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Category Archives: book review
Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: When Is A Planet Not A Planet? The Story of Pluto
My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas. A silly sentence, yet schoolchildren have memorized it for years, because it helps them remember the planets in our solar system. The first letter of every word stands for a planet, … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills With Children’s Literature: Swimming with Hammerhead Sharks
Swimming with Hammerhead Sharks, written by Kenneth Mallory, is part of the Scientists in the Field Series. As part of the New England Aquarium and NOVA’s IMAX movie project, the author describes his experiences with the documentary and interviews a … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Five Creatures
Five Creatures: written by Emily Jenkins and illustrated by Tomeck Bogacki. “Five creatures live in our house. Three humans, and two cats. Three short, and two tall…Four who like to eat fish…Three who don’t like taking baths…Four who can … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Millions to Measure
Millions to Measure, written by David M. Schwartz and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, is an interactive picture book that is sure to keep the attention of school-aged children as they go on a journey toward understanding measurment. Summary: In this … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Wow!: The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read about the Five Senses
Wow!: The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read about the Five Senses, written by Trudee Romanek and illustrated by Rose Cowles, is a non-fiction reader full of fun facts and lessons about the five senses that can be enjoyed by a … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Millions to Measure
Have you ever wondered how many human feet it takes to measure one foot? Or even pondered how many stones it would take to weigh a hog? From the literal sense of measuring one object one foot at a … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Look! Look! Look!
Look! Look! Look! written and illustrated by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace with Linda K. Friedlaender, is a fun, potentially interactive book that highlights creative methods of observation.. A simple picture viewed from the various perspectives of each mouse (Kiki, Kat, and … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: A Hunt For Clues
A Hunt for Clues written by Anne Miranda and illustrated by Michele Noiset chronicles a young girl’s search for her her pet cat Puff. The young girl, Mary Sue, solicits help from a boy named Burt and his dog … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Seven Blind Mice
Students learning about their five senses for the first time will love Seven Blind Mice, written and illustrated by Ed Young. This colorful picture book employs a simple storyline to show readers how important our senses are to our everyday lives. … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: The Great Graph Contest
The Great Graph Contest written and illustrated by Loreen Leedy is a colorful children’s book that tells the story of a graph contest between two friends. During the contest a salamander, Beezy, and a frog, Gonk, create different graphs using … Continue reading
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