Yo, Jo!

TITLE:  Yo, Jo!

AUTHOR: Rachel Isadora

ILLUSTRATOR: April Ward

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 

PUBLICATION DATE: 2007

GENRE: Fiction                    

READING LEVEL: 0-4years

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Franklin has to watch his brother, Jo, as they wait for their grandfather to come home for dinner. This book goes through the events of the people Jo sees and hangs out with before his grandfather arrives.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have students answer the question “How do you say hello in your neighborhood?” in a whole group discussing.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Jennifer Bacon - Valdosta State University

Greedy Apostrophe: A Cautionary Tale

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Jan Carr/Ethan Long

PUBLISHER: Holiday House               
 PUBLICATION DATE: March 1, 2009

GENRE: Concept Book                      
READING LEVEL: 9+ years

BRIEF OVERVIEW: This book teaches students the correct usage of an apostrophe. Greedy Apostrophe goes around making his mark in all the wrong places until a student notices his wrong markings and the whole city corrects his mistakes.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Write different sentences on the board and have the students come up and place the correction punctuation marks where needed. Also, place incorrect punctuation marks where they are not need and have the students correct the mistake(s).

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Tachovia Kendrick VSU Teacher Candidate