! Books for Young Children About the Natural World
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=301
The Little House Meets Urban Sprawl
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/publishing/booklinks/resources/urbansprawl.cfm
 NSTA’s Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/
The Natural World in Books
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=160
 Nonfiction Trade Books: Science
http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~elbond/trade.htm
Outstanding Science Read-Alouds
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/publishing/booklinks/resources/OutstandingScienceRead-Alouds.pdf
PBS Teacher Recommended Books: Science and Technology
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/bookslinks/bookspages/sciencetech-archive.html
Poetry Across the Sciences
http://www.sbfonline.com/pdf/poetry.pdf
SC&F Best Books for Children
http://www.sbfonline.com/bestlists.htm
Science Literature Links
http://www.scilitlinks.org/quickplans.htm
 Science-Themed Novels
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/publishing/booklinks/resources/sciencenovels.cfm

If you have a link to suggest, please leave a comment and I will review the site for inclusion on this list.

Connecting Math and Children’s Literature

Published by Tricia on January 5, 2008 in math. 1 Comment

Looking for some ideas for integrating children�s literature into math instruction? These sites offer some great starting points.

Books Count! Number Fun for Young Children
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=148
Children’s Literature in Mathematics Instruction
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mathpict.htm
Making Sense of Dollars and Cents: Books About Money
http://www.ala.org/ala/booklinksbucket/MakingSenseofDollars.pdf
Math and Children’s Literature
http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/math/math.html
Math and Literature: A Match Made in the Classroom
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr249.shtml
Math Month in the Library
http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/math/librarymath.html
Mathematics Across the Curriculum
http://www.cmc-math.org/stories/storyReader$10
Mathematics and Children’s Literature
http://sci.tamucc.edu/~eyoung/literature.html
Mathwire: Math Literature Connections
http://www.mathwire.com/literature/literature.html
PBS Teacher Recommended Books: Math
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/bookslinks/bookspages/math-archive.html
Picture Books + Math = Fun
http://www.ala.org/ala/booklinksbucket/PictureBooksPlusMath.pdf
S.M.A.R.T. Books
http://www.k-state.edu/smartbooks/index.html
Teaching Mathematics with Children’s Literature
http://fcit.usf.edu/math/resource/bib.html

If you have a link to suggest, please leave a comment and I will review the site for inclusion on this list.

Book Awards and “Best of” Lists

Published by Tricia on January 5, 2008 in book awards. 0 Comments

Looking for recent and past award winning books? How about titles that make the “Best of” lists? Find what you need at these sites.

ALA Notable Children’s Books
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/notablecbooklist/currentnotable.htm
Américas Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/outreach/americas.html
Booklist Online: Books for Youth
http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=booksforyouth
Bookreporter.com - Book Awards
http://www.bookreporter.com/features/awards.asp
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
http://www.hbook.com/bghb/default.asp
Caldecott Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm
 Carter G. Woodson Award
http://midhudson.org/Awards/woodson.htm
CBC Magazine Showcase Archive
http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/showcase/archives.html
 Charlotte Zolotow Award Books
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=221
 Cooperative Children’s Book Center Bibliographies
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailLists.asp?idBookListCat=7
Coretta Scott King Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookaward/corettascott.htm
The Golden Kite Award
http://www.scbwi.org/awards.htm
The Horn Book Fanfare List
http://www.hbook.com/resources/books/fanfare/fanfare07.asp
 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award
http://home.igc.org/~japa/jacba/index_jacba.html
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/wildermedal/wildermedal.htm
Michael L. Printz Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/Printz,_Michael_L__Award.htm
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/batchelderaward/batchelderaward.htm
NCTE Orbis Pictus Nonfiction Award
http://www.ncte.org/elem/awards/orbispictus
New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books (2007)
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/11/11/books/review/best-childrens-books-slideshow_index.html
New York Times Notable Children’s Books (2007)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/books/review/Kids-Notables-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Newbery Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm
Pura Belpré Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/belpremedal/belprmedal.htm
Reading Lists from the Children’s Book Council
http://www.cbcbooks.org/readinglists/
Recommended Books from The Horn Book Magazine
http://www.hbook.com/resources/books/default.asp
Robert F. Sibert Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/sibertmedal/Sibert_Medal.htm
Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
http://www.scottodell.com/odellaward.html
Sydney Taylor Book Award
http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/awards/st_books.htm
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/geiselaward/GeiselAward.htm

If you have a link to suggest, please leave a comment and I will review the site for inclusion on this list.

Seeing ALL Children in Children’s Literature

Published by Tricia on January 5, 2008 in diversity. 3 Comments

If you are looking for books that explore the world and ALL its peoples, here are some sites that will help you find what you’re looking for.

40 Spanish/English Bilingual Books
http://education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=102
50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=42
American Indians in Children’s Literature
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.info/
 Arab Children’s Literature: An Update
http://www.ala.org/ala/booklinksbucket/ArabChildrensLit.pdf
Barahona Center: Recommended Books in English About Latinos
http://csbs.csusm.edu/csbs/www.book_eng.book_home?lang=Eng
Best Books for Kids Between Cultures
http://www.mitaliperkins.com/bookshelf_between_cultures.htm
Black Thread’s in Kid’s Lit
http://blackthreadsinkidslit.blogspot.com/
The Brown Bookshelf
http://thebrownbookshelf.com/blog/
A Critical Bibliography on North American Indians, for K-12
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/anthro/outreach/Indbibl/
Examining Multicultural Picture Books for the Early Childhood Classroom:
Possibilities and Pitfalls
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v3n2/mendoza.html
Heritage Teaching Resources
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/heritage_resources.html
How to Choose the Best Multicultural Books
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3757
“I” is Not for Indian: The Portrayal of Native Americans in Books for Young People
http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/ailabib.htm
Mitali’s Fire Escape
http://www.mitaliblog.com/
Multicultural Children’s Books
http://www.willesdenbookshop.co.uk/
Multicultural Children’s Literature: An Evaluation Tool
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/multicultural/higgins.htm
Native American Themes in Children’s and Young Adult Books
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/diversity/native_am/NativeThemes_intro.html
One World, Many Children: A Children’s Booklist of Cultural Diversity
http://www.bcplonline.org/kidspage/kids_oneworld.html
Oyate
http://www.oyate.org/aboutus.html
PaperTigers
http://www.papertigers.org/
Paper Tigers Blog
http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/
Seattle Public Library Children’s Reading List
http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_children_categorybrowser
Young Adult Novels with Hispanic Themes
http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~dea22/Hispanic.html

If you have a link to suggest, please leave a comment and I will review the site for inclusion on this list.

Flat and Square

Published by Tricia on January 4, 2008 in about this blog. 2 Comments

Kristine O’Connell George’s book entitled Book! is this inspiration for this blog’s title. You can listen to her read it, because poetry deserves to be read and heard. It begins with “My gift is flat and square,” and ends with “Open wide. Look inside. Book!”

This blog is about throwing open the pages of books and using them to motivate and excite kids about learning math, science and social studies. I am taking this blog journey with my students, an enthusiastic bunch of men and women preparing to become elementary school teachers. I hope you’ll make the journey with us.