"Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina" | Book Trailer

Use the link below to view my book trailer on 

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina by Monica Brown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7flk0Rrx3E

"The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus" | Book Blog 10

Title: The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus

Author: Aliki

Illustrator: Aliki

Genre: Traditional Literature

Publisher: HarperCollins

Copyright: 1994

Pages: 48

     This book tells the story of all the Greek gods and goddesses on a primary level. It starts from the very beginning telling the story of how the gods and goddesses that we hear about came to be and ends with some of the familiar stories that we may have heard. For students that have never heard stories of Greek gods and goddesses this book would be a great introduction. 

     The illustrations in this book remind me of Greek vase paintings and sculptures. The illustrations look to be a mixture of pencil and paint and are very colorful and etherial. Within the book there is a sketch of each of the 12 major gods and goddesses.

     I would like to use this book in a fifth grade classroom. I think a great activity to do after reading this book would be to let students create their own modern day greek god or goddess.  A way to incorporate technology into this lesson would be to use the website Storyboard That to show the story of the god or goddess that they have created. Students could come up with a name for their god or goddess, a symbol, a domain, a power, a weakness, and a backstory.

      

"Here’s a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry" | Book Blog 9

Title:  Here’s a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry

Author: Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters

Illustrator:  Polly Dunbar

Genre: Poetry

Publisher:  Candlewick

Copyright: 2007

Pages: 112

                                  

     This book is a compilation pf poems that capture all the moments of a child's day, from the moment they wake up until they go to bed at night. Authors Yolen and Fusek have gathered poems from widely know writers such as Langston Hughes, Margaret Wise Brown , and Gertrude Stein. The book includes over 60 poems that cover a wide variety of topics that children can relate to, like; "After a Bath", "In Bed With Cuddly Creatures", "Grandpa", "Cat Kisses", and many more.

     The illustrations in this book are warm and inviting. They are very animated and cartoon-like, but the colors are muted and pastel/warm. 

     I would like to use this book in a first grade classroom. One activity that I would do is to read a couple poems from the book and then have the students write their own poem about a part of their day. 

"The Name Jar" | Book Talk 2

Below is the link for my book talk on The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEHgXxHtw6U&t=3s