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Title:
Tops and Bottoms
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Author/Illustrator:
Janet Stevens
Copyright:
Harcourt
Inc. 1995
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Genre:
Folklore
Afro-American/Fiction
Reading Level:
3rd grade
Activity Grade Level:
3rd grade
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Book Description:
A
clever hare changes his luck by tricking a lazy bear, by making promises that
he knows will always turn up in his favor.
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Integrated Idea:
The
teacher could talk to the children about why it is important to always do
your own work, and can incorporate this into cheating rules.
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Showing posts with label Comedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Comedy. Show all posts
10/23/14
Tops and Bottoms
Amelia Bedelia and the Baby
10/21/14
I Spy Fly Guy!
PUBLISHER:
Scholastic Inc.
PUBLICATION DATE: 2009
GENRE:
Fiction/ Picture Book
READING LEVEL: Grade 2
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
Fly Guy and Buzz are the best of friends. One of their favorite past times is
playing hide and seek. Trouble occurs when Fly Guy, hiding in the garbage can
as usual, is taken away by the garbage man. Buzz goes on a quest to find his
friend and is reunited with his faithful fly in the end.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: The teacher can set small, plastic flies around the room. The
children will use plastic magnifying glasses to go on a hunt to see if they can
spy Fly Guy as well.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Hillary Crosby, Valdosta State University ECSE
LABELS: Comedy, Friendship, Fly Guy, Fiction, picture book
Pigs Can't Fly
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Ben Cort
PUBLISHER:
Barron’s Educational Series, Inc.
PUBLICATION DATE: 2002
GENRE:
Fiction/ Picture Book
READING LEVEL: Grade 3
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
PIG IS BORED! To entertain himself, he tries to find other animals that seem to
have more fun and imitate them. In the end, Pig finds out it is always more
fun to just be yourself.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will be given a pre-cut pig template (made from construction
paper). They will decorate it as one of the animals Pig pretended to be in the
story.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Hillary Crosby, Valdosta State University ECSE
LABELS: Comedy, Fiction, picture book, self discovery, Animals,
Mary Louise Loses Her Manners
PUBLISHER: Yearling PUBLICATION
DATE: 1999
GENRE: Fiction READING
LEVEL: 2nd Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: One morning, after some bad behavior at the breakfast table, Mary Louise thinks she has lost her manners and goes in search of them.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: The students could be divided into two groups and half of them could act out good manners and the other half act out bad manners.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Lindsey Taylor, Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: Childhood, comedy, silly words
10/20/14
Countdown to Kindergarten
AUTHOR: Alison McGhee
PUBLISHER: HMH Books for Young Readers PUBLICATION
DATE: 2006
GENRE: Comedy/Humor Fiction READING
LEVEL: PreK
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A little
girl is worried for 1st day of Kindergarten. She counts backwards from 10 throughout the story. She finds
out Kindergarten is great.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Allow students to colorfully draw out
numbers one through ten on a piece of paper, in a group. Then,
have children to count number one through ten aloud both forwards and backwards
within the groups.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Brittany Welch, Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: Comedy, Humorous, Fiction, Children's Literature, Children's Book, PreK-1
The Boy Who Looked Like Lincoln
AUTHOR: Mike Reiss
ILLUSTRATOR: David
Catrow
PUBLISHER: Penguin
Group (USA) Incorporated PUBLICATION DATE: 2006
GENRE: Fiction READING LEVEL: 2nd Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Benjy
is a young boy that looks like our 16th president honest Abe. He
goes to a camp with other children who looks like thing and learns an important
lesson. Looks do not matter is character that counts.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Introduce
the children to President Abe Lincoln in a fun way. The t would read the book
to the children and then have the children compare the real Abe Lincoln with
Benjy.
10/19/14
Why Pick On Me?
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Louis Sachar/ Barbara SullivanGENRE: Comedy/ Humor Series (Transitional) READING LEVEL: 3rd
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Marvin is shunned by everyone because of being labeled a "nose picker" by the class bully and now has to prove his innocence.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will complete daily journal describing what they have read so far to show progress.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Rebekah Swilley, Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: Comedy, Chapter Book, Fiction
10/17/14
ALEXANDER WHO USED TO BE RICH LAST SUNDAY
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Judith Viorst/ Ray Cruz
PUBLISHER: Silver Burdett
PUBLICATION DATE: 1978
GENRE:
Fiction
READING
LEVEL: 2nd Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
Alexander doesn’t spend his money wisely buy buying things he doesn’t need,
swearing, kicking and making bets. All he’s left with is bus tokens while his
brothers are rich.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: There will be a “market” in the classroom.
Students will each receive a certain amount of money and students have to
purchase from the market and tell what they spent and how much they have
left.
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REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Andrea Joyner, Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: Family,
Fiction, Comedy
10/15/14
If You Take A Mouse To School
ILLUSTRATION JPEG:
TITLE: If You Take A Mouse To School
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Author: Laura Numeroff
Illustrator: Felicia
Bond
PUBLISHER:
HarperCollins PUBLICATION DATE: 2002
GENRE: Comedy
and Humor
READING LEVEL: Ages
3-7
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
This book is about a boy who takes his friend mouse to school. Mouse has a lot
of requests, and once he asks for one thing he will need something else to go
with it.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Assign each students a scene from various lines of the story. Have
the students draw their own interpretation of their assigned scene and share it
with the class.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Devin Jones, Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: (comedy, school, fiction).
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