tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20128784685246309502024-03-13T13:33:29.713-04:00That's Another StoryAndrea L. Mack: Ideas and Inspiration for Writers and Readers of Children's BooksAndrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.comBlogger911125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-81906103497964053852023-11-30T07:00:00.009-05:002023-11-30T07:00:00.137-05:003 in 3 (and tea) Episode #4<p><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; text-indent: 0in;">It's time for another episode of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3 in 3 (and tea) with </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/3462844971289047937" style="font-family: arial; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Debbie Ridpath Ohi</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; text-indent: 0in;"> and me! W</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">e feature 3 children’s books by Canadian authors and/or illustrators and share a few tips and resources for using them in the classroom. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">In Episode 4, we explore a picture book and a middle grade novel about girls taking on new challenges, and a bonus middle grade novel with a touch of bling! (If you want to catch up on other episodes, you can find them on <a href="https://debbieohi.link/3in3" target="_blank">Debbie's 3 in 3 playlist</a> -- or click here: <a href="https://youtu.be/hAC-mBqvvHE" target="_blank">Episode 1</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru-nlSWApCs&t=1s" target="_blank">Episode 2</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAC-mBqvvHE&list=PL9R5ehmf5_kF3_U0mx4anDqKmSB1oXLt9&index=3" target="_blank">Episode 3</a>). After you watch the video, click on the titles or book covers below to find out more about the books and a few teaching ideas. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tfSFXm_3KUA" width="320" youtube-src-id="tfSFXm_3KUA"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Picture Book:</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KSaJnB5QaOdPGvX4Lj-Vixav7fYdZtvly1NPztgGgSmjwLNW4HpmCUEnRf8aoR5vnYvm5PThvmMf6a9BlxVxIw_MOLll-k3n2kh1xP7fAm2HWMpmdcrRWaNwwcXUkG0LbueQhaJwKnI23ZFOQkyEebs4CSpF6H1Jgm0PFxyhSH5d-3icYryaA3C3mVfB/s404/Lucy%20Tries%20Hockey_Lisa%20Bowes_James%20Hearne.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Girl in hockey gear head on with hockey stick and puck" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="404" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KSaJnB5QaOdPGvX4Lj-Vixav7fYdZtvly1NPztgGgSmjwLNW4HpmCUEnRf8aoR5vnYvm5PThvmMf6a9BlxVxIw_MOLll-k3n2kh1xP7fAm2HWMpmdcrRWaNwwcXUkG0LbueQhaJwKnI23ZFOQkyEebs4CSpF6H1Jgm0PFxyhSH5d-3icYryaA3C3mVfB/w320-h317/Lucy%20Tries%20Hockey_Lisa%20Bowes_James%20Hearne.jpg" title="Lucy Tries Hockey" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2023/03/lucy-tries-hockey-by-lisa-bowes-james.html" target="_blank">Lucy Tries Hockey</a></b></div><span><div style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><b style="font-family: verdana;">Summary:</b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> Lucy learns a new sport and a little about being brave and the importance of practice. With lots of hockey vocabulary, this story will inspire kids to talk about their own adventures with one of Canada's traditional sports. </span></span></div><div><br /></div></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Learn about the book creators</span></b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">:</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">Author: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lisabowescreates/" target="_blank">Lisa Bowes</a> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;">🍁<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Illustrator: <a href="https://49thshelf.com/Contributors/H/Hearne-James" target="_blank">James Hearne</a></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;">🍁</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Visit the publisher</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://www.orcabook.com/Search?Keywords=lucy+tries+hockey" target="_blank">Orca Books</a><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;">🍁</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: arial; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2023/03/lucy-tries-hockey-by-lisa-bowes-james.html" target="_blank">Activities & resources HERE.</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Middle Grade:</span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRUwqzYYElisTe-fBXAjoR9gwLpsM1uWpG3cE4S18h3sklZeR01tXBsyjEBzLZrdJ40RuEvafyBLmhUeVvjk12b4oIBlyY-7GpXaKEZbc21cm2ahLReeDf-G85RG_tQS_Y7RATKD5qjJm24q5DpXhnGCBRRNEJUDkgg-AFWKQr4cSWKk4kMZ3JGoWr0q4/s400/Alice%20Fleck's%20Recipes%20for%20Disaster_Rachelle%20Delaney.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Nervous looking red haired girl facing a counter with two cakes and a movie "action' sign bearing the author's namer" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRUwqzYYElisTe-fBXAjoR9gwLpsM1uWpG3cE4S18h3sklZeR01tXBsyjEBzLZrdJ40RuEvafyBLmhUeVvjk12b4oIBlyY-7GpXaKEZbc21cm2ahLReeDf-G85RG_tQS_Y7RATKD5qjJm24q5DpXhnGCBRRNEJUDkgg-AFWKQr4cSWKk4kMZ3JGoWr0q4/w211-h320/Alice%20Fleck's%20Recipes%20for%20Disaster_Rachelle%20Delaney.jpg" title="Alice Fleck's Recipes for Disaster" width="211" /></a></div></span><h3 style="text-align: left;"></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2023/02/alice-flecks-recipes-for-disaster-by.html" target="_blank">Alice Fleck's Recipes for Disaster</a></span></h3><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Summary:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Alice tries a new experience when she enters a Victorian cooking show with her dad. She soon finds out someone is sabotaging the contest and has a mystery to solve with her new friends. A fun and tasty read with lots of learning about friends and family relationships.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Visit the author online</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; text-indent: 0in;">:</span></div></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://rachelledelaney.com/" target="_blank">Rachelle Delaney </a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">🍁<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Visit the illustrator:</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://morgangoble.ca/" target="_blank">Morgan Goble</a> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;">🍁</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Visit the publisher:</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/646878/alice-flecks-recipes-for-disaster-by-rachelle-delaney/9780735269293" target="_blank">Tundra Books/Puffin Canada</a> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;">🍁</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2023/02/alice-flecks-recipes-for-disaster-by.html" target="_blank">Activities & resources HERE</a>.</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> </span></p><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bonus Middle Grade Novel:</span></h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7caIOUXDcmQJbZ6RoLdTTlfR735nJ7zD_1_eZupe4VxBZTizgm2cTjs9SUNH_W_v1WP-4bUYBVNNzawzQXVGzytorcwCL6R42kEPgh0Fpx0PXPIRxM_Nvxx82_h4iWsZ5P0U4474s92r3OirDYiOBvmZhO48JoeycJ66Kj1n5c0esvEgJXvcj4JRdCZn/w220-h320/Nikki%20Tesla%20and%20the%20Fellowship%20of%20the%20Bling_Jess%20Keating_Lissy%20Marlin.jpg" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></h3></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2023/03/nikki-tesla-and-fellowship-of-bling-by.html" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;" target="_blank">Nikki Tesla and the Fellowship of the Bling</a></span></h2></div><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></b></div><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Summary:</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"> Nikki Tesla and her friends have a mystery to solve and it involves a mysterious ring. I love the way this story blends science with action and a cast of characters that all have their own special skills.</span><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Visit the author</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; text-indent: 0in;">:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.jesskeating.com/books" target="_blank">Jess Keating</a></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; text-indent: 0in;">🍁</span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Check out the illustrator</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; text-indent: 0in;">:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://www.lissymarlin.com/" target="_blank">Lissy Marlin</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Visit the Publisher:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.scholastic.ca/books/view/nikki-tesla-and-the-fellowship-of-the-bling-elements-of-genius-2" target="_blank">Scholastic</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/10/raindrops-to-rainbow-by-john-miklos-jr.html" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;" target="_blank"><b>Activities & resources HERE.</b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">**<b>Want to know more about Canadian author/illustrator Debbie Ohi? Visit </b></span><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/3462844971289047937"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">her website</span></a> where you'll find lots of great downloads for teachers!</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">**We're very grateful to <b>The Faithful Sidekicks</b> for writing and performing our theme song! You can learn more about them at <a href="https://www.thefaithfulsidekicks.com/" target="_blank">their website</a>. </span></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-66644081189511100522023-10-13T06:00:00.005-04:002023-10-13T06:00:00.150-04:00SCRIBBLE by Ruth Ohi -- a picture book about shapes, friendship and imagination<p><span style="caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 19.8px;">I'm happy to share this wonderful story about friends, imagination and making marks! I read this book every year in my kindergarten class, because it has so many possibilities to connect to learning. </span></p><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></b><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqUTypU5D3g06zdMB4cwBoNAEhd8LH4t_YaH6cCiCo2zAcCvK-znCH3TdXwLJqO6ELCd5bx_DA2G9MU5MVwF-pTdeqHyZhyfoK8aJbLAYSB-2losn26i_kHIM840bUVKb0jXDRiT_uGqOlBZLV6hqjIQYCiclEvOi9hfCpRNMtuwHgIub6PsPD1Yd5ong/s342/Scribble%20by%20Ruth%20Ohi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Loopy line dancing over a pink circle, blue square and yellow triangle" border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="342" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqUTypU5D3g06zdMB4cwBoNAEhd8LH4t_YaH6cCiCo2zAcCvK-znCH3TdXwLJqO6ELCd5bx_DA2G9MU5MVwF-pTdeqHyZhyfoK8aJbLAYSB-2losn26i_kHIM840bUVKb0jXDRiT_uGqOlBZLV6hqjIQYCiclEvOi9hfCpRNMtuwHgIub6PsPD1Yd5ong/w320-h320/Scribble%20by%20Ruth%20Ohi.jpg" title="Scribble" width="320" /></a></div><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Why this book?</span></span></b></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I love this gentle story about three friends whose play is changed by a newcomer. The expressions on the shapes have on the cover intrigued me! This book is a great one for inspiring art as well as discussions about friendship.</span></span><p></p><h4 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></b></h4><h4 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></b></h4><h4 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></b></h4><h4 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My thoughts as a creator:</span></span></b></h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is another example of a picture book with many layers. It's so clever to use shapes (there's math) in this story about friends (social emotional learning) and imagination (art). What happens when the scribble comes along, anyway? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">My thoughts as an educator:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">This is a wonderful story for talking about characters and how they have different personalities. How are the three shapes different? How are they the same? It's also another story we can read to encourage discussion about friendship and feelings. I especially like to use this one before art activities with shapes. </span><span style="font-size: large;">My students enjoy using this story and their own creations as inspiration for creating their own stories. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Ages</span></u></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">: 3 - 6</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Grades</span></u></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">: Pre K - 1</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Connections</span></u></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">: 2-D shapes, friendship, imagination, identity </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Activities:</span></u></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Social Emotional Learning/Drama:</span></u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Use simple puppets with shapes to act out friendship scenarios, such as making new friends, sharing toys or hurt feelings. Have children suggest ideas for social problem solving and act them out using the shape puppets. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><u style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">Literacy/Art:</u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"> Provide students with shape cut outs and have them use lines and their imagination to create a shape-inspired art project. Another great art activity is to talk about how the faces on the shapes are created with simple lines and dots, and encourage children to choose a feeling to show on their own shape drawing.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u>Literacy/Writing</u>: Prompt students to create a new story about one or more of these characters through drawing! Begin by drawing one of the shapes and showing how they are feeling. By asking "why" questions students can build their own story.</span></span></p><h4 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></b></h4><h4 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">More resources</span></span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">:</span></span></h4><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Canadian author-illustrator Ruth Ohi tells us about the story and demonstrates how she starts drawing her characters:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 19.8px; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/isAPppk66fU" width="320" youtube-src-id="isAPppk66fU"></iframe></span></div><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />Visit Ruth Ohi's website (<a href="https://www.ruthohi.com/scribble-activities" target="_blank">click here</a>) for <a href="https://www.ruthohi.com/scribble-activities" target="_blank">activities based on the book</a> and examples of student art work. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 19.8px; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></p><h4 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Description from the publisher:</span></span></b></h4><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">"Do you want to play?" said Scribble.</em></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Circle loves to roll — around and around. Solid Square likes to sit still and strong. Triangle can celebrate all her good points, and always knows which direction to go. But when Scribble suddenly dashes through their ordered world — all messy lines and energy — Circle, Square and Triangle don’t know what to think.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But turns out just a zig zag here and a wavy line there are all that’s needed to stir imaginations, and soon the shapes find themselves working as a team, on a course for adventure!</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Award-winning author and illustrator <span style="border: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ruth Ohi’s </span>energetic art shows young readers that anything is possible with a splash of colour and the most basic shapes. This wonderful picture book will spark creativity, and encourage young minds to identify and draw the Circle-Square-Triangle-Scribbles in their worlds too!</span></span></p></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Scribble </i>was written and illustrated by Ruth Ohi and published by Scholastic Canada in 2016.</span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><h4 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Visit the creators</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> (click names for links):</span></span></b></h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://www.ruthohi.com" target="_blank">Ruth Ohi</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://digital.scholastic.ca/rights/books/scribble/" target="_blank">Scholastic Canada</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><b style="font-size: 18pt;"> </b><span style="font-size: medium;">For</span><b style="font-size: 18pt;"> </b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 37.3333px; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">more</span></span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 37.3333px; text-indent: 0in;"> wonderful picture books, visit </span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 32px; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://susannahill.com/for-teachers-and-parents/perfect-picture-books/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #898989; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 37.3333px; text-decoration-line: none;">Perfect Picture Book Friday</span>!</a></span></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-63795929970263417062023-09-22T06:00:00.001-04:002023-09-22T06:00:00.159-04:00Don’t Hug Doug (He Doesn’t Like It), written by Carrie Finison and illustrated by Daniel Wiseman<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 19.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I'm so excited to share this story with you! This is a great book to read at the beginning of the school year -- it's humorous and also gets across an important concept related to social emotional learning.</span></p><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzcLC6f8mOy30_Aily8QkWfubHU0uZBPa53kk_3VrzdmsHlyP8j_FuWhlk-ORya9SsBcgEMbFw8RTHCQQmpqHfHEU-rAe7Xjur_Eoctb8ZMkvEdkaSPsnI1A7XEXifN4Mpyy-9NF8ycIHUQ30VtyqAyiZeMc3Owf5Ob0AM81Bj6wnChgmMXvrUrWNXTyGO" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="448" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzcLC6f8mOy30_Aily8QkWfubHU0uZBPa53kk_3VrzdmsHlyP8j_FuWhlk-ORya9SsBcgEMbFw8RTHCQQmpqHfHEU-rAe7Xjur_Eoctb8ZMkvEdkaSPsnI1A7XEXifN4Mpyy-9NF8ycIHUQ30VtyqAyiZeMc3Owf5Ob0AM81Bj6wnChgmMXvrUrWNXTyGO" width="239" /></a></div><br />Why this book?</span></span></b><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm always looking for entertaining stories to get across important concepts for early learners. I'd heard about this book before from my 12 x 12 writing group, and I was delighted to find it in my library. The simple cover design with the big title grabbed my attention right away.</span></p><h4 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My thoughts as a creator:</span></span></b></h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I love how Carrie Finison took a potentially serious topic and made it into a fun story! This is a wonderful example of how to include different layers in a picture book—including social emotional learning and rhyme! I also like the use of repetition which encouraged my students to read along. Illustrator Daniel Wiseman used a bright, cartoon style that is both attention-getting and suits the humorous tone of the story. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 19.8px; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">My thoughts as an educator:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Early years educators and teachers will love this book for a lead-in to helping young children understand that they have a say in who can give them a hug. It’s also great for discussing individual differences and preferences. I also loved the spread with different ways to give a high five. Other elements to discuss include rhyming words, collections and different ways to show you care about someone. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Ages</span></u></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">: 4 - 7</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Grades</span></u></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">: K - 2</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Connections</span></u></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">: bodily autonomy, consent, individual differences, friendship</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Activities:</span></u></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Social Emotional Learning:</span></u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Make a list of different ways you could show you care about a friend. Revisit the page with different types of high fives. Turn to a partner and try five different ways to high five. Can you think of another way?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u>Math</u>: Doug has a striped shirt. How many other children in the book are wearing stripes? How many are wearing dots? How many kids in your class are wearing stripes? How many are wearing dots? You can use these questions to model how to record data in charts or graphs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u>Literacy/Phonics:</u> Talk about the short "u" sound. Try this game from <a href="https://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/" target="_blank">Fantastic and Fun</a> learning to practice reading short "u" CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/short-u-cvc-board-game.html" target="_blank">Short U CVC game</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><h4 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">More resources</span></span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">:</span><o:p></o:p></span></h4><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Visit author Carrie Finison's website for book related colouring pages and activities such as <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wMaBxS_oSUEfF7Mgrx2fj2F9QacPAVMK/view" target="_blank">"Invent Your Own High Five</a>."</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><h4 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Description from the publisher:</span></span></b></h4><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Doug doesn't like hugs. He thinks hugs are too squeezy, too squashy, too squooshy, too smooshy. He doesn't like hello hugs or goodbye hugs, game-winning home run hugs or dropped ice cream cone hugs, and he definitely doesn't like birthday hugs. He'd much rather give a high five--or a low five, a side five, a double five, or a spinny five. Yup, some people love hugs; other people don't. So how can you tell if someone likes hugs or not? There's only one way to find out: Ask! Because everybody gets to decide for themselves whether they want a hug or not.</span></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Don’t Hug Doug (He Doesn’t Like It)</i>, written by Carrie Finison and illustrated by Daniel Wiseman, was published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in 2021.</span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><h4 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Visit the creators</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> (click for link):</span></span></b></h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://www.carriefinison.com/" target="_blank">Carrie Finison</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://www.danieldraws.com/about-1" target="_blank">Daniel Wiseman</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/602038/dont-hug-doug-by-carrie-finison-illustrated-by-daniel-wiseman/" target="_blank">G.P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Random House</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(46, 46, 46); color: #2e2e2e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><b style="font-size: 18pt;"> </b><span style="font-size: medium;">For</span><b style="font-size: 18pt;"> </b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 37.3333px; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">more</span></span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 37.3333px; text-indent: 0in;"> wonderful picture books, visit </span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 32px; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://susannahill.com/for-teachers-and-parents/perfect-picture-books/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #898989; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 37.3333px; text-decoration: none;">Perfect Picture Book Friday</span>!</a></span></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-84508699635434024992023-07-14T09:26:00.001-04:002023-07-14T09:28:28.132-04:00NO HORSES IN THE HOUSE by Mirielle Messier & Anna Bron<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">During my summer reading, I discovered this wonderful book which is too good not to share! I love stories about strong girls but this is a great book for anyone who wants to follow their own dreams.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgvXjYEqL_jNewa6X3tmZ1JW98U1_pDpjcMgIfHiwmwp7qqegzAGLYl-VfhC3g0wYa56zUAnazX3FCswkXfnx6L--EFj3QBCpO722a8_ViEHtMGVS_F7HRcwx8yTvozbUri4TUhwFqTxM0DtXU1Pyy_sxktd390L15S8h-D8GpmVlg6-8nxQZVzeTHaHx/s492/No%20Horses%20in%20the%20House_Mireille%20Messier_Anna%20Bron_Orca%20Books.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Drawing of three horse heads looking at centre of page where girl is working at an easel, title above the easel" border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgvXjYEqL_jNewa6X3tmZ1JW98U1_pDpjcMgIfHiwmwp7qqegzAGLYl-VfhC3g0wYa56zUAnazX3FCswkXfnx6L--EFj3QBCpO722a8_ViEHtMGVS_F7HRcwx8yTvozbUri4TUhwFqTxM0DtXU1Pyy_sxktd390L15S8h-D8GpmVlg6-8nxQZVzeTHaHx/w260-h320/No%20Horses%20in%20the%20House_Mireille%20Messier_Anna%20Bron_Orca%20Books.jpg" title="No Horses in the House, The Audacious Life of Artist Rosa Bonheur" width="260" /></a></div><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Why this book?</span></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">I found this story in my library's online collection when doing some research for one
