![]() Mount Pleasant, DC: Sylvan Dell Publishers. Ward, Washington State University PullmanĬohn, Scotti. Young readers will enjoy this cleverly written and illustrated title, and older readers certainly won’t mind reading it repeatedly while smiling at the colorful mixed media illustrations. Eventually, Zebra relents and finds him a place in the alphabet line-up. Moose understandably throws a fit and squashes the pie represented by P all over the next few letters. But to his dismay and disappointment, there is no M is for moose in the line-up instead, Zebra has decided to use another animal to represent the letter, making it M is for mouse and not moose. After lurking around the other letters as he impatiently waits for his turn to come, Moose’s anticipation builds as time for the letter M draws near. Eager to show off their best sides, the animals are carefully following Zebra's directions-well, everyone, that is, except the over-eager Moose. Prematurely bursting on the scene during the letter d, he causes all sorts of mayhem as he accidentally jabs Elephant in the side. ![]() New York: HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books.Īll the animals are set to take their places in Zebra’s ABC book. ReadWriteThink offers a number of lesson ideas that deal with animals, for example “Investigating Animals: Using Nonfiction for Inquiry-Based Research” or “Webcams in the Classroom: Animal Inquiry and Observation” and many, many more!įor more award-winning animal books, check out the Animal Behavior Society Book Children’s Book Award.īingham, Kelly. Next week will offer pets and other animals found in homes, farms, classrooms, or other habitats shared with humans. Starting this week the books will deal with animals in the wild from animal habitats to wildlife protection and conservation. Over the next two weeks, this book review column from The Children’s Literature and Reading SIG will be devoted to animals. From household pets to the extinct dinosaurs to unique and/or strange animals in the wild from other continents, each creature has its own special stage that invites study and inquiry from children to adults. Use the Profile Publisher to mock up social networking profiles, yearbook profiles, or newspaper or magazine profiles for characters from winter-themed or holiday-themed books or songs.People have been fascinated with animals from time immemorial.Explore school days and winter vacation in a Diamante Poem that unites the two opposing topics.Reflect on all that has happened since the start of the school year in a class newspaper, created with the ReadWriteThink Printing Press.Imagine a trading card for the Baby New Year! Create Trading Cards for characters from winter-themed or holiday-themed books or songs.Ask students to think of a favorite event that happens during the winter break, and compose Acrostic Poems about it.Write a class alphabet book of activities to try during the winter holidays with the Alphabet Organizer.Have students map significant personal events they remember from previous winter holidays with the Graphic Map.Students can talk about all the things they hope to do during their time off. Compose Theme Poems around going home on the bus for the last day before break.Use the Resume Generator to create a resume for a character from a favorite story or song. ![]() Choose an animal you think about during the winter (like penguins, polar bears, or snowshoe rabbit), and explore its habits and life cycle with the Animal Inquiry interactive.The last days of 2014 are counting down, and it’s likely that your days in the classroom for 2014 are even fewer! As you’re planning for the last days of the calendar year, consider using interactive tools for one of these fun, winter activities:
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