Llama llama Misses Mama

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Anna Dewdney

PUBLISHER: Viking Juvenile                  PUBLICATION DATE:  March 19, 2009

GENRE: Fiction/ Picture Book                           READING LEVEL: Age 6

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Llama is scared on his first day of preschool. His classmates show him how much fun school can be.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Describe your first day of school. How did you feel when your parents dropped you off?

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Briana Cuyler, Valdosta State University ECSE

The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School

Title: The Pout- Pout Fish Goes to School
Publisher:  FSG Books for Young Readers Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date: July 2014
Genre: Children's Fiction 
Reading Level: K
Overview: Mr. Fish went to school for the first time and he did not understand like the rest of the fish. He kept trying different activities in different classes and still did not understand. Then, Mrs. Hewitt, found him and she had a classroom for new fish. She brought him in there and he began to understand everything with the new fish.
Integrated Idea:Students will write down a story about a time they felt lost in school or just did not understand something. They will tell how they overcame it and who helped them.
Affiliation: Bree Wells Valdosta State University ECSE 

MRS.WATSON WANTS YOUR TEETH

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: ALISON MCGHEE

PUBLISHER: HARCOURT                PUBLICATION DATE: 2004

GENRE: FICTION READING LEVEL: PRE-K-1

BRIEF OVERVIEW:THIS IS THE STORY OF A FIRST GRADE GIRL WHO'S FRIGHTENED ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AFTER HEARING A RUMOR THAT HER TEACHER IS A 300-YEAR-OLD ALIEN WITH A PURPLE TONGUE WHO STEALS BABY TEETH. 

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: MATH 1ST GRADE-HAVE THE STUDENTS LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND COUNT THEIR TEETH. 

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: MYRA CERECERO- VSU