of my own writing projects. Was I intrigued! I’d never heard of this artist
before but I was captured by her story. I loved learning about her life and the
perseverance she showed in working towards her dream of becoming an artist. A
great story for all ages!</span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></b></p><h4 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My thoughts as a
creator:</span></span></b></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Even though I don’t write biography, it
was interesting to see how Rosa’s life experiences were selected to create an
attention-getting story. I love how the colour palette the artist chose makes
me think of history and the past. The characters have such great facial
expressions and there are lots of interesting details and movement in the
illustrations that bring a playful feel to the story. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h4 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">My thoughts as an
educator:</span></b></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">What a great book for discussing the
idea of breaking down barriers and considering different perspectives! This is
a good story to read anytime in the classroom, with opportunities for discussion
about following your own dreams, not giving up when you face something
challenging, or times when girls weren’t allowed to do things. Also a nice book for showcasing a little art history.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Ages</span></u></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">: 5 - 9</span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Grades</span></u></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">: Gr 1 - 4</span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Connections</span></u></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">: gender roles,
animal painting, perseverance, artist biography <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Activities:</span></u></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Art Discussion</span></u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">: Show several examples of Rosa Bonheur’s art
work to students. Discuss questions such as: What do you notice about her
artwork? What subjects did she like to paint or sculpt? How does the art work
make you feel? Prompt: If you could ask the artist a question, what would you
ask?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u>Art Activity</u>: Trying out texture, From Suzanne Tiedemann on Artsonia.com <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?project=380844">https://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?project=380844</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Watch this video about visual texture: <a href="https://vimeo.com/9284044">https://vimeo.com/9284044</a> Talk about textures in the classroom. Provide black paper and oil pastels for students
to create their own textured lion face drawing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Literacy/Persuasive Writing</span></u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">: This book could be
a springboard for persuasive writing activities. For example, have students generate
a list of things they aren’t allowed to do. Create a speech to persuade an
adult with three reasons why they should be allowed to do it. Or, pretend you
are Rosa Bonheur and design a poster to explain to others why you should be
allowed to have a horse in the house.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Literacy/Alphabet</span></u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">: Create a class alphabet
book! Encourage students to choose a letter of the alphabet and draw an animal
to represent the letter. Or, make a list of the letters of the alphabet and encourage
students to think of an animal to go with each letter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">STEM</span></u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">: Provide opportunities for students to research horses. Question/Prompt:
If a horse can’t live in a house, where could it live? Design an ideal home for
a horse using found materials such as straws, popsicle sticks, cardboard, and
tape. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p>
<h4 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">More resources</span></span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">:</span><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Links for background information:</span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="http://linesandcolors.com/2014/03/16/rosa-bonheur/">http://linesandcolors.com/2014/03/16/rosa-bonheur/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://smarthistory.org/rosa-bonheur-plowing-in-the-nivernais-the-first-dressing/">https://smarthistory.org/rosa-bonheur-plowing-in-the-nivernais-the-first-dressing/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://www.theartstory.org/artist/bonheur-rosa/">https://www.theartstory.org/artist/bonheur-rosa/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/who-is-rosa-bonheur-1234643325/ploughing-in-the-nivernais-1849/">https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/who-is-rosa-bonheur-1234643325/ploughing-in-the-nivernais-1849/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Hands On Art Activity ideas: </span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://craftwhack.com/19-animal-art-projects/">https://craftwhack.com/19-animal-art-projects/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Other reviews (click title for link):</span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://www.cmreviews.ca/node/3283" target="_blank">Canadian Review of Materials</a>, reviewed by Julia
Pitre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p>
<h4 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Description from the
publisher:</span></span></b></h4>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 15pt;"><strong><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></strong></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 15pt;"><strong><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Based on the incredible life of the
pioneering, feminist and queer artist Rosa Bonheur, this charming story depicts
Rosa's early years and her drive to fight for her dreams.</span></strong><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 15pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rosa Bonheur loved to draw animals. She was good at it too!
Unfortunately, in nineteenth-century France, girls were not allowed to be
artists. But Rosa didn't let that stop her. In this fictionalized account of
her early life in Paris, Rosa studies art at home, bringing a menagerie of
animals into the apartment to study up close. When she is kicked out of the
horse market for sneaking in wearing boys clothing, Rosa must think creatively
to challenge the rules in pursuit of her dream of becoming a world-class
realist painter and artist.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: medium;">No Horses in the House!
The Audacious Life of Artist Rosa Bonheur, written by Mirielle Messier and
illustrated by Anna Bron, was published by Orca Books in 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><h4 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Visit the creators</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> (click for link):</span></span></b></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.mireille.ca/" target="_blank">Mirielle Messier</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://annabron.com/" target="_blank">Anna Bron</a></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.orcabook.com/No-Horses-in-the-House" target="_blank">Orca Books</a></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><b style="font-size: 18pt;"> </b><span style="font-size: medium;">For</span><b style="font-size: 18pt;"> </b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">more</span></span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0in;"> wonderful picture
books, visit </span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/7052001482114648209"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Perfect Picture Book Friday</span></a>!</span></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-23762219238518338252023-05-22T15:18:00.000-04:002023-05-22T15:18:06.920-04:00ICEBERG by Jennifer A. Nielsen -- an exciting adventure with a 12-year-old aspiring journalist <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZ9M_rHdFK6cenD-KqMzwqYRD1NWs3Fa2GC8eVHx-OUFGxE1XwURZAVw9gG8J3l6it1dNDuuWzQyZKvZt8xVh32Ot6cA2qSXMAz5meX0fmmnWqGSgVJOpBHOuKwG1dqPOwEXoMF9rAfhKZo5NI7fPSNbEJ8rlXs5zPCNAdMFExvtHwYbWFaLQ-627oQ/s2550/Iceberg_Jennifer%20Nielsen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1678" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZ9M_rHdFK6cenD-KqMzwqYRD1NWs3Fa2GC8eVHx-OUFGxE1XwURZAVw9gG8J3l6it1dNDuuWzQyZKvZt8xVh32Ot6cA2qSXMAz5meX0fmmnWqGSgVJOpBHOuKwG1dqPOwEXoMF9rAfhKZo5NI7fPSNbEJ8rlXs5zPCNAdMFExvtHwYbWFaLQ-627oQ/s320/Iceberg_Jennifer%20Nielsen.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Why this book?</b></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">The story of the Titantic is always
intriguing. I was drawn to the idea of a stowaway aboard the ship--and what an
interesting character she turned out to be! Hazel’s dream of being a journalist
was a great way to bring in bits of the history of what happened to the
Titantic. There was also a storyline of Hazel collecting information to solve a
mystery about some swindlers she came across on board. The friends Hazel makes
give us different perspectives on life at the time of the Titantic. From a
writer’s perspective, I think this would be a great read for anyone writing
historical fiction. It’s a wonderful example of how to incorporate history into
a compelling story! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 200%;">Connections:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 200%;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">mysteries, the Titantic, journalism, adventure, icebergs<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></h3><h3 style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Activity Ideas:</span></span></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Literacy: </span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">What are
some of the clues Hazel collected about what was going to happen to the Titantic?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Discussion</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">: Consider
Mrs. Abelman’s statement: “We must live the best we can until we gracefully
accept our fate.” Do you think Hazel had any regrets about any of her actions
on the Titantic? Was there something she could have done differently?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">STEM</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">: Look up Morse
Code and try to write a coded message to a friend. Tap it out and see if your
friend can decode your message. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">STEAM</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">: Create a piece
of art using a collage technique that contains a coded message.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">STEM:</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"> Make a list of
the things Hazel learned about icebergs. Write three question you have about
icebergs. Do some research to see if you can find out the answers. Or research
the question: What are some ways ships can avoid or be protected from colliding
with icebergs?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Additional Resources: </span></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #424243; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Also by Jennifer A. Nielsen and still one of my favourites is </span><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2012/05/marvelous-middle-grade-monday-false.html" style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 15pt; text-indent: 0in;" target="_blank">The False Prince</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #424243; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 15pt; text-indent: 0in;"> (click</span><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2012/05/marvelous-middle-grade-monday-false.html" style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 15pt; text-indent: 0in;" target="_blank"> here </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #424243; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 15pt; text-indent: 0in;">for my thoughts)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Description from <a href="https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/books/iceberg-9781338795028.html" target="_blank">the publisher</a>:</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; text-indent: 0in;">Hazel Rothbury is traveling all alone from her home in
England aboard the celebrated ship </span><i style="color: #1e1915; text-indent: 0in;">Titanic</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; text-indent: 0in;">. Following the untimely
death of her father, Hazel's mother is sending her to the US to work in a
factory, so that she might send money back home to help her family make ends
meet.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But Hazel harbors a secret dream: She wants to be a
journalist, and she just knows that if she can write and sell a story about
the <i>Titanic's</i> maiden voyage, she could earn enough money to
support her family and not have to go to a sweatshop. When Hazel discovers that
mother didn't send her with enough money for a ticket, she decides she must
stow away onboard the storied ship.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">With the help of a porter named Charlie and a sweet
first-class passenger named Sylvia, Hazel explores the opulent ship in secret,
but a haunting mystery quickly finds her. The danger only intensifies when
calamity strikes, and readers will be caught up in the terror and suspense
alongside Hazel as she fights to save her friends and herself.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #424243; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Iceberg, </span></i><span style="background: white; color: #424243; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 200%;">written
by Jennifer A. Nielsen was published by Scholastic Press in 2023. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #424243; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">To find more middle grade books to read,
check out </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/894105143292494925"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Marvelous
Middle Grade Monday</span></a><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">, organized by Greg Pattridge
over at </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/894105143292494925"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">his
blog</span></a><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-86261279569640362562023-05-08T06:00:00.036-04:002023-05-08T06:00:00.150-04:00THE BIG STING by Rachelle Delaney<p><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; text-align: center;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76ux8YWlPYrYB7ZS8EN8Sqz8PJx7QxyyJf27IEThzEX8Hw09xhx7uJA1cMXZQiuR3bCrHnw3D8D1dUz9qmBGxyMOzdw8QZhlZfVSJAzjmA-K5d1BcLzzd98Y74sBERSY5i6tw3VaRwzMNUcomwQCD6ZQH3L5yCBR0FFRUcHZJ_uO23tH60m4lBIE6AA/s400/The%20Big%20Sting_Rachelle%20Delaney.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Short girl and taller boy carrying books in front of a hill with bees around them" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76ux8YWlPYrYB7ZS8EN8Sqz8PJx7QxyyJf27IEThzEX8Hw09xhx7uJA1cMXZQiuR3bCrHnw3D8D1dUz9qmBGxyMOzdw8QZhlZfVSJAzjmA-K5d1BcLzzd98Y74sBERSY5i6tw3VaRwzMNUcomwQCD6ZQH3L5yCBR0FFRUcHZJ_uO23tH60m4lBIE6AA/w214-h320/The%20Big%20Sting_Rachelle%20Delaney.jpg" title="The Big Sting by Rachelle Delaney" width="214" /></a></b></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Why this book?</span></span></b></h2><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Since I love books about nature and all its
creatures, I was intrigued to read a story involving bees. I also know that
Rachelle Delaney’s books usually have some kind of mystery to solve—and missing
beehives is certainly a unique premise.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"> I was having so much fun I read this story in one day, and actually laughed
out loud a few times. The characters are believable and I loved the idea that Grandpa
was leading his more cautious grandson on adventures.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">This story also referred to some interesting professions (such as auditor) and included some fun names for computer games, like Applewood Acres. The games sounded so fun I wished they were real! I really
enjoyed this book! From a writer’s perspective, I think it would be a good
mentor text for anyone writing a contemporary middle grade novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Connections:</span></span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"> mysteries, neighborhood adventures, bees<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Activity Ideas:</span></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Social Emotional Learning:</span></u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"> The story mentions several personality types related to an online
personality quiz: Auditor, Adventurer, Problem-Solver and Counselor. List the
characteristics of each personality. Which ones do you most relate to? What
kind of career interests you? Does it fit with your personality type?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Literacy: </span></u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">What are
some of the obstacles that Leo faced as they worked to find the missing
beehives? How did his character change by the end of the story? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">STEAM</span></u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">: Research bees and
design a model of a beehive using materials of your choice. Or build a real bee
habitat to install outdoors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><u>MEDIA:</u> Design your own computer game idea by making up a name and rules for how to play. Create an ad for your game in a format of your choice (poster, video).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Additional Resources:</span></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">25 Bee Activities for Middle Schoolers - Link <a href="https://www.teachingexpertise.com/classroom-ideas/bee-activities-for-middle-school/" target="_blank">here</a>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background-color: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; text-indent: 0in;">For my thoughts on some other books
by Rachelle Delaney, click on the titles:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2014/04/marvelous-middle-grade-monday-metro.html" target="_blank">The Metro Dogs of Moscow</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2023/02/alice-flecks-recipes-for-disaster-by.html" target="_blank">Alice Fleck’s Recipes for Disaster</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 200%;">Book description from the publisher (to visit the publisher click <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646879/the-big-sting-by-rachelle-delaney/" target="_blank">here</a>):</span></span><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A visit to Leo's grandfather's farm turns upside down when
his grandmother's bee hives are stolen. A light-hearted and funny middle-grade
novel for fans of Rebecca Stead and Lynda Mullaly Hunt.</span></span><span style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Eleven-year-old Leo is an "armchair
adventurer." This, according to Dad, means he'd choose adventures in books
or video games over real-life experiences. And while Leo hates the label, he
can’t argue with it. Unlike his little sister Lizzie, Leo is not a risk-taker. </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">So when he, Lizzie, Mom and Dad leave the city
to visit Grandpa on Heron Island, Leo finds all kinds of dangers to
avoid — from the deep, dark ocean to an old barn on the verge of collapse. But
nothing on the island is more fearsome than Grandpa himself — Leo has
never met anyone so grumpy! According to Mom, Grandpa is still grieving the
recent death of his wife, a beekeeper beloved by everyone on the island.</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
</span><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Despite Leo's best efforts to avoid it, adventure
finds him anyway when Grandma’s beehives go missing in the dead of night.
