Audience: PrimaryGenre: ComedyThe pre-reading strategy I would use with this book is List-Group-Label. This has the teacher select a main concept, then have the students brainstorm words related to that topic. Then, in small groups, students cluster words from the list into subcategories. Each ...
I checked this out because I really love Tony Fucile's art style. The book was not a disappointment! It's adorable and sweet and a great story with great illustrations. It's about a little boy who doesn't want to go to bed until his dad gives him a "license" to drive (Dad is the car). It has ...
In this story of a bi-racial family, the son does not want to go to bed, especially without a cookie. Mom is fed up, so Dad finally resorts to a unique practice--allowing his son to "drive" the car (aka Dad) to his room. Any parent of a 3-year-old will recognize the scenario. One night the boy...
Mitchell loves to knock things down. He even tries to knock his dad down. After that, his dad puts him in the car and takes him to a place where Mitchell feels right at home...the bowling alley. Mitchell quickly learns what a gutter is, that the lanes are slippery and just how hard it is to get a...
Marshall has been hearing stories all week long about how the Gingerbread Man ran away but he doesn't believe a word of it until the class bakes their Gingerbread Cookies and when they are ready to take them out of the oven they are nowhere to be found except for the clues that they have left. T...