{"id":2154,"date":"2010-01-17T13:04:35","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T18:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2154"},"modified":"2010-01-17T13:04:35","modified_gmt":"2010-01-17T18:04:35","slug":"teaching-process-skills-with-childrens-literature-skunkdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2010\/01\/17\/teaching-process-skills-with-childrens-literature-skunkdog\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Skunkdog"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Skunkdog<\/a>, written by Emily Jenkins and illustrated by Pierre Pratt is a heartwarming story of a pet dog, Dumpling, who is unable to smell.\u00a0 Without a sense of smell, she was not able to relate to other dogs.\u00a0 She had no friends and was lonely.\u00a0 She moved to the country with her family and ended up with a very stinky friend, a skunk.\u00a0 Although Dumpling’s family wasn’t happy about this, Dumpling and the skunk soon became best friends.\u00a0 Dumpling’s family bought a lot of tomato juice.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong>
\nThis book could be used while teaching the five senses, the corresponding sensing organs and sensory descriptors used to describe common objects.\u00a0 Students will be taught that humans have senses that allow them to seek, find, take in and react or respond to information in order to learn about their surroundings (VA SOL K.2 a,b).\u00a0 Since we will be using this book with a kindergarten class, the teacher would need to read the book to the class.\u00a0 As the book is being read, the teacher could ask the class questions about how a skunk smells and other smells that they like or like. \u00a0 The teacher could then pass around some items such as coffee, chocolate, lemons, garlic or peppermint for the class to smell and describe.<\/p>\n

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