Infuriated, Grandpa vows to track down the sticky-fingered thieves himself . .
. with risk-averse Leo and danger-loving Lizzie (plus a kitten named
Mayhem) in tow.</span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><i style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;">The Big Sting, </span></i><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0in;">written by Rachelle Delaney was published by Tundra Books in 2023.</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Other reviews of this book (click on title):</span></o:p></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; line-height: 200%;"><o:p style="font-size: 20px;"><a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/rachelle-delaney/the-big-sting/" target="_blank">Kirkus</a> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; line-height: 200%;"><o:p style="font-size: 20px;"><a href="https://www.cmreviews.ca/node/3415" target="_blank">CM</a></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; line-height: 200%;"><o:p style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0in;">To find more middle grade books to read,
check out </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/894105143292494925" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Marvelous
Middle Grade Monday</span></a><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0in;">, organized by Greg Pattridge
over at </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/894105143292494925" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">his
blog</span></a><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0in;">.</span></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-45429013931047646432023-04-17T06:00:00.002-04:002023-04-17T06:00:00.200-04:00THE THINGS OWEN WROTE by Jessica Scott Kerrin<p><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxNzNqgJXKKisnvJYIkXSfpuLmz4T0jFrMSx9MalD56VcAB6451VgNGhUknaHHQtOEGlQ0Bz7GNXGI8dLMoUjSCYaX0OHT0utfsQxCpjkj2B0viqFgp02ac6QFeygipuW3gVfYnM0NP-QMo_bgbi4xBxC9CfbcRBC7FmskZEUFw9AW5kiyZAKcAIeFg/s2335/The%20Things%20Owen%20Wrote_Jessica%20Scott%20Kerrin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Small line drawings of house, bat, boy, volcano" border="0" data-original-height="2335" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxNzNqgJXKKisnvJYIkXSfpuLmz4T0jFrMSx9MalD56VcAB6451VgNGhUknaHHQtOEGlQ0Bz7GNXGI8dLMoUjSCYaX0OHT0utfsQxCpjkj2B0viqFgp02ac6QFeygipuW3gVfYnM0NP-QMo_bgbi4xBxC9CfbcRBC7FmskZEUFw9AW5kiyZAKcAIeFg/w219-h320/The%20Things%20Owen%20Wrote_Jessica%20Scott%20Kerrin.jpg" title="The Things Owen Wrote by Jessica Scott Kerrin" width="219" /></a></b></div><b style="text-indent: 0in;">Why this book?</b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">It was refreshing to read this unique middle grade novel. Owen is a likeable character and I enjoyed the mystery of wondering about what he had written in his journal that made him want it back so desperately. I also loved the idea of a spontaneous adventure to another country! This is a quieter story with interesting details about Iceland, but it also brings
out some of the feelings Owen experiences as he realizes his granddad’s memory
is starting to fail. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Connections:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0in;"> Iceland, anxiety, grandparents, elder care, poetry</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Activity Ideas:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Literacy – Make your own journal page about a place you’d
like to visit (or a place you’ve been). Do some research to add “little known
facts.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Literacy/Poetry – Choose an object from a place you’ve
visited. Make a list of words and feelings you associate with the object. Use your
list to create your own poem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">History/Geography: Choose one of Canada’s northern lands,
such as Nunavut, Yukon or the Northwest Territory. Find a map and trace or print
it. Mark key features of the land. Research the kinds of buildings and animals
you might find there. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Literacy Discussion – What do you think about Owen’s terrible
secret? Record your thoughts or discuss the resolution to the story. What are
your thoughts about using AI to help with writing an essay or assignment?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Description from the publisher:</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #424243; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Owen
has always done well, even without trying that hard. He gets A’s in school, is
an avid photographer and knows he can count on his family’s support. But then
Owen makes a mistake. A big one. And now he must face his fear of disappointing
his entire family.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #424243; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A
last-minute trip to Iceland, just Owen and his granddad, seems like the perfect
way out. For Owen’s granddad, the trip is about paying tribute to a friend with
Icelandic roots. But Owen has a more urgent reason for going: he must get back
the notebook his granddad accidentally sent to the Iceland archive. He can’t
let anyone read the things he wrote in it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #424243; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The
pair gets on a plane, excited to leave their prairie town for a country of lava
fields, glaciers and geysers. However, as they explore Iceland, the plan to
recover Owen’s notebook starts to spiral out of control. Why does Owen’s
granddad seem so confused and forgetful? And can Owen really hide the truth of
what’s in his notebook?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #424243; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The Things Owen Wrote, </span></i><span style="background: white; color: #424243; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 200%;">written by Jessica Scott Kerrin was published by Groundwood
Books/House of Anansi Press in 2017. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 36px;">You can find out more about this book, as well as connections to core standards, by visiting the publisher’s webpage <a href="https://houseofanansi.com/products/the-things-owen-wrote" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span></b></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-60933907363601397832023-03-31T06:31:00.001-04:002023-03-31T06:31:59.923-04:00Lucy Tries Hockey by Lisa Bowes & James Hearne<p><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfFiccBelKSAWKEUT_WPF4UKDUI23cOrog5o7pZrEq15UoRpOoT4dQrjlnK0prvkv2g7Cb_LQ0fGoK0e1s3uR0n04cbdHK-Vux4sPN9ftbSNasFR6HiE2mm7ubhRePoz1NraRYNsSYYcM9JohCDuNL16umfTQgOafFIFdw1QCJUxGPpQqjOtborCkGg/s404/Lucy%20Tries%20Hockey_Lisa%20Bowes_James%20Hearne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="404" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfFiccBelKSAWKEUT_WPF4UKDUI23cOrog5o7pZrEq15UoRpOoT4dQrjlnK0prvkv2g7Cb_LQ0fGoK0e1s3uR0n04cbdHK-Vux4sPN9ftbSNasFR6HiE2mm7ubhRePoz1NraRYNsSYYcM9JohCDuNL16umfTQgOafFIFdw1QCJUxGPpQqjOtborCkGg/s320/Lucy%20Tries%20Hockey_Lisa%20Bowes_James%20Hearne.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Why this book?</span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">I was excited to see
this book at my local library. It’s a perfect way to introduce kids to hockey –
as well as the idea of practicing to get better. The big, bold digital –style
illustrations are full of action. I also appreciated the diversity in the kids
depicted on Lucy’s team. This book is part of a series, where Lucy tries other
sports—soccer, luge, short track, basketball and baseball. Some of them are
also available in French and Spanish.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">My thoughts as a
creator:</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">It’s great to see a picture book that focus on a girl learning to play
sports. I love the added layers in this story about not being afraid to try and
practicing. This story is also told in rhyme, which adds another dimension to
the story. I’m looking forward to reading the other books in the series. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">My thoughts as an
educator:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">I love the idea of reading books that show case different sports. This
series would be great to read during an Olympic year, as well as anytime to
promote active living. The story contains a lot of hockey vocabulary that I
discussed with my students. </span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Ages</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: 4 - 7</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Grades</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: K - 3</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Connections</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: hockey, rhyming,
practicing sports<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Activities:</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Active Play</span></u><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check out <a href="https://handsonaswegrow.com/indoor-hockey-activity-play-at-home/" target="_blank">this link </a>from<a href="https://handsonaswegrow.com/indoor-hockey-activity-play-at-home/" target="_blank"> Hands On As We Grow</a> for a fun way to play “indoor hockey” with tape and bean bag that could be
adapted for playing on a table or area in the classroom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Literacy</span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">: Draw a picture of
your favourite sport or a sport you might like to try one day.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Literacy</span></u><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: Which sport do you
think Lucy should try next? Write your own “Lucy Tries” story about your
favourite sport!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">STEM</span></u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: Can you design a hockey stick? Provide
materials for designing such as straws, popsicle sticks, cardboard, and tape.
With a water bottle lid or other small object for a puck, students can test
their hockey sticks on a table top to see which designs work best. Another
challenge might be to try playing on different surfaces (e.g., carpet, table top,
frozen slab of ice) to see what happens!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">More resources</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Find out more about
Lisa Bowes and her book Lucy Tries Basketball:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://blog.orcabook.com/author-feature-lisa-bowes-2/"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">https://blog.orcabook.com/author-feature-lisa-bowes-2/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Read an article about
Lisa Bowes and her series from Collingwood Today:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://www.collingwoodtoday.ca/national-sports/bowes-hopes-to-encourage-kids-to-try-sports-through-lucy-tries-sports-series-1160434"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">https://www.collingwoodtoday.ca/national-sports/bowes-hopes-to-encourage-kids-to-try-sports-through-lucy-tries-sports-series-1160434</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d2e58; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">More information about the series from Orca Books:</span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d2e58;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Created by veteran sports journalist Lisa Bowes, the Lucy Tries Sports series aims to promote inclusive physical literacy and encourage young readers to get involved in sports. Endorsed by elite athletes, the series focuses on participation and the importance of play.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d2e58;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The books follow Lucy and her friends as they learn introductory skills in a variety of exciting sports, guided by coaches and teachers. Lucy's eagerness to try new things will inspire all children to get outside and play.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in;"><span style="color: #0d2e58; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Lucy Tries Sports series reinforces the </span><a href="http://www.highfive.org/welcome-parents" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ca3d0c;">HIGH FIVE</span></a><span style="color: #0d2e58; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> principles of healthy child development needed for quality programs, including the support of a caring adult, the opportunity to participate, to play, to make friends and to master skills.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Description from the
publisher:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #0d2e58;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lucy and her family are skating on an outdoor rink when she sees
a game of hockey going on. It looks like fun, but maybe too challenging.
Supported by her parents, Lucy enrolls in an introductory hockey clinic. And
thanks to an encouraging instructor, she and her friends learn basic hockey
skills, have fun on the ice and decide to add hockey to their list of favorite
sports!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><em><span style="color: #0d2e58;">Lucy Tries Hockey</span></em><span style="color: #0d2e58;"> is also
available in French: </span><a href="https://orcabook.com/lucytriessports/lucyjoueauhockey.html"><em><span style="color: #ca3d0c; text-decoration: none;">Lucy joue au hockey</span></em></a><span style="color: #0d2e58;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Lucy Tries Hockey</i> by Lisa Bowes and illustrated by
James Hearne was published by Orca Books in 2018.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">For more wonderful picture books, visit </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/7052001482114648209"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Perfect Picture Book Friday</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> at </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/7052001482114648209"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Susanna Leonard Hill's website</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">. </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<h3><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-69570221541778153402023-03-20T06:28:00.003-04:002023-03-20T06:34:58.296-04:00NIKKI TESLA AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE BLING by Jess Keating and Lissy Marlin<p><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1bdWyCpg2vZR4k3yo68ub1AoQANwTFn_Y4ckhVrnssutj4kWHbb82_ZdEiGQXsQKQ-MqwkfbHaQAjkC1c7lwEC3uc0PBk47IYcOFkeQoJM6YX6JNxzw0x-HB7Z9zXRpGe8L0FINK4NIx5DY6Pk0ZZ4uMo-mywowbBDV9RHc_37fP1cxjsqZRJmpfEg/s500/Nikki%20Tesla%20and%20the%20Fellowship%20of%20the%20Bling_Jess%20Keating_Lissy%20Marlin.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="illustrated girl running towards a hand with a ring" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="344" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1bdWyCpg2vZR4k3yo68ub1AoQANwTFn_Y4ckhVrnssutj4kWHbb82_ZdEiGQXsQKQ-MqwkfbHaQAjkC1c7lwEC3uc0PBk47IYcOFkeQoJM6YX6JNxzw0x-HB7Z9zXRpGe8L0FINK4NIx5DY6Pk0ZZ4uMo-mywowbBDV9RHc_37fP1cxjsqZRJmpfEg/w220-h320/Nikki%20Tesla%20and%20the%20Fellowship%20of%20the%20Bling_Jess%20Keating_Lissy%20Marlin.jpg" title="Nikki Tesla and the Fellowship of the Bling (Elements of Genius #2)" width="220" /></a></b></div><b style="text-indent: 0in;">Why this book?</b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">It’s funny, it’s a mystery and it’s packed
with action! I also love the way the main character Nikki relies on her friends
to help her and how they all have their own special skills—and messy real life
problems. Nikki has an interesting and temperamental pet ferret to add to the
mix.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Connections:</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"> science, mysteries, friendships, STEM</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Activity Ideas:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Literacy</span></u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"> – Do
some research to find out more about the real-life scientists that inspired the
characters in book, such as Nikola Tesla, Charles Darwin and Michael Faraday. Create
a poster or a short video to tell your friends more about them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">STEM</span></u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">: If you could
invent anything, what would you invent? Draw a design for invention. Have one
of your friends look at your design and ask questions about it. Do you need to
revise your design? What materials would you need to build it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">Literacy/STEM: </span></u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">– If you found a ring with unknown powers, what tests would you
try to figure out it’s capabilities? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">Art</span></u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">: Imagine you’ve
been shrunken to the size of a ferret or other small pet. What would you see?
Create a piece of art to show what your classroom or room would look like from
a tiny animal’s perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">Watch this video by
Jess Keating to learn more about the books and the science behind them:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Find out more about this book by visiting
<a href="https://www.scholastic.ca/books/view/nikki-tesla-and-the-fellowship-of-the-bling-elements-of-genius-2" target="_blank">the publisher’s webpage</a> <a href="https://www.scholastic.ca/books/view/nikki-tesla-and-the-fellowship-of-the-bling-elements-of-genius-2" target="_blank">HERE</a>. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;">Find out more about illustrator <a href="https://www.lissymarlin.com/" target="_blank">Lissy Marlin</a> by visiting <a href="https://www.lissymarlin.com/" target="_blank">her webpage here</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Additional Resources:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;">Check out the other books
in this series:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://www.scholastic.ca/books/view/nikki-tesla-and-the-ferret-proof-death-ray-elements-of-genius-1" target="_blank">Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray (Elements of Genius #1</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background-color: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://www.scholastic.ca/books/view/nikki-tesla-and-the-traitors-of-the-lost-spark-elements-of-genius-3" target="_blank">Nikki Tesla and theTraitors of the Lost Spark (Elements of Genius #3)</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background-color: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Description from the publisher:</span></b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;">"For a group of
geniuses who are supposed to help people, we do an awful lot of stealing."</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;">Nikki Tesla and the rest
of the Genius Academy team have agreed to pilfer a completely priceless,
totally lethal high-tech ring. Why? Because a mad scientist on a power trip
plans to use it to do some serious damage. And because the very same mad
scientist has kidnapped Mary Shelley. Mess with one genius, and you mess with
them all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;">But mostly they're
planning the heist of the century so Nikki can get to know her long-lost father
who claims he isn't the criminal mastermind she believes him to be. After all,
if a little international thievery can protect the world from evil, it just
might save Nikki's family.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;">Nikki Tesla and the Fellowship of the Bling (Elements of Genuis #2), </span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;">written by Jess Keating and illustrated by
Lissy Marlin was published by Scholastic Press in 2020. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0in;">To find more middle grade books to read,
check out </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/894105143292494925" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Marvelous
Middle Grade Monday</span></a><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0in;">, organized by Greg Pattridge
over at </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/894105143292494925" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">his
blog</span></a><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0in;">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-45741586527743225462023-03-10T08:32:00.003-05:002023-03-15T11:46:24.686-04:00ANOTHER SQUIGGLY STORY by Andrew Larsen & Mike Lowery<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTyES0TM7n_OftbpfziaT0ozhCqRx5fWFm0s6OLcIgJuepOIW0-OH2jgc-V2bP4EJ7xkNvuiR8uExhcaYAof6J_VU7XMRRSHg6JRP92qWwJV4nhP5goNT6kTMI7NQ9d-kkjEXnrMxX7aMcyZv-DKcEtdGPk-FTgWKOwrDmDEU5HL_i_xxD7LX7se5ig/s400/Another%20Squiggly%20Story_Andrew%20Larsen_Mike%20Lowery.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Comic-style boy holding up pencil and notebook under the title" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="361" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTyES0TM7n_OftbpfziaT0ozhCqRx5fWFm0s6OLcIgJuepOIW0-OH2jgc-V2bP4EJ7xkNvuiR8uExhcaYAof6J_VU7XMRRSHg6JRP92qWwJV4nhP5goNT6kTMI7NQ9d-kkjEXnrMxX7aMcyZv-DKcEtdGPk-FTgWKOwrDmDEU5HL_i_xxD7LX7se5ig/w289-h320/Another%20Squiggly%20Story_Andrew%20Larsen_Mike%20Lowery.jpg" title="Another Squiggly Story by Andrew Larsen and Mike Lowery" width="289" /></a></div><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Why this book?</span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">What a great book for inspiring kids to write! This one is extra fun because of comic-style design and the lists of
ideas. I love how it models different aspects of the writing process—generating
ideas, thinking, connecting ideas, writing and revising. </span><o:p></o:p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">I also enjoyed their first book, <i>A Squiggly Story</i> (see my blog feature </span><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-squiggly-story-by-andrew-larsen-mike.html" style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.6667px;" target="_blank">here</a><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />My thoughts as a
creator:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">I love books that contain lists and
hope to write one someday, so it was interesting to me to see how they
incorporated the lists into the story. I also noticed there is a lot of
dialogue in this story, which was included in speech bubbles. I loved the
notebook pages in the illustrations! This book includes many different levels –
the writing process, the relationship with a sibling, friendships, taking a
break from a challenging task, and includes some gentle humor. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">My thoughts as an
educator:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">It’s great to see a book that contains
several different writing formats –speech bubbles, lists, and autobiography.
