HIT> FAVORITE BOOK ACTIVITIES PART 1

[Carol Brown <CABROWN1@UALR.EDU>]

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Hi Carol...In Tennessee we have the Volunteer State Book Award, and I use
the books nominated for the current year's award in a competition called
the Battle of the Books.  I read each book nominated and write 5
questions on each title; the answers are always a title of one of the
books.
Students compete in teams (by classroom).  There is a time limit for
answering the questions; the team may discuss the answer, but only the
captain may answer.  I realize this is sketchy, so let me know if you
need more details.  Good luck n your explorations and use of the
Internet!
Carol Burr              burrc@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us
514 Donald Street
Goodlettsville, TN  37072
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Our second graders do an author study on Steven Kellogg. Here is the book
project we do with The Island of the Skog:

Materials needed: 1 pb copy of The Island of the Skog for every two
students
                  large index cards
                  2 pb copies of The Island of the Skog that have been
cut up and laminated to make one complete story
MEDIA CENTER:
Put students in pairs. Go through the book, covering up the text with the
index cards and looking only at the pictures. It takes two sessions to
cover the whole book. Ask questions at every page:
        e.g. What could Jenny be saying on this page?
             How might Bouncer be feeling here?
             How does the second plan to capture the monster work?
             What do you think the skog is thinking now?
The story will unfold and is easy to understand because the pictures are
so detailed - Kellogg's signature style.

At the end of the second session, assign a different page/picture to each
child.

IN THE CLASSROOM:
Students write the narration to go with their assigned pictures.
Encourage
them to use dialogue and describe emotions.

IN THE MEDIA CENTER:
The students read through their writing out loud, one by one, so that
everyone can hear the story, duplications or omissions are caught, and
encouragement to improve writing can be given.

IN THE CLASSROOM:
Final edits are done and finished copies are given to the media
specialist, who types each student's writing on a different page. The
laminated pages are put on the bulletin board and the students' writings
are put over the
text in the book, thus creating a "wall book" for display.

IN THE MEDIA CENTER
The actual book is read aloud to the students. You may show the video if
desired. There is also a video made from a filmstrip, produced by Weston
Woods, in which Steven Kellog talks about his creation of The Island of
the
Skog: "How a Picture Book is Made".

Anne Shimojima                  braeside@nslsilus.org
Braeside School IMC
150 Pierce Road
Highland Park IL 60035
708.433.0155
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Dear Carol,
With my fourth graders, I read "In the year of the boar and Jackie
Robinson" and use atlases to locate where the central character came
from, a math story problem to decide how much candy her classmates can
buy at the local store, and almanacs to determine what the theme of
chinese new year is this year and what Jackie Robinsons team did in the
world series.  It seems to capture all the students.  I got some of the
ideas from a reproducible lesson plan book but it is at school.  If
you're interested in the name or want copies, send me an e-mail back.
Good luck,
Lorraine Linden

Please post a hit on LM_NET after your workshop. please.

Thanks, and good luck

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Idea:

Eric Carle's "The Very Busy Spider"

Make either a flannelboard picture of each animal, or make it out of
paper, and laminate it.   I use paper, it lasts much longer. Also have a
ball of string, several pushpins, and either a small bulletin board, or
cork board.
Attach the pushpins to the cork board making a square, with a pin in the
middle.  Start telling your story placing the characters under your pins.
With the pins, start making a spiders web.  This can be very off the cuff
and unusual looking, every once and awhile, move the fly around.  At the
end of the story, put the fly in the web.
Hope you enjoy this.

Jane Scott
Dallenscot@aol.com
St. Francis Xavier
Medina,  Ohio
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Hi!  I work with K-2 classes and one of our favorites is a rebus story of
Goldilocks.  I use The Rebus Treasury by J. Marzollo to introduce rebuses
to them.  I wrote a simple version of Goldilocks on large chart paper and
left blanks for things like "house" "bear", "chair", "window", "bed",
etc.  Then I cut out pictures from magazines to be the rebus part.  I
laminated everything and put velcro dots on the chart and on the back of
the pictures.  I pass the pictures out (enough for each child to have at
least one).  I read the story and pause when I come to a blank.  They
have to figure out what goes in the blank and see who has that picture.
I also made sure that there were different size bowls and that Mama
Bear's bed was pink and lacy.  They also have to analyze the choices and
make some informed decisions.  It's a fun class.  Hope this helps!
Linda Hurley, media coordinator
Knightdale Elem.
Raleigh, NC

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Hello Carol.  I am a new library media specialist, so I have limited
experience with book activities.  But when I was student teaching in May,
I used Patricia Polacco's _Thundercake_ as a read aloud.  After the
story, I asked the students if they remembered some of the ingredients
the girl had
collected to make "thundercake" with her grandmother.  Afterwards, we ate
thundercake that I had made the night before (the recipe is included in
the back of the book).  Since this was in the library, we did not have a
lot of
time, but if I were to do this activity in a classroom, I would
incorporate some math skills with the recipe part, perhaps have students
frost the cake (or try to help, anyway)...even have a discussion of what
people are afraid
of (the main character is afraid of thunder at the beginning of the
story). And to top it all off, you get to eat some chocolate cake!
Good luck with your book activities!
Marguerite Hennessey
Library Media Specialist
Bedford Middle School
Westport, CT


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Carol Brown
Library Media Specialist, Little Rock, Arkansas