{"id":1512,"date":"2009-08-29T08:26:58","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T13:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1512"},"modified":"2009-08-29T08:26:58","modified_gmt":"2009-08-29T13:26:58","slug":"teaching-classification-and-sorting-with-childrens-literature-daves-down-to-earth-rock-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/08\/29\/teaching-classification-and-sorting-with-childrens-literature-daves-down-to-earth-rock-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Process Skills with Children&#8217;s Literature: Dave&#8217;s Down-to-Earth Rock Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/08\/davesdowntoearthrockshop.jpg\" title=\"davesdowntoearthrockshop.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/08\/davesdowntoearthrockshop.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"davesdowntoearthrockshop.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/booksearch\/isbnInquiry.asp?r=1&amp;ISBN=9780064467292&amp;ourl=Daves%2DDown%2Dto%2DEarth%2DRock%2DShop%2FStuart%2DJ%2DMurphy\">Dave&#039;s Down-to-Earth Rock Shop<\/a>, written by Stuart J. Murphy and illustrated by Cat Bowman Smith is an interactive story where students learn\u00a0methods\u00a0for\u00a0classification and sorting.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Josh&#039;s hobby is collecting things. Upon receiving a gift from his uncle, he begins a rock collection. With the help of his friend Amy, Josh&#039;s collection begins to grow. They decide to bring their rocks to Dave&#039;s-Down-to Earth Rock Shop where he teaches them how to organize their large collection into different categories. Amy says, &quot;We could group our rocks by size, or maybe by color or type.&quot; Dave then informs the children\u00a0that, &quot;there are lots of different ways to group rocks&quot; (p.23). The children end up settling on one method of sorting and to their surprise Dave rewards them with a special honor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curriculum Connections<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Dave&#039;s Down-to-Earth Rock Shop<\/em> could be used as an introduction tool for learning about classification, sorting, and rock types. This book can be used for a number of different SOL concepts such as: classifying or arranging objects according to attributes\/ properties and identifying different types of rock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuartjmurphy.com\/books\/level_3\/detail.php?level_id=3&amp;book_id=55\">Stuart J. Murphy MathStart Offical Site<\/a>: Provides additional activities teachers can use to practice classifying and sorting with their students.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.scholastic.com\/browse\/article.jsp?id=3746503\">Scholastic: Summer Activity<\/a>: Provides a lesson plan for sorting and classifying objects using the outdoors.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachervision.fen.com\/tv\/printables\/orange\/SE-6.pdf\">Teacher Vision: Rock Coloring Page<\/a>: This worksheet gives students ideas on how to classify or sort rocks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/booksearch\/isbnInquiry.asp?r=1&amp;ISBN=9780064467292&amp;ourl=Daves%2DDown%2Dto%2DEarth%2DRock%2DShop%2FStuart%2DJ%2DMurphy\">Dave&#039;s Down-to-Earth Rock Shop<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Author:<\/strong> Stuart J. Murphy<br \/>\n<strong>Illustrator: <\/strong>Cat Bowman Smith<br \/>\n<strong>Publisher:<\/strong> HarperCollins Publishers<br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> January 2000<br \/>\n<strong>Pages:<\/strong> 40 pages<br \/>\n<strong>Grade Range:<\/strong> 1-5<br \/>\n<strong>ISBN:<\/strong>\u00a09780064467292<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave&#039;s Down-to-Earth Rock Shop, written by Stuart J. Murphy and illustrated by Cat Bowman Smith is an interactive story where students learn\u00a0methods\u00a0for\u00a0classification and sorting. Josh&#039;s hobby is collecting things. Upon receiving a gift from his uncle, he begins a rock &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/08\/29\/teaching-classification-and-sorting-with-childrens-literature-daves-down-to-earth-rock-shop\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,735],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-process-skills"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}