This book is great for grade 1 and 2, where kids are learning to write using sentences, and especially for introducing a writing notebook. But I would
definitely read this in kindergarten to show my students how to make lists of
things they love. It was great how the story also shows how sometimes, when
you’re stuck, taking a break can be helpful. This story also shows a little of
the process of revision, and how to improve a story by adding details and
changing sentences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Ages</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">4 - 7</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Grades</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">K - 3</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Connections</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">writing, lists, imagination, perseverance, siblings</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Activities:</span></span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">Literacy:</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Provide children with writing notebooks to
write in when they are inspired. A writing corner with visual lists could be a
fun way to inspire young writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">Literacy</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: Write or draw your
own list of things you love. Can you create a story about yourself? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Social Emotional Learning: What do you do when you
can’t think of an idea or feel stuck doing your school work? Brainstorm some
ideas for short breaks you can take <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Social Emotional Learning: Think of a time when a
sibling or someone else in your family helped you. Draw a picture to show how
you felt. </span><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Art: Create a self-portrait! Provide a mirror and materials for kids, with tips such as making a large shape to almost fill the paper to begin.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">More resources</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.kidscanpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/SquigglyStoryA_2349_teaching.pdf" target="_blank">Teaching Guide for A Squiggly Story</a> from Kids Can Press</span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/self-portrait-art-project-ideas.html" target="_blank">Self-Portrait Ideas from Fantastic and Fun Learning</a></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p><a href="https://www.teachwriting.org/blog/2017/6/14/12-strategies-to-support-struggling-writers-in-elementary" target="_blank">12 Strategies to Support Struggling Writers </a>from TeachWriting.org</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Description from the
publisher:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">The
kindergartener who learned to use squiggles to write a story in award-winning
Andrew Larsen’s <i>A Squiggly Story</i> is now in second grade and learning to write
an autobiography. Told in the same authentic child’s voice, this playful book
encourages readers to just start, even if they don’t know how their story will
go. It offers an accessible early language arts lesson on the writing process,
exploring important basics (brainstorming, first draft, revising) and key terms
(autobiography, editing, title, cover). Mike Lowery’s bold illustrations
incorporate story panels and dialogue bubbles, keeping the energy high and
giving a fresh and modern feel to the pages. A strong tie-in with early
literacy curricula, this book also works well for supplementary or at-home
learning. It’s a perfect choice to inspire the storyteller in every child!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Another Squiggly Story,</span></i></b><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> written by Andrew Larsen and
illustrated by Mike Lowrey, was published by Kids Can Press in 2022. Go <a href="https://www.kidscanpress.com/product/another-squiggly-story/" target="_blank">here</a> to visit Kids Can Press for <a href="https://www.kidscanpress.com/product/another-squiggly-story/" target="_blank">more about this book</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-65327951549399638112023-02-27T06:00:00.003-05:002023-03-15T10:09:27.021-04:00ALICE FLECK’S RECIPES FOR DISASTER by Rachelle Delaney - a cooking-related middle grade mystery with lots of surprises<p><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; text-align: center;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mEQUbv9T4HX7HbNg1pv_tEm3jFoL19Ik6wPnipCgboW5RWZkMx6jqixQfGucQpQKAv0Gs5CNyfzdnGUkkSKIUyle9-Be9HY5aVKXg5R6o5GT_CsSxbDsWOxItHv3uPSJimCU5UaiuoxpxFKaI-ZenahTMJVfxBSsgHya-vrfnpmEUiQocaV3R-zKoQ/s400/Alice%20Fleck's%20Recipes%20for%20Disaster_Rachelle%20Delaney.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Red-headed girl looking doubtful surrounded by baking tools and a cake" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mEQUbv9T4HX7HbNg1pv_tEm3jFoL19Ik6wPnipCgboW5RWZkMx6jqixQfGucQpQKAv0Gs5CNyfzdnGUkkSKIUyle9-Be9HY5aVKXg5R6o5GT_CsSxbDsWOxItHv3uPSJimCU5UaiuoxpxFKaI-ZenahTMJVfxBSsgHya-vrfnpmEUiQocaV3R-zKoQ/w211-h320/Alice%20Fleck's%20Recipes%20for%20Disaster_Rachelle%20Delaney.jpg" title="Alice Fleck's Recipes for Disaster" width="211" /></a></b></div><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Why this book?</span></span></b></p><p></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">I’m a big fan of books that involve kids
cooking and especially books with cooking competitions! I was hooked right from
the beginning, since Alice didn’t want to be part of a Victorian-themed cooking
show (what would her friends think?) Even worse, she was entered in this
contest by her dad’s new girlfriend Hana, without being asked first. Lucky for
us readers, Alice agrees to participate and we get to read about Alice and her
historian dad working together to bake in the contest. There are even more plot
twists when her favourite "Culinary Chronicles" cooking show is renamed "Culinary Combat" with a whole new approach. And then it becomes clear that someone is sabotaging the contestants! Alice meets
some sweet new friends and they work together to solve the mystery of the
saboteur, while she comes to terms with her dad’s new relationship, and
discovers how to be herself. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Jacket Art:</b></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">Morgan Goble </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Connections</b></span></span><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 200%;">:</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">reality shows, mysteries, cooking, friendships</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Activity Ideas:</b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><b>Literacy</b></span></u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"> – Create
your own “mystery” by choosing a popular recipe and inventing clues to reveal 4
or 5 of the ingredients. Can your friends guess your recipe?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"><b>Literacy/Drama</b></span></u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> – Design and film a commercial for “Culinary Combat” or
another reality show you think would be interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"><b>Art</b></span></u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"><b>:</b> Use your
imagination and art materials to create your own version of “Peacock Pie.” </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A bookformercial for the book by
Tundra Books:</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 36px;">Additional Resources:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Rachelle Delaney, the author, has lots of resources with her research materials on her website <a href="https://rachelledelaney.com/books/alice-flecks-recipes-for-disaster/researchnotes/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A book club discussion guide from
Kawartha Lakes Library can be found <a href="https://www.kawarthalakeslibrary.ca/en/kids/resources/Silver-Birch-1.pdf" target="_blank">here</a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">. </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #424243; font-family: arial; font-size: 15pt; text-indent: 0in;">Other cooking-related
books students might enjoy:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-doughnut-king-by-jessie-janowitz.html" target="_blank">The Doughnut King</a></span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-doughnut-king-by-jessie-janowitz.html" target="_blank"> by Jessie Janowitz </a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2019/08/summer-of-thousand-pies-by-margaret.html" target="_blank">Summer of a Thousand Pies</a></span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2019/08/summer-of-thousand-pies-by-margaret.html" target="_blank"> by Margaret Dilloway</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2015/01/marvelous-middle-grade-monday-all-four.html" target="_blank">All Four Stars</a></span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2015/01/marvelous-middle-grade-monday-all-four.html" target="_blank"> by Tara Dairman</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #424243; font-family: arial; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;"></span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #2e2e2e; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2014/04/marvelous-middle-grade-monday-eliza.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">Eliza Bing is (Not) a Big, Fat Quitter by Carmella Van Vleet</span></a></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Description from <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/646878/alice-flecks-recipes-for-disaster-by-rachelle-delaney/9780735269293" target="_blank">the publisher</a>:</span></span></b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;">Alice Fleck's father is a
culinary historian, and for as long as she can remember, she's been helping him
recreate meals from the past — a hobby she prefers to keep secret from kids her
age. But when her father's new girlfriend enters them into a cooking
competition at a Victorian festival, Alice finds herself and her hobby thrust
into the spotlight.</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> And that's just the first</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> of many surprises awaiting her. On arriving at the
festival, Alice learns that she and her father are actually contestants on </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Culinary Combat</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">, a new reality TV show hosted by Tom Truffleman,
the most famous and fierce judge on TV! And to make matters worse, she begins
to suspect that someone is at work behind the scenes, sabotaging the
competition.</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> It's up to Alice, with
the help of a few new friends, to find the saboteur before the entire
competition is ruined, all the while tackling some of the hardest cooking
challenges of her life . . . for the whole world to see.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #424243; font-family: arial; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;">Alice Fleck’s Recipes for Disaster</span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #424243; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> by Rachelle Delaney was published by Tundra Books/Puffin
Canada in 2021. Visit the publisher’s page to listen to an audio clip of the
e-book version <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/646878/alice-flecks-recipes-for-disaster-by-rachelle-delaney/9780735269293" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">To find more middle grade books to read,
check out </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/894105143292494925"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Marvelous
Middle Grade Monday</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">, organized by Greg Pattridge
over at </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/894105143292494925"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">his
blog</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-61639807938750220192023-02-17T06:48:00.003-05:002023-02-17T06:48:11.154-05:00A Library by Nikki Giovanni & Erin K. Robinson<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrurukGC6A9V9W3Ehr6y9yfEFdkerjZ7q6gRbX0Yox8Cj5u8e99OG0O58A0sXlPqLJuPDPA4geuroqpcWjzk681PpZtwsWc_Kk9KaVPJ5sbv1mc2ox-0cw5IcZGfWwNrTvs-1QOSbnskjPQWHjeT6cmFDvbqjvCar1UxX1aKRrKKHFafqTt1E7SuDoqQ/s400/a%20library_Nikki%20Giovanni.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="black girl hugging an armful of books with beautiful colours in the background" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="329" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrurukGC6A9V9W3Ehr6y9yfEFdkerjZ7q6gRbX0Yox8Cj5u8e99OG0O58A0sXlPqLJuPDPA4geuroqpcWjzk681PpZtwsWc_Kk9KaVPJ5sbv1mc2ox-0cw5IcZGfWwNrTvs-1QOSbnskjPQWHjeT6cmFDvbqjvCar1UxX1aKRrKKHFafqTt1E7SuDoqQ/w263-h320/a%20library_Nikki%20Giovanni.jpg" title="A Library by Nikki Giovanni & Erin K. Robinson" width="263" /></a></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Why this book?</span></span></b></h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I found this book at
my local library before kindergarten class went on a visit there. This book
gave a lovely introduction to how books can excite your imagination! I’ll
definitely be looking for more of Nikki Giovanni’s work to read for myself. The
illustrations in this book were full of texture—and could inspire kids to
create interesting art of their own.</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My thoughts as a
creator:</span></span></b></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is a good example of a book with sparse text –sometimes just a few
words on the page to spark thoughts or imagination. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My thoughts as an
educator:</span></span></b></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This book contains lots of interesting vocabulary (some words, such as
“cautious” needed explaining to my kindergarten students). I liked the way this book
showed going to the library as part of everyday life. Children could reflect on
the ending line and think about how they feel or act differently in different
places.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Ages</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">: 4 - 7</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Grades</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">: K - 3</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Connections</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">: libraries, reading,
imagination <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Activities:</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Dramatic Play</span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">: Provide bins of books, small book bags and
paper to make pretend library cards or books and encourage children to “play
library.” Add things to their experience as needed. For example, an old
keyboard where they can “check in” books.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Literacy</span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">: Draw a picture of a
library you have visited. Or design your own library—where would you keep all
the books? Draw your favourite place to read.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Art</u>: Look closely at
the different textures in the art in this story. Make a painting of one of your favourite place. Add texture by painting with tools such as tooth brushes, mesh vegetable bags, pinecones, etc. </span> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><h3 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Description from <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-library-nikki-giovanni?variant=40170460053538" target="_blank">the publisher:</a></span></span></b></h3><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Muli, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">In this lyrical picture book, world-renowned poet, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">New York Times</em> bestselling author, and Coretta Scott King Honor winner Nikki Giovanni and fine artist Erin Robinson craft an ode to the magic of a library as a place not only for knowledge but also for imagination, exploration, and escape.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Muli, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Muli, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;">In what other place can a child "sail their dreams" and "surf the rainbow" without ever leaving the room? This ode to libraries is a celebration for everyone who loves stories, from seasoned readers to those just learning to love words, and it will have kids and parents alike imagining where their library can take them.</p><p>
</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Muli, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;">This inspiring read-aloud includes stunning illustrations and a note from Nikki Giovanni about the importance of libraries in her own childhood.</p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-8941051432924949252023-02-06T05:30:00.021-05:002023-02-06T05:30:00.196-05:00HUMMINGBIRD by Natalie Lloyd – a story about magical wishes, friendship and hummingbirds<p><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Happy February! I've had to take a bit of a blogging break, due to the demands of my teaching job, but I'm so excited to be getting back to doing more reading. Winter is such a great time to cozy up with a good book! </span></span></h3><p style="font-weight: bold;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"></b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjSIF7Kgmo77qFSta1aJtedIyw5FiBn4IR-GdoVLjQOkovX2ysHKY1QSW1A_oiJOJooExgNVzLL21YTHAcLOeGFpKInJfe5ZY71DduOyjOnSkglQH-w_QL3yUfBuOeuGjtXbwcMSQ6XWn2P9tZ1i0nG4Evey_9ex1ovNZ6jynlYPBMAP0VgWtik-I7Q/s2625/Hummingbird_Natalie%20Lloyd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Deep purple background, girl in wheelchair on a stage with cone of light over her head" border="0" data-original-height="2625" data-original-width="1766" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjSIF7Kgmo77qFSta1aJtedIyw5FiBn4IR-GdoVLjQOkovX2ysHKY1QSW1A_oiJOJooExgNVzLL21YTHAcLOeGFpKInJfe5ZY71DduOyjOnSkglQH-w_QL3yUfBuOeuGjtXbwcMSQ6XWn2P9tZ1i0nG4Evey_9ex1ovNZ6jynlYPBMAP0VgWtik-I7Q/w215-h320/Hummingbird_Natalie%20Lloyd.jpg" title="Hummingbird" width="215" /></a></b></span></div><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Why this book?</span></b><p></p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I was excited to read this story, because I enjoy reading stories where
characters need to cope with medical or physical challenges. It was interesting to learn about Olive’s bone disease,
osteogenesis imperfecta. I especially loved how Olive didn’t let her disability
hold her back! Olive uses yoga breaths to help herself stay calm, which is a
strategy I think many kids are learning to use as well. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Magical realism stories are so much
fun, since the magical elements of the story—in this case a special wish--are
embedded in everyday life. It was fun having Olive take us on the adventure of
trying to solve the mystery of where to find the magical hummingbird, and I
loved how Olive’s thoughts about what she wanted changed as she went along. For
anyone who loves language, the little poems included at different places in the
story are an added element to bring delight. I appreciated the author’s note at
the end of the story and her word, “If there’s anything that birds—even teeny,
little hummingbirds—can teach us, it’s that fragile creatures still get to
fly.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-family: verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-family: verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Connections:</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> physical
disabilities, school plays, friendship, magical wishes, yoga breathing, poetry,
Emily Dickinson <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Activity Ideas</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:</span></b></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><u>Social-Emotional Learning</u> – Have a class discussion
about strategies students might use to help themselves feel calm. Make a list
of different strategies and experiment by trying different ones every day
during a brief mindfulness period. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><u>Literacy</u> – Encourage students to make a list of
words related to an event they have experienced, such as a dance, a hockey
game, or being on stage. Once they have a list, they can try to create poetic
sentences to capture the feelings they had when they experienced the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><u style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-indent: 0in;">Literacy</u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-indent: 0in;"> – Try this writing prompt: If you won a
magical wish, what would you wish for? What might happen if you wish came true?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Watch the trailer:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZgBMxcr54ec" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZgBMxcr54ec"></iframe></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Author Natalie Lloyd reads Chapter 1:</span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y5m3QyCVkEw" width="320" youtube-src-id="Y5m3QyCVkEw"></iframe></span></div><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;">Additional Resources:</b></p></b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Investigate hummingbirds with <a href="https://www.audubonadventures.org/hummer_crm.htm" target="_blank">Audubon Adventures</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ideas for poetry lessons: </span><a href="https://www.weareteachers.com/poetry-games-for-the-classroom/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;" target="_blank">40 Inspiring Poetry Games and Activities for Kids and Teens by Jull Staake at WeAreTeachers.com</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Description from the publisher:</span></b>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Twelve-year-old homeschooled Olive is
tired of being seen as “fragile” just because she has <i>osteogenesis
imperfecta </i>(otherwise known as brittle bone disease) so she’s thrilled
when she finally convinces her parents to let her attend Macklemore Elementary.
