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Diary of a Wimpy Kid

By: Jeff Kinney

It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary.

Mamá Goose: A Latino Nursery Treasury/Mamá Goose: Un Tesoro de Rimas Infantiles
By: Alma Flor Ada
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader

This book is a collection of Spanish-language lullabies, finger games, nursery rhymes, jump-rope songs, riddles, birthday songs, and more. It compiles songs from different Spanish-speaking countries. The English translations keep the essence of the native language, and grab the reader using captivating terminology.

Snowballs

By: Lois Ehlert

Pull on your mittens and head outside for a snowball day. Grab some snow and start rolling. With a few found objects—like buttons and fabric and seeds—and a little imagination, you can create a whole family out of snow. Children will love poring over Lois Ehlert's bold, funny illustrations and identifying the common (and not so common) objects she uses to decorate her snowy family.

Some children create a family out of snow. Includes labeled pictures of all the items they use, as well as information about how snow is formed.

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My Very Own Room/Mi Propio Cuartito

By: Amada Irma Perez

Five little brothers, two parents, and a house full of visiting relatives make a young Mexican American girl feel crowded. She loves her family, but how can she get a little space of her own? Her loving and understanding family works together to turn a small storage space into her very own room. This delightful memoir of a childhood in El Monte, California, pours from the pen of first-time author and bilingual teacher Amada Irma Pérez with exuberance and skill. Renowned painter Maya Christina Gonzalez brings the captivating scenes to life with bold colors and whimsical details.

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Ch. 10 Reading Aloud: Bringing Literature Alive for All Ages

I don't remember teachers reading to me when I was in school. Since I've been in college/university, I recall teachers reading to me and enjoying every minute. My favorite is Mrs. Rita Garza which I have for Language Arts. She seems to have a way of capturing an audience and as she reads to the class, they begin to quiet down, start to relax, and listen intently to her every word. That is the kind of effect you would like to portray in your read aloud.
One of the first things you learn as a teacher is that students love to be read to. If you have a good book and a bit of theatrics, you can capture your students hearts.

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chapter 9 Nonfiction

Nonfiction-books in which the writing is factual. Patterns of nonfiction: description, main idea/supporting details, comparison/contrast, process, cause and effect, and chronological order.

Here are some great graphic organizer web sites: www.makinglearningfun.com, http://www.eduplace.com;/graphicorganizers/, http://www.teachervision.fen.com/graphic-organizers/printable/6293.html

Web: The important information in a description can be organized in a web.
Table organizer: Important information which follows the main/idea supporting details pattern can be arranged in a table organizer.
Venn Diagram: Important information that compares two things can be organized in a Venn diagram.
List: Important information that follows the process pattern can be arranged in a list.
Cause And Effect: Important information that shows cause and effect can be organized in a domino effect.
Time Line: Information about important events can be arranged chronologically on a time line.
KWL Chart: KWL stands for what I Know, what I Want to know, and what I Learned.

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Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse

By Leo Lionni

Alexander was lonely....... then he met Willie.

One day while exploring the house Alexander comes across and befriends a wind-up mouse named Willie. Alexander becomes jealous of his new found friend and asks a magical lizard to change him into a wind-up mouse as well.

Twilight

By: Stephanie Meyer

Twilight is a young-adult vampire-romance novel. It is the first book of the Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan, who moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen. The novel is followed by New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn.

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ch. 8 The Fiction Family:

Fiction- books that are made up by the author, or are not true.

Realistic fiction- involves real life with characters dealing with real life problems

Historical fiction- often portrays fictional accounts or dramatization of historical figure or events

Fantasy fiction- uses magic and other supernatural forms as a theme, and or setting

Science fiction- imaginary elements that are possible within scientifically established laws of nature

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Here are a few picture books that I have read recently:

Duck on A Bike
Shannon, David
A duck decided to ride a bike and soon influenced all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too.

Good Night, Gorilla
Rathmann, Peggy
An unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he left behind in the zoo.

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
Numeroff, Laura J.
Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie and takes the reader through a young child's day.

The True Story Of The Three little Pigs
By A. Wolf
Scieszka, John
Illustrated By Lane Smith
The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.

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chapter 7
Picture books combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. The images in picture books use a range of media such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor, and pencil. They tend to have to functions: they are first read to young children by adults and then children read them themselves once they begin to learn to read.

Ch. 6Traditional Literature
This chapter offers many ideas on how to teach this genre to your students. Traditional literature has something that appeals to all interests ex: adventure stories, humorous stories, and magical stories. Types of traditional literature are folktales, fables, myths, and legends. Using graphic organizers helps the students understand what they are reading and compare different versions of the story.

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Poetry is the expression of a thought, idea, or story in a structured form which has flow and music created by sounds and syllables. As such it gives the student freedom of expression. I believe there should be discussion about the different forms of poetry, but students should be allowed to choose what type of poem they would like to create. Also I believe they should pick a poem they would like to recite to the class, not be assign by the teacher. If the student has this opportunity it will be more meaningful to them.
Ch. 5