Monthly Archives: February 2011

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

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In K-2 library we planned a party to celebrate the birth of
Dr. Seuss. (March 2nd)
We read Happy Birthday To You
by Dr. Seuss

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The children were asked to
listen carefully to the story because
we were going to plan a party.
Who would we invite?
What party supplies would we need?
What should we serve?

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When the story was finished, the class
was divided into groups.

One group made a list of
Dr. Seuss characters
to invite to the party.

(Horton, Bartholomew, Sam,
The Grinch, The Cat…)

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Another group made a list of
what we would serve.

(Ooblek, green eggs, ham, roast beast…)

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The third group made a list of party supplies we would need.

(cups, plates, balloons, streamers…)

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Vote for Your Favorite Dr. Seuss Book!

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Almost everyone loves Dr. Seuss books, and as we get closer to his birthday on March 2nd, we’ll be reading some Seuss classics.

Here is your chance to vote for your favorite Dr. Seuss book.

It’s easy to vote—just select one of the choices in the poll below, or vote for “other,” and write in the name of your favorite in the Comments section. To do that, click on Comments (next to the word Polls-above). You can also leave a comment telling us why you voted for your favorite.

 If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good.   
                                               From One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish           

For lots more Dr. Seuss fun, make sure to visit Seussville.

Please vote for one of these books. If you select other, please add a comment to write in the name of your favorite.

And the Winner (Finally!) is…

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4thGradewinner

The Fourth Graders have finally been able to complete their Mock Caldecott Trial! Due to snow days and missed Library classes, the students’ final vote for best illustrated picture book of 2010 was a bit delayed.

The Randolph Caldecott Medal is awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.  Each year, the American Library Association committee members examine thousands of picture books and choose one book to receive the distinguished first place medal.  A few other “runner-up books” worth of attention  are selected as Honor books.

Here at school, our Fourth Graders examined a selection of well-illustrated titles from 2010. The students considered the following criteria: artistic technique, appropriateness for a child audience, effective pictorial interpretation of the story, and delineation of mood throughout the book.  They used a scale of 1-3 (Good to Excellent) to rate each of the criteria for the following books:

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The students’ favorite was Here Comes the Garbage Barge, a book based on real events written by Jonah Winters and illustrated by Red Nose Studio (illustrator Chris Sickels).  The students loved the illustrations, which featured sculptural 3-dimensional art compiled of found objects and trash.  Although their choice was not acknowledged by the Caldecott committee, the book did receive a great deal of critical acclaim and was named in the Top 10 Best Illustrated Books of 2010 by The New York Times.

More info about this year’s Caldecott winners and past medal and honor books can be found here.

Author Study N-2- David Shannon

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David Shannon

David Shannon began his career as an illustrator for well known authors like Jane Yolen, Jon Sciezka, and Audrey Wood.

David Shannon later started writing and illustrating his own books. In 1998, one of David Shannon’s first books, No David! won a Caldecott award for illustrations.

We will begin our 3 week long author study reading No,David! During class, Nursery and Pre-Kindergarten will discuss David’s behavior and color pictures of David.

The Kindergarten and First grade children will draw pictures and tell about what kind of trouble they think David might get into next, writing their own sequels to the story.

After listening to No, David!, the Second grade children will sequence the events of the story, recalling the order they happened in the story.

Students will hear a great group of stories this month written by an author who writes stories from his experiences as a self-professed “rough and tumble” young child.

The students will be introduced to the author by watching an interview with David Shannon on Reading Rockets.

Other books by David Shannon:

Duck on a Bike

Robot

How I Became a Pirate

Pirate’s Don’t Change Diapers

David Gets in Trouble

David Goes to School

Too Many Toys

Alice the Fairy

How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball

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