Olive can’t wait to go to a traditional school and make the friends she’s
always longed for, until a disastrous first day dashes her hopes of ever
fitting in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Then Olive hears whispers about a
magical, wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives near Macklemore. It’ll
be the solution to all her problems! If she can find the bird and prove herself
worthy, the creature will make her most desperate, secret wish come true.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When it becomes clear that she can’t
solve the mystery on her own, Olive teams up with some unlikely allies who help
her learn the truth about the bird. And on the way, she just might learn that
our fragile places lead us to the most wonderful magic of all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Hummingbird</span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> by Natalie Lloyd was published by Scholastic Press in 2022. Visit the publisher's page <a href="https://www.scholastic.ca/books/view/hummingbird" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">To find more middle grade books to read, check out <a href="https://gpattridge.com/author/gpattridge/" target="_blank">Marvelous Middle Grade Monday</a>, organized by Greg Pattridge over at <a href="https://gpattridge.com/author/gpattridge/" target="_blank">his blog</a>.</span></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-83489744213854529532022-12-02T06:00:00.040-05:002022-12-02T09:37:34.381-05:00The Bird Feeder by Andrew Larsen & Dorothy Leung<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHczjI1XXcNHhZOzDMSOi6phkboFJFWyTGB9_M7MHPcbONfmHNh6u8TLDE2JYmm1UzTxqB8NKBAp2zWjFouGdqdwX27rnWiqoxH0Dfkv_3Gnpb8CDpxVhas3gDul1zJc2Az7TDECxaE5HUsvKcT1TmtZQHXIIhaIg6nw9yVWfy9nyrt8GrC3wJI66DA/s391/The%20Bird%20Feeder_Andrea%20Larsen_Dorothy%20Leung.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="child and grandmother looking out a window at a cardinal on a bird feeder" border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHczjI1XXcNHhZOzDMSOi6phkboFJFWyTGB9_M7MHPcbONfmHNh6u8TLDE2JYmm1UzTxqB8NKBAp2zWjFouGdqdwX27rnWiqoxH0Dfkv_3Gnpb8CDpxVhas3gDul1zJc2Az7TDECxaE5HUsvKcT1TmtZQHXIIhaIg6nw9yVWfy9nyrt8GrC3wJI66DA/w260-h320/The%20Bird%20Feeder_Andrea%20Larsen_Dorothy%20Leung.jpg" title="The Bird Feeder" width="260" /></a></div> <b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Why this book?</span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">I don’t often read picture books that make me cry, but
this one did. It reminded me so much of my own mom, the process of her dying
and her love of birds. </span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">I loved the relationship between the child and their
grandma, and the things they liked to do together. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">This would be wonderful book
to help a child with grieving a loss of a special person in their life, because
of the calm and steady way it showed what happened. It’s also the first time
I’ve seen a hospice depicted in a picture book.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">My thoughts as a
creator:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">The simplicity of the straightforward
language and description created a sense of comfort when I read this story.
There are many lines that give you space to stop and think and just feel the
emotion. It’s a great example of a quiet and gentle book that can evoke
emotions. I also loved the illustrations in this story. Though many of the scenes take place in the same room, different perspectives add interest, and carefully chosen details evoke emotions to fit with the text. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">My thoughts as an
educator:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">I think this is a good book to provide
for optional reading in a classroom or library. It needs a quiet space with
some time for discussing the feelings and personal connections that might
emerge when reading. I’d read this in a smaller group setting,
so that children have a chance to talk about their own feelings and
relationships with the special people in their lives. </span><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span face=""Open Sans", "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Ages</span></u></b><span face=""Open Sans", "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">: 4 - 7</span><span face=""Open Sans", "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span face=""Open Sans", "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Grades</span></u></b><span face=""Open Sans", "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">: K - 3</span><span face=""Open Sans", "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span face=""Open Sans", "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Connections</span></u></b><span face=""Open Sans", "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">: grandparents, birdwatching, dying, hospice care, therapy dogs
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span face=""Open Sans", "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Activities</span></u></b><span face=""Open Sans", "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">:</span><span face=""Open Sans", "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><u>Literacy</u>: Draw a picture of something special you like to
do with a grandparent or other family member. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h4 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"><u>Literacy & Social-Emotional Learning</u>: Contact a hospice or retirement home to see if
your students could make drawings or cards for residents. Have students create
art or drawings or messages to brighten the walls in a retirement home or
hospice.</span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><u>STEM</u>: Create a
bird-watching station in the classroom (e.g., make a sign for the window, provide
binoculars and bird watching charts and books, as well as a book for students
to record their own bird drawings). Provide materials to create bird nests or
design a bird feeder.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">More info</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">:</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Bird inquiry resources:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://thecuriouskindergarten.blog/tag/bird-inquiry/" target="_blank">The Curious Kindergarten </a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://kindergartenfuninroom101.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/inquiring-about-birds-feathers-nests/" target="_blank">Kindergarten Fun in Room 101 </a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18.6667px;"><a href="https://www.mrsalbanesesclass.com/2018/05/our-bird-inquiry.html" target="_blank">Mrs. Albanese's Class</a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/discussion/group/inspiring-investigations-through-citizen-science/" target="_blank">Cornell’s Bird Academy </a>(a forum for discussing citizen science investigations with ways introduce
and assess student inquiry projects)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.bridgehh.com/properly-explain-hospice-care-to-children/ " target="_blank">How to explain hospice care to children</a> from Bridge Hospice Care</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Description from <a href="https://www.kidscanpress.com/product/the-bird-feeder/" target="_blank">Kids Can Press</a>: </span></b></p>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />When Grandma gets sick and comes to stay at her grandchild’s house, she brings her bird feeder. Grandma loves birds. And the child loves the time they now get to have together, drawing pictures of birds and “talking about interesting things.” After a while, though, Grandma’s health declines, and she moves to the hospice. Hanging Grandma’s bird feeder outside the window there makes things better. After a while, though, Grandma continues to grow weaker, and her ability to interact lessens. Difficult as it is, the child adjusts, knowing that, while the situation keeps changing, their love for each other never wavers.<br /><br /><br /> Award-winning author Andrew Larsen beautifully captures the special bond between a child and a grandparent, and sensitively deals with a child’s loss of a loved one. Using the motif of their shared love of birds and its physical manifestation in the form of the bird feeder allows for a continuity in the child’s life that puts the loss in a larger context. Larsen offers an authentic, straightforward presentation of the process of a loved one’s death, from being sick, to going to the hospice, to participating less and less in their relationship, to death. It will lead young readers to ask their own questions about life, death and how we remember those who die. The cool palette and simple lines in Dorothy Leung’s art evoke empathy for the child’s experience, while the presence of the birds adds life and hope to the visual story.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><i>The Bird Feeder </i>was written by <a href="https://www.andrewlarsen.ca/">Andrew Larsen</a>, illustrated by <a href="https://doroleung.com/">Dorothy Leung</a>, and published by <a href="https://www.kidscanpress.com/product/the-bird-feeder/">Kids Can Press</a>.</span><br /></div>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-79543610319966824272022-11-07T06:00:00.021-05:002022-11-07T06:00:00.193-05:00The Great Caper Caper by Josh Funk & Brendan Kearney<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdI5QsQTi4UhNhVsLSezVicgcoVJ-Cfp3KbtRvbefWBC3ccS_IZN1iRfjjg1aw4-gxrZELlqezCNMTWRZUe3gUhT12gZoCKErkYssMZHhRB8o2dbkErgZdpi29cfD_zsv6tMz5T5kgvU90W0tDpymITDBGSuyrk9nZg4lO3YjGzu_4hmD3hxU1Kdp4bg/s318/The%20Great%20Caper%20Caper_Josh%20Funk_Brendan%20Kearney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="characters from the story with the title above" border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdI5QsQTi4UhNhVsLSezVicgcoVJ-Cfp3KbtRvbefWBC3ccS_IZN1iRfjjg1aw4-gxrZELlqezCNMTWRZUe3gUhT12gZoCKErkYssMZHhRB8o2dbkErgZdpi29cfD_zsv6tMz5T5kgvU90W0tDpymITDBGSuyrk9nZg4lO3YjGzu_4hmD3hxU1Kdp4bg/s16000/The%20Great%20Caper%20Caper_Josh%20Funk_Brendan%20Kearney.jpg" title="The Great Caper Caper" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Why this book?</span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I was so excited to see the latest “Lady Pancake &
Sir French Toast” book! This one is a fun mystery with a friendship
theme. I love how the characters work together to solve their problem.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A plus for these books is that there's humor in this story for grown-ups as well as kids, so they can be enjoyed by all age levels. It's definitely one you can read more than one time to appreciate all the details and the humor!<br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">My thoughts as a
creator:</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">What a great example of a rhyming
story with a strong plot and storyline! I’m also amazed at how the author-illustrator
team manage to work in so many characters and create a satisfying ending. This
one is a great book to study if you love to write word play or want to see how
another author uses “made up” names for settings in a humorous picture book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">My thoughts as an
educator:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">This is a great story to read with
children to promote a love of reading! The fun characters based on food are really
appealing to kids. I also loved how the characters work together to solve their
problems. The illustrations contain lots of details that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>children can spend time looking at when
reading the book on their own. </span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Ages</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: 4 - 7</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Grades</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: K - 3</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Connections</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: problem-solving,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>teamwork, rhyming, friendship <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Activities</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Literacy & Dramatic Play: Try retelling the main
events of the story. Children could draw the characters and attach to popsicle
sticks to make puppets to retell the story events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Literacy & Drawing: Talk about all the interesting
places in the refrigerator! Encourage children to draw a map (or draw a map together)
of some of the fun places. Bonus: Children could add to the map with their own imaginative
names for places.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Literacy & Art: Look at the fun postcards from “Las
Veggies” at the end of the book. Encourage children to design their own
postcard from one of the characters in the story.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">STEM: Create a challenge to build a tower using materials
from around the classroom. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">More info</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For a peek at an earlier adventure of Lady Pancake & Sir
French Toast, check out <a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-case-of-stinky-stench-by-josh-funk.html" target="_blank">my post on The Case of the Stinky Stench</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><i style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">THE GREAT CAPER CAPER</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"> was recently selected as an Indie Kids' Next
Pick.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">This post is part of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Great Caper Caper</i> blog tour! Check
out these other places to learn more about this story:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Description <a href="https://www.unionsquareandco.com/9781454943631/" target="_blank">from the publisher</a>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>In the fifth adventure of the Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast series, our delectable rhyming friends find their home covered in darkness and embark on a Las Veggies heist—perfect for fans of The Food Group series.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> When Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast awake one morning to near-darkness, they are aghast. Who would steal the fridge light? And what if the fridge is—gasp—dark all the time? Not to worry. Our trusty heroes are on the case. Will they be able to bring the fridge back to its bright self, or will they have to live in semi-darkness…forever?</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 9pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><i>The Great Caper Caper</i> </span><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">was written by <a href="https://www.joshfunkbooks.com/" target="_blank">Josh Funk</a>, illustrated</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">by</span> </span><a href="https://www.brendandraws.com/" style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Brendan Kearney</a><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> and published
by</span><a href="https://www.unionsquareandco.com/9781454943631/" style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank"> Union Square & Co</a><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></p></div>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-51024974198501512682022-10-28T06:00:00.008-04:002022-10-29T19:52:08.193-04:003 in 3 (and tea!) Episode 3 - 3 books by Canadian creators<p><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; text-indent: 0in;">Welcome to another episode of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3 in 3 (and tea) with </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/3462844971289047937" style="font-family: arial; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Debbie Ridpath Ohi</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; text-indent: 0in;"> and me</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">, where we feature 3 children’s books by Canadian authors and/or illustrators and share a few tips and resources for using them in the classroom. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">In Episode 3, we explore a picture book and a middle grade novel with connections to family relationships, and a colourful bonus picture book! (If you want to catch up on other episodes, you can find them on <a href="https://debbieohi.link/3in3" target="_blank">Debbie's 3 in 3 playlist</a> -- or click here: <a href="https://youtu.be/hAC-mBqvvHE" target="_blank">Episode 1</a> & <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru-nlSWApCs&t=1s" target="_blank">Episode 2</a>). After you watch the video, click on the titles or book covers below to find out more about the books and a few teaching ideas. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="340" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/huPe8uAsyDk" width="409" youtube-src-id="huPe8uAsyDk"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Picture Book:</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/10/mii-maanda-ezhi-gkendmaanh-this-is-how.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Grandmother and girl walking on beach towards water" border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="318" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVjTbb5N7jiUfaE0ctLboSWDTcJfhk4QZ7-su6mC2tkT94maTOEow0npY60E7cLRpA1o1dLiLD1BmNjBurKVPfUmISz62ZdSv27c1XDE4q9qj0pRUWvbNVeQShxI_O1SgjMDH8Ofu9bw0t9N7BscCHiyB3HhfUF0T5cQ2IDheFUJoXDhrAed59dfo5g/w200-h194/This%20is%20How%20I%20Know_Brittany%20Luby_Joshua%20Mangeshig%20Pawis_Steckley_Alvin%20Ted%20Corbiere.jpg" title="Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know" width="200" /></a></div><span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/10/mii-maanda-ezhi-gkendmaanh-this-is-how.html" target="_blank">Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby & Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><b style="font-family: verdana;">Summary:</b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">In this dual-language picture book, a young child and their grandmother experience the seasons through nature. The poetic language and detailed illustrations make this a wonderful story to inspire children to write and draw.</span></span></div><div><br /></div></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Learn about the book creators</span></b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">:</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">Author: <a href="https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history/people/brittany-luby" target="_blank">Brittany Luby </a></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;">🍁<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Illustrator: <a href="https://www.mangeshig.com/" target="_blank">Joshua MangeshigPawis-Steckley</a></span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;">🍁</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Translator: Alvin Ted Corbiere.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Visit the publisher</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://houseofanansi.com/products/mii-maanda-ezhigkendmaanh-this-is-how-i-know" target="_blank">House of Anansi Press/Groundwood Books<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: arial; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/10/mii-maanda-ezhi-gkendmaanh-this-is-how.html" target="_blank">Activities & resources here.</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Middle Grade:</span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga07MOkgF6DnuSbT_b7AZ5xhthF53Zjzlz7cXsiDBXLaHzsYnwk3Mgv8UHmKo0PHulwDOlqqJmTa2nioUxT3g0qpdDUFn2_NrpX_kvBYwMQvOoQROnHrW0NdXQ9suxyjEeWuljeCeM3lsiVCct_pTusj4BEuLSvlUIVDLZBHf0FJN0EXiS5zJGRhifsQ/s461/Like%20a%20Duck_Deborah%20Kerbel.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Girl and her duck sitting outside in nature" border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga07MOkgF6DnuSbT_b7AZ5xhthF53Zjzlz7cXsiDBXLaHzsYnwk3Mgv8UHmKo0PHulwDOlqqJmTa2nioUxT3g0qpdDUFn2_NrpX_kvBYwMQvOoQROnHrW0NdXQ9suxyjEeWuljeCeM3lsiVCct_pTusj4BEuLSvlUIVDLZBHf0FJN0EXiS5zJGRhifsQ/w138-h200/Like%20a%20Duck_Deborah%20Kerbel.jpg" title="Like a Duck by Deborah Kerbel" width="138" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;"> <a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/10/like-duck-by-deborah-kerbel.html" target="_blank"><b>Like a Duck by Deborah Kerbel</b></a></span><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Summary:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">In the middle grade novel, Like a Duck, Sarah, a girl who has a registered therapy animal, Webster, to help her copie with stressful situations, is forced to go to a French-themed cooking camp where her duck isn't wanted. A quirky and fun story with lots of heart.