Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia

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TITLE:  Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Author: Peggy Parish

                                             Illustrator: Lynn Sweat

PUBLISHER: Greenwillow Books                       PUBLICATION DATE: 1977

GENRE: Comedy and Humor                     

READING LEVEL: Grades K-3

BRIEF OVERVIEW: This is a funny and entertaining story about Amelia Bedelia’s first classroom teaching experience. The student’s experience the unusual ways in which Amelia Bedelia does roll call, plants bulbs, and paints pictures.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have students choose one of the funny things that Amelia Bedelia does in the book. Ask them to write down exact directions that could be given to Amelia so that she will not mess them up.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Devin Jones, Valdosta State University ECSE)

LABELS: (teaching, comedy, picture book, fiction).

Erika-san

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Allen Say

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin     PUBLICATION DATE: 2009

GENRE: Realistic Fiction           READING LEVEL: 3rd-5th Grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Erika has always dreamed of traveling and living in Japan. After she graduates, she gets a teaching job and receives a culture shock of how many people actually live there. She finally settles down on a remote isle and finds love.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: (TAES4.4): Design the costumes used in the story. How does the attire change as the story goes on? What colors are prominent?

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Shelby Varchmin, VSU Student