{"id":192,"date":"2008-09-01T22:12:33","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T03:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/192"},"modified":"2008-09-01T22:12:33","modified_gmt":"2008-09-02T03:12:33","slug":"teaching-process-skills-with-childrens-literature-hello-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2008\/09\/01\/teaching-process-skills-with-childrens-literature-hello-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Hello Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While growing up\u00a0children are constantly curious and active in\u00a0exploring their surroundings.\u00a0 Pam Munoz Ryan and Mark Astrella’s\u00a0book Hello Ocean<\/a> illustrates a common summer trip to the beach through all five senses.<\/p>\n

Hello Ocean<\/em> is a descriptive book using great imagery to emphasize the differences between the five senses. Ryan’s book not only introduces students to the differences in the senses, but\u00a0it <\/em>also incorporates additional elements of figurative language such as alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, metaphors, rhyme and rhythm.<\/p>\n

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I hear the ocean,
\na lion’s roar,
\ncrashing rumors
\ntoward the shore,
\nwater shushing and rushing in,
\nthen whispering back to the sea again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While\u00a0Ryan uses challenging vocabulary for beginning readers, Astrella’s realistic pictures help to illustrate possible\u00a0unfamiliar terms.\u00a0\u00a0This will help students\u00a0to better understand the uses of all five senses, especially\u00a0if they have experienced a similar summer trip. And yet, even without past experiences to draw upon, the pictures accurately illustrate Ryan’s text and help with the\u00a0understanding of the new concept.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong>
\nHello Ocean <\/em>could be used\u00a0as\u00a0an introduction to a\u00a0kindergarten class, but is\u00a0better suited for a first or second grade classroom. Used in a kindergarten classroom, students\u00a0will be\u00a0able to see the relationship between the text and the accompanying pictures.\u00a0 With this connection, the students will begin to understand what each of the five senses can detect in all surroundings.<\/p>\n

In an older elementary classroom, students will be able to gain more than just an introduction of the senses. Ryan’s\u00a0language helps to introduce new\u00a0elements of writing\u00a0(metaphor, rhyme, alliteration) that can be extended as part of a language arts lesson. In Virginia, the corresponding Standards of Learning\u00a0for Kindergarten are\u00a0K.1c and K.2a, while in first grade the Standard of Learning is 1.1a.<\/p>\n

Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n