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Visit the author online</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; text-indent: 0in;">:</span></div></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://www.deborahkerbel.ca/" target="_blank">Deborah Kerbel </a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">🍁<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Visit the publisher:</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://www.scholastic.ca/books/view/like-a-duck" target="_blank">Scholastic Canada</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/10/like-duck-by-deborah-kerbel.html" target="_blank">Activities & resources here</a>.</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> </span></p><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bonus Picture Book:</span></h2><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mMpSX25Wghe-0XVevvTwBHZWxCs2271FtnSWp14AhTYBHarr8FwUtzpN0RmtblQS4Iu8EReWyWunf0kesav5EPpqkVsQVp0-H49brIvR8xuxNfDtHg4kVrOQ1qck725tCrpzTS9dfVKxN5vb7FVOacjNq3gJxssv-bcYOc05Tbik_h3IccyMv4399Q/s318/Raindrops%20to%20Rainbow_John%20MIklos%20Jr_Charlene%20Chua.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; font-size: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><img alt="Smiling girl with glasses holding an umbrella walking under an umbrella" border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mMpSX25Wghe-0XVevvTwBHZWxCs2271FtnSWp14AhTYBHarr8FwUtzpN0RmtblQS4Iu8EReWyWunf0kesav5EPpqkVsQVp0-H49brIvR8xuxNfDtHg4kVrOQ1qck725tCrpzTS9dfVKxN5vb7FVOacjNq3gJxssv-bcYOc05Tbik_h3IccyMv4399Q/w200-h200/Raindrops%20to%20Rainbow_John%20MIklos%20Jr_Charlene%20Chua.jpg" title="Raindrops to Rainbow" width="200" /></a><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/10/raindrops-to-rainbow-by-john-miklos-jr.html" target="_blank"><b>Raindrops to Rainbow by John Miklos Jr. and Charlene Chua</b></a></span></p></div><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></b></div>Summary:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">In <i>Raindrops to Rainbow, </i>a girl experiences different emotions on a day that starts out rainy. A fun rhyming story that features different colour words and shows the colours in a rainbow.</span><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Visit the author and illustrator online</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; text-indent: 0in;">:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://johnmickloswriter.com/" target="_blank">John Miklos Jr.</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://charlenechua.com/" target="_blank">Charlene Chua </a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">🍁</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Visit the Publisher<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646848/raindrops-to-rainbow-by-john-micklos-jr-illustrated-by-charlene-chua/" target="_blank">Penguin Random House </a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/10/raindrops-to-rainbow-by-john-miklos-jr.html" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;" target="_blank"><b>Activities & resources here.</b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">**Find out more about Canadian author/illustrator Debbie Ohi by visiting </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/3462844971289047937"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">her website</span></a></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">**Thanks to <b>The Faithful Sidekicks</b> for writing and performing our theme song! You can learn more about them at <a href="https://www.thefaithfulsidekicks.com/" target="_blank">their website</a>. </span></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-69282775115309898452022-10-28T05:45:00.000-04:002022-10-28T05:45:00.179-04:00Raindrops to Rainbow by John Miklos Jr. & Charlene Chua<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuPoIozCZCleI3UQymMgx663O_T4M4TM95tg_5JDUSuc_sZ-zeGo32_d1R0kt1n5jDgdCdaKJws7lBpUSMGo7HQ65xrnwBSLvFAzg8srjGpSwYmLWRQQETAsqZrX_JLlvbK-Cfnp1tEYbIoYpujyTZM8IOUE7244CcNuSxaQfRldQf2TsZzLCyOdlLQ/s318/Raindrops%20to%20Rainbow_John%20MIklos%20Jr_Charlene%20Chua.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Painting of smiling girl with glasses holding an umbrella, walking under a rainbow with her dog" border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuPoIozCZCleI3UQymMgx663O_T4M4TM95tg_5JDUSuc_sZ-zeGo32_d1R0kt1n5jDgdCdaKJws7lBpUSMGo7HQ65xrnwBSLvFAzg8srjGpSwYmLWRQQETAsqZrX_JLlvbK-Cfnp1tEYbIoYpujyTZM8IOUE7244CcNuSxaQfRldQf2TsZzLCyOdlLQ/s16000/Raindrops%20to%20Rainbow_John%20MIklos%20Jr_Charlene%20Chua.jpg" title="Raindrops to Rainbow" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14pt;">Why this book?</span></b></h2><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">What a fun rhyming book about colours! I really loved the
cute illustrations that showed a little girl and how she felt and the colours
she enjoyed over a rainy day. Even though this story seems simple, there are
lots of layers and ways to use this story in the classroom (another thing that
attracted me to to this one).</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></b></p><h2 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">My thoughts as a
creator:</span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you’re interested in writing
rhyming stories, the text in this book is a great example of how to weave
another concept, in this case colours, into a rhyming story. The way the
illustrator kept the focus on the main character and showed her emotions was
great for helping young children connect to the story. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></b><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">My thoughts as an
educator:</span></b></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Not only does this story teach us
about the colours in a rainbow and give kids a chance to practice colour words
and names, but it also showed the different emotions a young girl experienced
throughout the day. This book is a good length for preschool or kindergarten
kids and the rhyming words and colours keep students engaged during a read
aloud. </span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Ages</span></u></b><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: 4 - 7</span><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Grades</span></u></b><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: K - 3</span></span><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Connections</span></b><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: <span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: normal;">colours, rainbows,
emotions, storms </span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><u><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></u></b></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Activities</span></b><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:</span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><u>Active Learning/Math</u>: Have students go on a colour hunt
for items of different colours around the room. Build a giant rainbow together
using the items!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><u>Literacy</u>: Encourage children to listen for the rhyming
words in the story. Choose one of the words and see how many rhymes you can
come up with!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><u>Social-Emotional Learning</u>: Draw emoji faces to show the
different feelings the girl experienced in the story. Encourage students to try
to think of a time when they felt scared or joyful (or one of the other
feelings they discussed). Encourage students to draw their own picture about a
time when they experienced one of the feelings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<h2 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">More resources</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:</span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/03/rainbow-activities-for-kids.html" target="_blank">Rainbow Activities for Kids at Growing
a Jeweled Rose<o:p></o:p></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://preschoolinspirations.com/rainbow-activities-for-preschool/" target="_blank">Rainbow Activities for Preschool at Preschool Inspirations</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></b></p><h2 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14pt;">Description from <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646848/raindrops-to-rainbow-by-john-micklos-jr-illustrated-by-charlene-chua/" target="_blank">the publisher</a>: </span></b></h2>
<div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Raindrops are falling outside, but there’s still a world of color to experience! Delightful rhymes and brilliant illustrations detail how a gloomy, rainy day might not actually be so gloomy after all when you get to spend time with Mom, Brown Bear, and the colors around you. And when a “beaming rainbow, bold and bright” cuts through the sky, everyone gets to experience the joy of all the colors that can only come after the rain.</span></o:p></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></o:p></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Raindrops to Rainbow</i>, written by John Miklos Jr. and illustrated by Charlene Chua was published by Penguin Random House.</span></span></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Open Sans";">I feature this book in Episode 3 of #3in3 (and Tea) with Debbie Ridpath Ohi. For other picture books we've featured, check out Debbie's Youtube playlist <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9R5ehmf5_kF3_U0mx4anDqKmSB1oXLt9">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></b></span></o:p></span></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-90579046253132464062022-10-28T05:30:00.000-04:002022-10-28T05:30:00.190-04:00Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby & Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley<p><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHrbsKCwSldfVmDrKOPxwKhFEpTzFkDg1cpIepqniEfe-s8LjafpqdKg0o-7bezLw2PpGhzboygzbh_KHocdb0UAMibKuVfhkCpOyypYlHz6vbW4Y1LchTobluIh41YCbIOBye06MeYvHWllozU1pagYYd4syjeoDKI1-XuKaQR-6KuDIh7Ga9WtF1PQ/s318/This%20is%20How%20I%20Know_Brittany%20Luby_Joshua%20Mangeshig%20Pawis_Steckley_Alvin%20Ted%20Corbiere.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Cover illustration showing child and grandmother walking outdoors over sand towards water" border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHrbsKCwSldfVmDrKOPxwKhFEpTzFkDg1cpIepqniEfe-s8LjafpqdKg0o-7bezLw2PpGhzboygzbh_KHocdb0UAMibKuVfhkCpOyypYlHz6vbW4Y1LchTobluIh41YCbIOBye06MeYvHWllozU1pagYYd4syjeoDKI1-XuKaQR-6KuDIh7Ga9WtF1PQ/s16000/This%20is%20How%20I%20Know_Brittany%20Luby_Joshua%20Mangeshig%20Pawis_Steckley_Alvin%20Ted%20Corbiere.jpg" title="Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh/This Is How I Know" /></a></b></div><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><br /></b><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Why this book?</span></b></h2><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">This wonderful book takes look at the seasons through
feeling and experiencing them in nature. The more times I read it, the more I
appreciate and think about different ways I know the seasons myself.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My thoughts as a
creator:</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">I really enjoyed this look at the
seasons from a perspective that is not my own. To stretch your writing brain,
it would be interesting to try to make a list of the different ways you know the
seasons (or a place) yourself and add those details to a manuscript or write a
poem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">My thoughts as an
educator:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy95lg3UGiFQBvT3W8VZvnMQhZy1dGh6z0_W4xj4vALib2WBQwwwPr46VmKkzJvXr18NmXD4-J8SvQvyZOyxIPRLIqVW18JKCnOQGeUmGNcch3Doe0SBMfTIfGXevoamL1YenMvVHvO4Vt8R0mIgL5YUypbiiQbEhp_b1hT79wJstx4-eJDF94Q_RhOA/s500/illustration%20from%20This%20is%20How%20I%20Know.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="child and grandmother in silhouette sitting in front of lake at sunset" border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="500" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy95lg3UGiFQBvT3W8VZvnMQhZy1dGh6z0_W4xj4vALib2WBQwwwPr46VmKkzJvXr18NmXD4-J8SvQvyZOyxIPRLIqVW18JKCnOQGeUmGNcch3Doe0SBMfTIfGXevoamL1YenMvVHvO4Vt8R0mIgL5YUypbiiQbEhp_b1hT79wJstx4-eJDF94Q_RhOA/w320-h155/illustration%20from%20This%20is%20How%20I%20Know.jpg" title="Illustration for This Is How I Know from publisher's website" width="320" /></a></div><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">I was so happy to share this book with
my students! While we read this story, the children were eager to talk about
their own experiences of how they experience the seasons. It’s wonderful to be
able to share this dual-language story and keep it in the classroom for
children to refer to at different times over the year. Talking about the
illustrations with children provided so much opportunity for discussions about activities
they experience with family members.</span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Ages</span></u></b><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: 4 - 7</span><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Grades</span></u></b><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: K - 3</span><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Connections</span></u></b><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: seasons, nature,
Anishinaabe culture, intergenerational relationships <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Activities</span></u></b><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:</span><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Literacy & Nature: Talk about different ways of
knowing the seasons. Go out on a nature walk and explore. What do you see,
smell and hear related to the current season? When you return inside, draw a
“map” to show what you found.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Dramatic play: Make a list of student ideas about
different ways of knowing the seasons. Have students take turns acting out one
of the ideas while others guess what they are showing (or which season they are
showing).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Art: After reading the story and talking about the
details in the illustrations, encourage children to paint their own pictures to
show a favourite activity they do with a grandparent or other family member.
What details could they include?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Inquiry: Talk about the animals and plants shown in the
story. Choose one animal or plant and find out what it does during the
different seasons of the year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">More resources</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">The publisher has provided a<a href="https://biblioshare.org/BNCservices/BNCServices.asmx/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99&ean=9781773063263&SAN=&Perspective=teachersguide&FileNumber=0" target="_blank"> study guide </a>with comprehension questions and activities related to seasons and storytelling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Description from<a href="https://houseofanansi.com/products/mii-maanda-ezhigkendmaanh-this-is-how-i-know" target="_blank"> the publisher</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .1in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1in; margin: 0.1in 0in;"><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">In this lyrical story-poem, written in Anishinaabemowin and
English, a child and grandmother explore their surroundings, taking pleasure in
the familiar sights that each new season brings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .1in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1in; margin: 0.1in 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">We accompany them through warm summer days full of wildflowers,
bees and blueberries, then fall, when bears feast before hibernation and forest
mushrooms are ripe for harvest. Winter mornings begin in darkness as deer, mice
and other animals search for food, while spring brings green shoots poking
through melting snow and the chirping of peepers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .1in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1in; margin: 0.1in 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley have created a
book inspired by childhood memories of time spent with Knowledge Keepers,
observing and living in relationship with the natural world in the place they
call home — the northern reaches of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: black;">Anishinaabewaking</span></em>, around the Great Lakes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .1in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1in; margin: 0.1in 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Open Sans","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p>
<div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 9pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 14pt;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh /
This Is How I Know</span> </span></i></span><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">was written by Brittany Luby and illustrated by
Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckly. It was translated by Alvin Ted Corbiere. This
book was published by House of Anansi Press and Groundwood Books.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<h1 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 9pt; mso-line-height-alt: 13.2pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<br /><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><b>I feature this book in Episode 3 of #3in3 (and Tea) with Debbie Ridpath Ohi. For other picture books we've featured check out Debbie's Youtube playlist <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9R5ehmf5_kF3_U0mx4anDqKmSB1oXLt9">here</a>. <br /><br /><br />You can also find wonderful picture book selections at <a href="https://susannahill.com/for-teachers-and-parents/perfect-picture-books/">Perfect Picture Book Friday</a>, a blog review feature compiled by Susanna Leonard Hill, listing picture books with contributions by avid picture book readers and book bloggers.</b></span>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-3817299017112132382022-10-24T06:00:00.006-04:002022-10-24T06:00:00.202-04:00LIKE A DUCK by Deborah Kerbel<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2d2t3K4quuYWzeGi7de_Ou0md_aOj5NN7f76-F7h_d-7NXzqRuSPMFuAlwC31shsdjq6SK2BFgo8bDLe2eJk63e0j02YlSAgIL4u0TNhDpoShhnQwrEHKWOfNNgjVDWxcfkfFZo2SqUzG1IiaZzi2uCl-zbxHAkwdroF3qJKbvgkCJGbFRE4OY_DQA/s461/Like%20a%20Duck_Deborah%20Kerbel.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Girl and duck sitting on a hill with lake and sun in the background" border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2d2t3K4quuYWzeGi7de_Ou0md_aOj5NN7f76-F7h_d-7NXzqRuSPMFuAlwC31shsdjq6SK2BFgo8bDLe2eJk63e0j02YlSAgIL4u0TNhDpoShhnQwrEHKWOfNNgjVDWxcfkfFZo2SqUzG1IiaZzi2uCl-zbxHAkwdroF3qJKbvgkCJGbFRE4OY_DQA/w221-h320/Like%20a%20Duck_Deborah%20Kerbel.jpg" title="Like a Duck" width="221" /></a></b></div><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><br /></b><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Why this book?</span></b></h2><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">There were so many things to love
about this book! Sarah, the main character lives with her mom and her duck,
Webster, who is a registered therapy animal that helps Sarah when she feels
stressed and anxious. Sarah has many worries, including how she’ll get through
the unusual cooking camp her mom signed her up for as well as why her dad left
when she was little. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was really interested in the cooking
camp—and a bit surprised to find it wasn’t quite what I expected. This book is
about building relationships, coping with stressful situations and solving the
mystery of what happens to Webster when he goes missing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<h2 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Connections:</span></span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">family, friendship, anxiety, therapy animals, cooking<o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">Activities for
students</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">:</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Social Emotional Learning – Discuss different
strategies for coping with stressful situations. Encourage students to write
their ideas on cards to put in a basket in a “calming centre” where they can
try each other’s ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Literacy – A great activity could be for students
to each make a list of 7 things people should know about their pet or about
them. Posting them anonymously could make for a fun guessing game about who’s
who.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Personal Journal – Reflect on times when you were forced
to participate in something you didn’t want to do. What did you do? Is there
something you could have done differently?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Reasoning Skills: List the pros and cons of having
a duck for a pet. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Literacy & Problem-Solving: Brainstorm a list
of ideas for what Webster might be doing while Sarah is searching for him.
