{"id":1773,"date":"2009-09-22T10:24:46","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T15:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1773"},"modified":"2009-09-22T10:24:46","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T15:24:46","slug":"teaching-earth-science-with-childrens-literature-every-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/22\/teaching-earth-science-with-childrens-literature-every-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Earth Science With Children’s Literature: Every Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What is your\u00a0<\/strong>favorite season?\u00a0 Is it summer when you can\u00a0swim in the ocean? Is it autumn when you can jump in a pile of leaves?\u00a0Or maybe winter when the weather\u00a0is just right for sipping hot chocolate? \u00a0Every Season<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by Shelley Rotner & Anne Love Woodhull,\u00a0photographs by Anne Love Woodhull,\u00a0will spark lively classroom discussions about the four seasons.\u00a0 The spare text complements the abundance of vibrant photographs which are sure to appeal to young children.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n

Use Every Season<\/em> to illustrate that the changes in season, cause changes in weather, which cause changes in the activities of plants, animal and people (VA Science SOL K.9 and 1.7).<\/p>\n

Additional Resources
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Spring<\/em>–When you\u00a0think of spring you think of rain.\u00a0Make it rain in\u00a0your classroom<\/a>\u00a0with this\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 activity that demonstrates the water cycle.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Summer<\/em>–Students can observe how\u00a0change occurs over time by making\u00a0 grass head monsters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Autumn<\/em>–You can save memories of fall and study the differences\u00a0between\u00a0objects\u00a0by doing leaf\u00a0 rubbings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Winter<\/em>–Young children can practice their reading and mouse skills while they enjoy building a snowman.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Book<\/strong>:\u00a0Every Season\u00a0<\/a>
\nAuthor<\/strong>:\u00a0 Shelley Rotner & Anne Love Woodhull
\nIllustrator<\/strong>:\u00a0 Shelley Rotner
\nPublisher<\/strong>:\u00a0 Roaring Brook Press
\nPublication Date<\/strong>:\u00a0 May 2007
\nPages<\/strong>:\u00a0 32
\nGrade Range<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0K – 1
\nISBN-13<\/strong>:\u00a0 9781596431362<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  \u00a0 What is your\u00a0favorite season?\u00a0 Is it summer when you can\u00a0swim in the ocean? Is it autumn when you can jump in a pile of leaves?\u00a0Or maybe winter when the weather\u00a0is just right for sipping hot chocolate? \u00a0Every Season\u00a0by … Continue reading →<\/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":[50,773],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-earth-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773","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=1773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}