Carol, I love to use Patricia Polacco books for teaching connections, but some of my oher favorites are Cynthia Rylant's "When I was Young in the Country" and "When the Relatives Came", Lester Laminak's "Saurdays and Teacakes", "Trevor's Wobbly Tooth", Wiliam Steig's "Brave Irene" and "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble". I think that Sylvester is about my all time favorite! My class does so many other activities with that book. I have a jar of pebbles that have words written on them from the book - the colorful language - and we enjoy using those words in our writing. I also like to give each student their own magic pebble (a red glass pebble used in vases, etc.) and have them write their own stories, wishes, etc. I read to kindergarten once a week (I'm the reading spec. for the building)and a favorite is Trevor's Wobbly Tooth - there isn't a kindergarten student in the building who doesn't seek me out to show me their wobbly teeth! Oh, yeah, Cynthia Rylant's "The Great Gracie Chase" and "The Old Lady Who Named Things" are also great for teaching connections. Kevin Henkes' "Sheila Rae, the Brave" and "Chrysanthemum" are good. "Goldilocks Returns" - I'm not sure who the author is - is good for some easy text-to-text connections. If you're brave enough to tack the Dumb Bunnies, it makes some fun connections for text-to-text also. I also love the Pigeon books by Mo Willems for the little guys - but even my 4th graders enjoy them - I learned how to draw the pigeon from Mo himself, so I love to show the kids and they love re-writing his stories. Last Christmas we created our own pigeon book - "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh". So many books, so little time..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Mauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2008 8:23:09 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago Subject: [MOSAIC] texts to teach connections
Good Morning, Does someone have a compiled texts to teach connections? Thank you! Carol >>> "Libby DuVall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3/3/2008 1:24 PM >>> I'm wondering if anyone uses any picture books to accompany Hatchet? Do any of you have good titles of picture books on the topics of survival, the Canadian wilderness, and/or living alone? Thanks in advance. Libby Libby DuVall Reading Specialist Glenwood Intermediate School Ball-Chatham CUSD#5 http://gis.chathamschools.org/Classroom%20Web%20Pages/Reading%20Web/Reading%20home.htm <http://gis.chathamschools.org/Classroom%20Web%20Pages/Reading%20Web/Reading%20home.htm> _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