Provide materials for students to create a board game to show where Webster the
duck might have gone.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">More resources:</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://www.scholastic.ca/kids/thingstodo/pdfs/DG_LikeADuck_10-21.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">Discussion and Activity Guide from Scholastic</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Description </span></b><a href="https://www.scholastic.ca/books/view/like-a-duck" style="text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">from the publisher</span></b></a><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">:</span></b></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">For almost as long as she can remember, it’s been Sarah, her mom and her steadfast duck, Webster. Ten years ago, Sarah’s dad mysteriously left, and it feels more important than ever for her to find out why. But that is going to be harder than she expected. <br /><br />When Sarah’s birthday plans get cancelled, she is sent to a camp where she doesn’t want to be. It couldn’t get any worse. And then it does. Will Sarah have to say another painful goodbye? <br /><br />In a story about love, loss, unexpected friendship and finding out who you are, Like a Duck reminds us that family is what you make it . . . and sometimes what feels broken is actually imperfectly perfect.</span>
<h1 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 9pt; mso-line-height-alt: 13.2pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Like a Duck</i> by Deborah Kebel was published by
<a href="https://www.scholastic.ca/books/view/like-a-duck" target="_blank">Scholastic Canada</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Open Sans";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />You can also find more middle grade book selections at <a href="https://gpattridge.com/author/gpattridge/" target="_blank">Marvelous Middle Grade Monday</a>, a blog review feature compiled by <a href="https://gpattridge.com/author/gpattridge/" target="_blank">Greg Pattridge</a>, listing middle grade books with contributions by enthusiastic middle grade book readers and book bloggers.</span></b></p><br /><p></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-71088664305850719302022-09-19T06:00:00.003-04:002022-09-19T06:00:00.176-04:00HAVEN JACOBS SAVES THE PLANET by Barbara Dee – a story about climate and eco-anxiety<p><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-EnPQ7khQHJwDi6q9K_BXZHra6RyNhC74UfRQ-2VErTJDKPfpWCB2HWaOnfVBho-FrjuvtLTHvmV0Xn_6tP6x9YTGIBNWx_cXVrsSBuZIoAUoyXiDhUbW4AMC5hSmzoDafbrULWIfDDfFiXm_VfAaMYtGIo-pyzFgTvWksa489dNdZnf0D43t4riIRg/s1160/Haven%20Jacobs%20Saves%20the%20Planet_Barbara%20Dee.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Caucasian girl sitting on the ground drawing the title with her finger and small plants around her" border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-EnPQ7khQHJwDi6q9K_BXZHra6RyNhC74UfRQ-2VErTJDKPfpWCB2HWaOnfVBho-FrjuvtLTHvmV0Xn_6tP6x9YTGIBNWx_cXVrsSBuZIoAUoyXiDhUbW4AMC5hSmzoDafbrULWIfDDfFiXm_VfAaMYtGIo-pyzFgTvWksa489dNdZnf0D43t4riIRg/w212-h320/Haven%20Jacobs%20Saves%20the%20Planet_Barbara%20Dee.jpg" title="Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet" width="212" /></a></b></div><b style="text-indent: 0in;">Why this book?</b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">I was interested in reading this story
because of my own growing awareness about the impact we are having on our climate
and environment. The anxiety that the main character, Haven, feels is something
more and more people are becoming aware of and maybe are even experiencing. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">While this story might be seem a little intense for children already grappling
with anxiety, it may also be helpful to show that they are not alone in their
anxious feelings and behaviours. I’m really glad that this story showed me a
window into the feelings that Haven was experiencing as well as showing her
getting counseling help.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">I really enjoy the realism of Barbara Dee's characters. Haven wasn’t a perfect student and I appreciated how she had an understanding teacher to encourage her to complete her work. Haven’s
river project gave her a chance to use problem-solving skills, collect data and
speak out about something important to her. I loved the message that small
steps are important in bringing about change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Connections:</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> eco-anxiety, climate, environment, data collection <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Activities for
students</span></u></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Social-Emotional Learning – A lot of times we can
feel anxious about things happening that are beyond are control. Encourage
students to regularly practice mindfulness or calming strategies such as one of
the many techniques in the book, <i>Breathe Like a Bear</i> by Kira Willey (Rodale Kids, 2017).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B082IcZK2zc" width="320" youtube-src-id="B082IcZK2zc"></iframe></div><br /><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Literacy – After reading, students could discuss the climate problem and solutions Haven tried, or represent the information in a graphic organizer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Literacy & Art—Design a poster Haven might have
created to advertise her project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Math/Science—Explore a climate related issue such
as pollution by considering trash around your school yard. For example, collect
data to monitor the amount of trash collected weekly in your school yard. How
could you increase awareness of the issue? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Description from <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Haven-Jacobs-Saves-the-Planet/Barbara-Dee/9781534489837" target="_blank">the publisher</a>:</span></b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Twelve-year-old Haven Jacobs can’t
stop thinking about the climate crisis. In fact, her anxiety about the state of
the planet is starting to interfere with her schoolwork, her friendships, even
her sleep. She can’t stop wondering why grownups aren’t even trying to solve
the earth’s problem—and if there’s anything meaningful that she, as a seventh
grader, can contribute.<br />
<br />
When Haven’s social studies teacher urges her to find a specific, manageable way
to make a difference to the planet, Haven focuses on the annual science class
project at the local Belmont River, where her class will take samples of the
water to analyze. Students have been doing the project for years, and her older
brother tells her that his favorite part was studying and catching frogs.<br />
<br />
But when Haven and her classmates get to the river, there’s no sign of frogs or
other wildlife—but there is ample evidence of pollution. The only thing that’s
changed by the river is the opening of Gemba, the new factory where Haven’s dad
works. It doesn’t take much investigation before Haven is convinced Gemba is
behind the slow pollution of the river.<br />
<br />
She’s determined to expose Gemba and force them to clean up their act. But when
it becomes clear taking action might put her dad’s job—and some friendships—in
jeopardy, Haven must decide how far she’s willing to go.</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet</span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> by Barbara Dee was published by Simon
& Schuster in 2022.</span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-26179285802305804882022-09-09T06:00:00.005-04:002022-09-09T06:00:00.192-04:00MAGGIE’S TREASURE by Jon-Erik Lappano & Kellen Hatanaka - a book about treasure collecting and community<p><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtk3161k49TTeTi1Zd_AgA5_nXcOc2sSTvmHWioEbl71WhYX6fSrde-ngh1XttK9JKA6T5uMZk738V6ZZLbADNVmF_HGfoVVRL-942bnxJwuh0dQvMXKYbVWh3So0gBHZMXKdf_BKHz3oOHUS4ImFEIXDimwENx8K3fNPQWQlQZEt9OyFufbNyNhiTEg/s2089/Maggie's%20Treasure_Jon-Erik%20Lappano_Kellen%20Hatanaka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Girl pulling a wagon loaded with small treasures" border="0" data-original-height="2089" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtk3161k49TTeTi1Zd_AgA5_nXcOc2sSTvmHWioEbl71WhYX6fSrde-ngh1XttK9JKA6T5uMZk738V6ZZLbADNVmF_HGfoVVRL-942bnxJwuh0dQvMXKYbVWh3So0gBHZMXKdf_BKHz3oOHUS4ImFEIXDimwENx8K3fNPQWQlQZEt9OyFufbNyNhiTEg/w245-h320/Maggie's%20Treasure_Jon-Erik%20Lappano_Kellen%20Hatanaka.jpg" title="Maggie's Treasure" width="245" /></a></span></b></div><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Why this book?</span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">My students are always finding all kinds of
treasures, so I know they will love this book! I especially connected with the idea
of noticing the small or unused things in the world and thinking about how they
could be used or re-used. The illustrations are bold and colourful with a fun, distinctive
style. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My thoughts as a
creator:</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">There are some lovely phrases in this
story. One of my favourites is, “Maggie saw the sparkle in everything.” A nice
book to study when thinking about using your observations of the world to add
details to a story.</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My thoughts as an
educator:</span><span style="font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The theme of helping the community is
always great to promote activism and encourage students to create their own
projects! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be interesting to
discuss the main ideas in this story in comparison with the picture book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Maybe Something Beautiful</i> by F. Isabel
Campoy and Theresa Howell with illustrations by Rafael Lopez.</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Ages</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: 4 - 7</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Grades</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: K - 3</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Connections</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: re-using materials,
collections, helping the community <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Activities</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Active Play & Math – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Go on a hunt outside (or inside) to find treasures. Encourage children to
sort their “treasures” in different ways. Listen as they explain their
reasoning for how they sorted them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Building Community</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: What might happen if everyone in the class brought one toy or book they
didn’t want any more? Could they be given to others or exchanged with each
other?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Community Art Project:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Encourage everyone in the class to bring in one “treasure” to glue onto
a large board or canvas to create a class art project to display in the
classroom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Create</span></b><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"> – Give children
a small collection of “treasures” such as paper scraps, wood scraps, buttons,
pieces of cloth, and string or yarn and some glue and drawing materials. What
can they make? A prompt question might be: Can you make something useful? Another
creative project might be for everyone in the class to bring in one “treasure”
to glue together into</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Social-Emotional Learning –</span></b><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"> Brainstorm with
children and help them make a list of things they can do to help someone else.
Choose one project to work on together.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Classroom Tip: Keep a “scrap bin” of interesting
paper bits that children can use for creating at a Maker’s Centre or when
finished their work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">More resources</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Child Central Station has a fun <a href="https://www.childcentralstation.com/2011/09/wwydiw-trash-to-treasure-art.html" target="_blank">Trash to Treasure art activit</a>y to try. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Description </span></b><a href="https://houseofanansi.com/products/maggies-treasure" style="text-indent: 0in;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">from the publisher</span></b></a><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Maggie
finds treasure wherever she goes. Whether it’s a button, a feather or a shiny
stone, she picks it up and takes it home. At first the neighbors and city
workers are grateful to Maggie for cleaning up; the mayor even gives her an
award. But over time Maggie’s collection grows bigger and bigger, until it
spills out of her house and garden in an unsightly mess. Her parents tell her
“Enough treasure!” and eventually even Maggie realizes that something must be
done. Finally, inspired by a bird outside her window, she finds a way to share
her treasure that enchants and transforms the entire neighborhood.<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Maggie’s Treasure </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">by Jon-Erik Lappano
and Kellen Hatanaka was published by Groundwood Books in 2020.</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">For more wonderful picture books,
visit </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/7052001482114648209"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Perfect Picture Book Friday</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> at </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif";"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/7052001482114648209"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Susanna Leonard Hill's website</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">. </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-21571999937996391122022-08-19T09:39:00.002-04:002022-08-19T09:39:30.551-04:00One is a Pinata: A Book of Numbers by Roseanne Greenfield Thong & Jon Parra<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCia3sCkV0ZUqoAGJRwLe5bfQNXOGdmeNFbYyTcxw9fEKaT6IijaLj4naU1jEhJUZ0eY2ju1Hu7WXilKn8R8NJ7CWDFT1mM2xknNwH2rpj9BpFSofO3N8pRPCkzG6NEt8rocIxC0GerdHmdXu6WvKkdDdKby4Bzp-Z8bsiRSVIA-onTdO4fTT3fUsD4A/s400/One%20is%20a%20Pinata_Roseanne%20Greenfield%20Thong_Jon%20Parra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Group of children with a variety of skin colours holding up hands towards the title which is inside a circle with diagonal triangles on each corner, forming a pinata shape" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCia3sCkV0ZUqoAGJRwLe5bfQNXOGdmeNFbYyTcxw9fEKaT6IijaLj4naU1jEhJUZ0eY2ju1Hu7WXilKn8R8NJ7CWDFT1mM2xknNwH2rpj9BpFSofO3N8pRPCkzG6NEt8rocIxC0GerdHmdXu6WvKkdDdKby4Bzp-Z8bsiRSVIA-onTdO4fTT3fUsD4A/w320-h320/One%20is%20a%20Pinata_Roseanne%20Greenfield%20Thong_Jon%20Parra.jpg" title="One is a Pinata" width="320" /></a></div><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><p><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Why this book?</span></b></p></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This book caught my
eye as a fun counting book that also gave me a deeper peek at elements of
Mexican, Central American and South American culture. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">The illustrations include
lots of different play and celebration scenarios with many details to find and look at. There's so much here to keep a child's interest during a read aloud!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">My thoughts as a
creator:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I studied this book for interesting ways to create rhyme as well as how
to move the reader along in a counting concept book. I found it interesting
that for some numerals there was an extra rhyming stanza.</span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">My thoughts as an
educator:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’m always looking for fun ways to reinforce
concepts like counting. In this book, there is so much to talk about with each
page – the activities shown in the illustrations and the fun elements from
Mexico, Central America and South America. The glossary at the back is so
helpful in giving me more insights and pronunciation tips before a read aloud.
I also really love how the numbers are bilingual in English and Spanish. We
need more books like this for many different languages! </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Ages</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: 4 - 7</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Grades</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: K - 3</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Connections</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: counting, family,
Spanish language,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Activities:</span></u></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Art/Math/Culture: Have
students help construct a number wall by drawing and colouring numerals to ten.
Add words to label the numeral in their home language. This is also a great way
to connect with parents by asking them for how to count in their home language.
Encourage the children to add pictures of favourite elements of their own
cultural celebrations for each numeral.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: arial;">STEM: Can you build a kite? Provide materials for kite-building
(e.g. string, a tissue paper, streamers, sticks) and encourage children to
design their own kites. Later, test the kites outside to see if they fly!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dramatic play: Encourage students to design their own parade! Provide
materials to create banners, decorations and even floats!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">More resources</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Art: <a href="https://funfamilycrafts.com/diy-pinatas-kids/" target="_blank">Create your own pinata</a> from Fun Family Crafts </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">For more about parades, read: <i>Everyone Loves a Parade</i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> by Andrea Denish & Guilherme Franco, Astra
Young Readers (2020)</span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Description from <a href="https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/one-is-a-pi-ata" target="_blank">the publisher</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: arial; text-indent: 0in;">One is a rainbow. One is a
cake. One is a piñata that's ready to break! In this lively picture book, a
companion to the Pura Belpré–honored </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: arial; text-indent: 0in;">Green Is a Chile Pepper</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: arial; text-indent: 0in;">,
children discover a fiesta of numbers in the world around them, all the way
from one to ten. Many of the featured objects are Latino in origin and all are
universal in appeal. With rich, boisterous illustrations, a fun-to-read rhyming
text, and an informative glossary, this vibrant book enumerates the joys of
counting and the wonders that abound in every child's day!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">One is a Pinata: A Book of Numbers by Roseanne Greenfield Thong & Jon Parra was published by Chronicle Books in 2019.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">For more wonderful picture books, visit </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/7052001482114648209"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Perfect Picture Book Friday</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> at </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/7052001482114648209"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Susanna Leonard Hill's website</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">. </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-58319495145996364982022-07-25T09:13:00.010-04:002022-07-25T09:45:41.252-04:00NOTHING IS LITTLE by Carmella Van Vleet -- a story about how little things can lead to big changes<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;">I've been taking a bit of a summer break while I work on my own writing, but I'm so excited about this middle grade novel that I had to "take a break from my break" to share it with you.</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgbbrC1s9bU3_3QhoI-KyKC5emAIDqkxB9t9mIZ5IhcwredPLRySLr--4XtCoOOLPfR70h_NRIWv4Mrm3Lsq22xkL9-qtFsl6IQEX4UjvTrpAFiTMC_9lQbiyFYMytjKB1xMUIINoq4LzpwOZERIKkKRiGsffAJNicHstTn6Jx9-EII3ca2SGlFTI2A/s400/Nothing%20is%20Little_Carmella%20Van%20Vleet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgbbrC1s9bU3_3QhoI-KyKC5emAIDqkxB9t9mIZ5IhcwredPLRySLr--4XtCoOOLPfR70h_NRIWv4Mrm3Lsq22xkL9-qtFsl6IQEX4UjvTrpAFiTMC_9lQbiyFYMytjKB1xMUIINoq4LzpwOZERIKkKRiGsffAJNicHstTn6Jx9-EII3ca2SGlFTI2A/w268-h400/Nothing%20is%20Little_Carmella%20Van%20Vleet.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br />Why this book?</span></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’m so excited to feature this book by
my friend, Carmella Van Vleet! This is the story of Felix, an eleven-year-old
boy who may be the shortest boy in school but he has a big personality. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Like
many kids today, Felix has many things to deal with—he has Growth Hormone
Deficiency for one. I was intrigued to learn more about this, because I hadn’t
heard about it before. Felix’s mom and step-dad are having a new baby, too, which
makes him curious about his biological dad, who he has never met. When Felix
joins the Forensic Science Club at school, he hopes to get the tools and skills
he needs to track down is biological dad. He also gets a cool nickname: Shortlock
Holmes. Wow! Reading about this club made me wish I could go back in time and
go to Felix’s school too. All of these elements make for a really engaging
story. Did I mention there’s also a surprise twist? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">This is a really fun read! I especially loved the way this story showed us how a kid learns to cope with
some disappointments and also celebrates some of the fun things life can bring.
If you enjoy this book, also read Carmella Van Vleet’s other middle grade
novels about Eliza Bing—another very engaging character! [See my posts for
more on these ones here: <a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2014/02/an-interview-with-carmella-van-vleet.html" target="_blank">Eliza Bing is (Not) a Big Fat Quitter</a>, <a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2019/01/eliza-bing-is-not-star-by-carmella-van.html" target="_blank">Eliza Bing is (Not)a Star</a>]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Connections:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">family, forensic science, being short, new baby, step-families,
adoption issues</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Activities:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>Social-Emotional Learning</b> – One of the cool things
about Felix is that he puts a positive spin on something other people might
think is a negative. Make a list of all the ways that Felix finds his small
size an advantage. Now, think of something about yourself that other people
might think is a disadvantage. Make a list of all the positive things about
your unique trait. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>Reasoning & Problem-solving </b>– Play the detective
“grouping game” mentioned in the story in the classroom. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have one person select a group of students
based on a common characteristic (like the colour of their socks). Other
students can work together to figure out the rule for making the groups.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>Literacy</b> – One of the activities Felix tries in the
Forensic Science Club is to practice interviewing a crime science witness by paying
attention to their emotions and body language. Work with a partner to practice
interviewing skills: Person One tells a one-sentence story about something they
did recently. Person Two asks questions to collect more details and
information. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b>Literacy: Making inferences</b> – Try this “Picture of
the Day“ activity. Show students a picture of a scene. Have them
make list of all the things they observe in the picture. Then have students
make inferences about what they think, based on their observations (for this
and more ideas for building reading comprehension skills check out the list at <a href="https://www.teachingexpertise.com/classroom-ideas/7th-grade-reading-comprehension-activities/" target="_blank">www.teachingexpertise.com</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>More resources:</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2022/07/20/locards-exchange-principle-and-books-a-guest-post-by-carmella-van-vleet/" target="_blank">Locard’s Exchange Principle and Books</a>, a guest post
by Carmella Van Vleet, School Library Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;">Forensic science lesson plans for middle school
from <a href="https://sciencespot.net/Pages/classforsci.html" target="_blank">The Science Spot</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6urbx8-7qlM " target="_blank">Virtual Crime Lab tour</a> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Description </span></b><a href="https://holidayhouse.com/book/nothing-is-little/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">from the publisher</span></b></a><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Eleven-year-old Felix likes being the
smallest kid in school.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">At least he knows where he fits in.
Plus his nickname, “Short-lock Holmes,” is perfect for someone who’s killing it
in forensic science club. To Felix, Growth Hormone Deficiency is no big deal.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">And then Felix learns that his
biological dad was short, too. This one, tiny, itty-bitty piece of information
opens up a massive hole in his life. Felix must find his father. He only has a
few small clues to work from, but as Sherlock Holmes said, “To a great mind,
nothing is little.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">The further Felix gets in his
investigation, though, the more he starts to wonder: What if his dad doesn’t
want to be found? And what if Felix’s family—his mom, his stepdad, the baby on
the way—needs him right where he is?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><i style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Nothing is Little</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"> by Carmella Van Vleet was published by Holiday
House in 2022.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">For more wonderful middle grade books, check out Marvelous Middle Grade Monday over at </span><a href="https://gpattridge.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #349eff; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" target="_blank">Greg Pattridge's blog</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">.</span></p>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-47261284052945855922022-06-01T08:00:00.027-04:002022-10-29T19:41:13.493-04:003 in 3 (and tea) – Episode 2!<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/3462844971289047937" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Debbie Ridpath Ohi</span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; text-indent: 0in;"> and I are back
for another episode of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3 in 3 (and tea),
where we feature 3 children’s books by Canadian authors and/or illustrators and
provide some tips for using them in the classroom. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">In Episode 2, we explore a picture book and a
middle grade novel that feature emotionally challenging situations, and check out a bonus
middle grade novel that includes a visit to Drumheller (I love dinosaurs!) and
STEM connections. After you watch the video, click on the book cover or title to find out more about each book. For more episodes of Three in Three (and Tea!) check out Debbie's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9R5ehmf5_kF3_U0mx4anDqKmSB1oXLt9" target="_blank">Three in Three playlist</a>! You can find Episode 1 <a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/03/welcome-to-3-in-3-and-tea.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="391" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ru-nlSWApCs" width="470" youtube-src-id="Ru-nlSWApCs"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></span><p></p><h2 style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;">Picture Book</b><b style="text-indent: 0in;">:</b></span><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </b></h2><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrClea5XPTKK09IxlrUGGoupJgEWl_9hD8FM_DOhWy1QaA9G39ky-MvderHf5l304m8ZCm0KZzEulhaRMO35M3v8LZUnCqngiuETIF6jIuc0ALL9SWGSD2glJbi3WoXebSuVr_CyORn6mskh3ZqosyktQhGsCpNtaWwmzdiI047_PDeAdno0OZatpEMg/s600/Malaika's%20Winter%20Carnival_Nadia%20L%20Hohn_Irene%20Luxbacher.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrClea5XPTKK09IxlrUGGoupJgEWl_9hD8FM_DOhWy1QaA9G39ky-MvderHf5l304m8ZCm0KZzEulhaRMO35M3v8LZUnCqngiuETIF6jIuc0ALL9SWGSD2glJbi3WoXebSuVr_CyORn6mskh3ZqosyktQhGsCpNtaWwmzdiI047_PDeAdno0OZatpEMg/w200-h200/Malaika's%20Winter%20Carnival_Nadia%20L%20Hohn_Irene%20Luxbacher.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/05/malaikas-winter-carnival-by-nadia-l.html" target="_blank">Malaika's Winter Carnival by Nadia L. Hohn & Irene Luxbacher</a></b></span></p> <b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Summary:</span> </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">In this picture book, a young girl is faced with a new family, a new
country, a new school and maybe even new Carnival traditions. The vibrant, collage-style
illustrations are a perfect fit with the writing style of standard English and
Caribbean patois.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This book is part of the
Malaika series which follows the same character through three stories.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Visit the author and illustrator</span></b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.nadialhohn.com/" style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;" target="_blank">Nadia L Hohn</a><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;">🍁</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://twitter.com/irenelux" target="_blank">Irene Luxbacher </a> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;">🍁</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Visit the publisher</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://houseofanansi.com/products/malaikas-winter-carnival" target="_blank">Groundwood Books</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: arial; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/05/malaikas-winter-carnival-by-nadia-l.html" target="_blank">Activities & resources here.</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;">Middle Grade:</b></span><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </b></h2><div><br /></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b><div><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheyVO7YgikHZar4HBiSs19_2vU4b71noGqk628fkbVU0tsGiGeCBW4QfVw06t-cqbs19ps3RF04N6C7zASf4u4vAVDOFLHjkF5RER3MpSCG1pZeUTM2LhbTi3g_8PsAHK90ZtphbKfIBci5EsqkBsdOJ4Y17q-HsNjIbrQkKGdEb4HlSy64z4UvRzn9w/s300/Sorry%20For%20Your%20Loss_Joanne%20Levy.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheyVO7YgikHZar4HBiSs19_2vU4b71noGqk628fkbVU0tsGiGeCBW4QfVw06t-cqbs19ps3RF04N6C7zASf4u4vAVDOFLHjkF5RER3MpSCG1pZeUTM2LhbTi3g_8PsAHK90ZtphbKfIBci5EsqkBsdOJ4Y17q-HsNjIbrQkKGdEb4HlSy64z4UvRzn9w/w133-h200/Sorry%20For%20Your%20Loss_Joanne%20Levy.jpg" width="133" /></a></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/05/sorry-for-your-loss-by-joanne-levy.html" target="_blank">Sorry for Your Loss by Joanne Levy</a></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Summary:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">In the middle grade novel,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sorry for Your Loss</i>, Oren, a boy whose
parents were killed in a car accident and Evie, whose parents own a funeral
home, start off *not* being friends—but they end up helping each other.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Visit the author online</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="http://www.joannelevy.com/" target="_blank">Joanne Levy</a> </span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">🍁<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span>Book cover design by
Rachel Page</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Visit the publisher:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://www.orcabook.com/Sorry-For-Your-Loss" target="_blank">Orca Books</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><b><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/05/sorry-for-your-loss-by-joanne-levy.html" target="_blank">Activities & resources here.</a></b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Bonus Middle Grade:</span><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9G0uHxmRCJzRzMtX3YKu-zvbUpQgdxKQWy7JJkTFUhN9_8Z0jeV8WUGyrmE5ICR90IVwX5JwXJrjtn-7s4lFR1zbvjSholV5p7xRiJiClitonX-QB930_a6BI92axnxWKqKFnMDF-SchtmupbsJD3oYAR6ZCqv7LZek6vkh2VnHfS3Te-oiLzSDqE8g/s1478/Peter%20Lee's%20Notes%20From%20the%20Field_Angela%20Ahn_Julie%20Kwon.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9G0uHxmRCJzRzMtX3YKu-zvbUpQgdxKQWy7JJkTFUhN9_8Z0jeV8WUGyrmE5ICR90IVwX5JwXJrjtn-7s4lFR1zbvjSholV5p7xRiJiClitonX-QB930_a6BI92axnxWKqKFnMDF-SchtmupbsJD3oYAR6ZCqv7LZek6vkh2VnHfS3Te-oiLzSDqE8g/w136-h200/Peter%20Lee's%20Notes%20From%20the%20Field_Angela%20Ahn_Julie%20Kwon.jpg" width="136" /></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/03/peter-lees-notes-from-field-by-angela.html" target="_blank">Peter Lee's Notes from the Field by Angela Ahn with illustrations by Julie Kwon</a></span></span></b></p></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Summary:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">In <i>Peter Lee’s Notes from the Field </i>a boy who is really into dinosaurs gets a chance to attend a special paleontology expedition at the Royal Tyrell Museum, but has to learn to cope with disappointment
and the failing health of his beloved grandmother.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Visit the author and illustrator online</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">:</span></span></p></div></blockquote><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://www.angelaahnbooks.com/" target="_blank">Angela Ahn</a> </span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">🍁</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="http://www.juliekwonart.com/" target="_blank">Julie Kwon</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Visit the Publisher<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/634986/peter-lees-notes-from-the-field-by-angela-ahn-illustrated-by-julie-kwon/9780735268265" target="_blank">Penguin Random House Canada</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><a href="https://andrea-mack.blogspot.com/2022/03/peter-lees-notes-from-field-by-angela.html" target="_blank"><b>Activities & resources here.</b></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Find out more about Canadian
author/illustrator Debbie Ohi by visiting </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2012878468524630950/3462844971289047937"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">her website</span></a></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: 0in;">Thanks to <b>The Faithful Sidekicks</b> for writing and performing our theme song! You can learn more about them at <a href="https://www.thefaithfulsidekicks.com/" target="_blank">their website</a>. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div>Andrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-7937844384562380392022-05-30T08:00:00.000-04:002022-05-30T08:00:00.214-04:00SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS by Joanne Levy - a middle grade novel about being friends and not friends through times of grief and loss<p><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHMnvDglplFHIgpaqQ8BhhF4-YojVHv4bHG4YKMBlqpX7mA6pNA9IzRuwnOR16ECzOwPj1Aw_7yDfHtFBuWrKnmr7ChHSFKiOPkC_OLGi8-cwagkl_D8pbHsV8LOvYaSQrbX8myXZWDU-iKBQK_XC7ZZceOYtZfYthy-0elX49RK53tp0huHwNZlSTw/s300/Sorry%20For%20Your%20Loss_Joanne%20Levy.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHMnvDglplFHIgpaqQ8BhhF4-YojVHv4bHG4YKMBlqpX7mA6pNA9IzRuwnOR16ECzOwPj1Aw_7yDfHtFBuWrKnmr7ChHSFKiOPkC_OLGi8-cwagkl_D8pbHsV8LOvYaSQrbX8myXZWDU-iKBQK_XC7ZZceOYtZfYthy-0elX49RK53tp0huHwNZlSTw/s1600/Sorry%20For%20Your%20Loss_Joanne%20Levy.jpg" width="200" /></a></b></div><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Why this book?</span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In this story, Evie, a girl who says
she doesn’t want any friends, develops a friendship with Oren, a boy whose
parents were killed in car accident. Evie’s family owns a funeral home and she
helps Oren explore some of his questions about dying. There are few sad
moments, but funny ones too. I loved so many things about this book – I
learned, I laughed, I cried and I wanted to read it again. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I especially loved the way this shows
how kids can work through and learn to accept sad things in life with the help
of friends. If you enjoy this book, also read Joanne Levy’s other recent book, <i>The Sun Will Come Out</i>. It’s another
wonderful read! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Connections:</span></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> family, friendship, death, funerals, Jewish traditions, paper quilling,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">Activities:</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Literacy & Sharing Experiences – Put up a large
paper/bulletin board where students can add their thoughts and questions that
arise from reading. Invite classmates to post answers from their experiences or
research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Literacy – Create an advice column! Make up three
questions/issues that friends might have problems with. Write answers or swap
with a friend so they can try to give helpful advice to solve the problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Personal Journal – Reflect on times when you were
and were not a good friend. When thinking about times where you were not a good
friend, think about what you might have done differently. Where might you need
help from others to solve a friendship problem?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">STEAM -
Research paper quilling. Try to create an art project using the technique of
paper quilling. Could you create a different cover for the novel?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><u><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Resources:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.joannelevy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SorryForYourLoss-DiscussionGuide.pdf">Discussion and Activity Guide </a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blog.orcabook.com/qa-sorry-for-your-loss-joanne-levy/" target="_blank">Q & A with the author</a> from the Orca Books blog<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://www.teacherplanet.com/content/friendship" target="_blank">Lessons and activities about friendship</a> from
Teacher Planet</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-indent: 0in;">The Most Common <a href="https://www.weareteachers.com/common-friendship-issues-in-classroom/" target="_blank">Friendship Issues</a> in the Classroom –
We Are Teachers. Com</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>If students are experiencing grief or loss:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This <a href="https://kidsgrief.ca/" target="_blank">website </a>helps educators recognize grief and
suggests ways to help support grieving children, including children who have
experienced COVID-related loss<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://www.scholastic.com/snp/childrenandgrief-9.htm" target="_blank">Children and grief resources from Scholastic</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-indent: 0in;">Resources from <a href="https://www.winstonswish.org/pshe-lessons/" target="_blank">Winston’s Wish</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"">Description from <a href="https://www.orcabook.com/Sorry-For-Your-Loss" target="_blank">the publisher</a></span></b><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"">:</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Evie Walman is not obsessed with death.
She does think about it a lot, though, but only because her family runs a
Jewish funeral home. At twelve, Evie already knows she’s going to be a funeral
director when she grows up. So what if the kids at school call her “corpse
girl” and say she smells like death? They’re just mean and don’t get how
important it is to have someone take care of things when your world is falling
apart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Evie loves dusting caskets, polishing pews,
and vacuuming the chapel—and on funeral days, she dresses up and hands out
tissues and offers her condolences to mourners. She doesn’t normally help her
parents with the grieving families directly, until one day when they ask her to
help with Oren, a boy who was in a horrific car accident that killed both his
parents. Oren refuses to speak and Evie, who is nursing her own private grief,
is determined to find a way to help him deal with his loss.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><i>Sorry for Your Loss</i> by Joanne Levy
was published by Orca Books in 2021.</span><b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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