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Laura Phillips Bibliography ECD 418 October 11, 2013

Non-Fiction Anderson, Shelia.2010. “Are you ready for winter”? Learner Publishing Group INC. 24 pages. Public Library.

 When you think of the season of winter one might think of cold, snow, ice staking. Have you ever thought about what winter might look like or sound like? Well, you will learn all about what winter will sound and look like in the wonderful book. One will also learn how to stay warm during a very cold season.  I would use this book in my classroom as a writing tool. I would begin reading this story as a whole group to talk about some of the information that is on the pages. Then I would sent one student at a time to the back table and let them illustrate a picture about winter from the book, onto the circle map. Once, everyone has had a turn illustrating I would hang the circle map up in the classroom as resource for the students to use when they are writing about the season winter.

Anderson, Shelia.2010. “Are you ready for summer”? Learner Publishing Group INC. 24 pages. Public Library.  When you think of the season of summer come around one might think of beach, swimming pool, and very hot here in Arizona. This non-fiction book will gives us some more ideas on what happens during the very hot season of summer.  I would use this book in my classroom to make a graph of what are some of the student’s favorite things to do during the summer. For example, go to the beach, swimming, went on a trip, had family member come and stay at your house, etc. After we make a graph together we would review the graph together on what the data means that we just collected. Anderson, Shelia.2010. “Are you ready for spring”? Learner Publishing Group INC. 24 pages. Public Library.  When you think of the season of spring you might think of flowers growing, baby animals being born, the weather is starting to get warm. This book will teach you some wonderful information about the spring and make sure one is ready for when the new season starts.  I would use this book in my classroom as a writing tool. I would begin reading this story as a whole group to talk about some of the information that is on the pages. Then I would sent one student at a time to the back table and let them illustrate a picture about spring from the book, onto the circle map. Once, everyone has had a turn illustrating I would hang the circle map up in the classroom as resource for the students to use when they are writing about the season of spring. Rotner, Shelly and Woodhull, Anne Love. 2007. “Every Season”. Roaring Brook Press. 20 pages. Public Library.  Have you ever taken a photo that was concerned priceless? Can you tell which season that the photo was taken? Take a look through this book and look at the wonderful pictures of children and items that occur during different time of the season. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This one might be fun to give the children disposable camera for a week and see what kind of photo of the current season. Ask the parents to get the camera developed and bring in the best five or six pictures of best pictures. When all the pictures come back make a collage of them all on a piece of butcher paper and hang in your classroom window for all to see what season the students have just learned.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Schuette, Sarah. 2007. “Let’s look at summer”. Capstone Press. 24 pages. Public Library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Summer, Summer, Summer! Why is summer an important season? If you are wondering pick up this book and take a look inside! It is full of pictures, information and some exciting facts about summer. This book also talks about the weather and why the summer’s is normal the hottest season out of all four seasons. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This book would be a great book to have inside the classroom library. I would let the students look at this book anytime through the day. If they would like to take this book home to practice their reading skills, I would let them check this book out from our classroom library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Schuette, Sarah. 2007. “Let’s look at winter”. Capstone Press. 24 pages. Public Library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Winter and why it is so important for our world to experience such a cold season. Take a look inside this wonderful book and look at all the pictures, read some information about winter and some exciting facts about this season. This book also talks about the weather and why the winter is so cold and why it snows during this season. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book would be a great book to have inside the classroom library. I would let the students look at this book anytime through the day. If they would like to take this book home to practice their reading skills, I would let them check this book out from our classroom library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Schuettee, Sarah L. 2007. “Let’s look at spring”. Capstone Press. 24 pages. Public Library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">How do we know it the spring time? Well inside this book we learn how to spot clues in nature that inform us that spring has begun. One will notice baby animals are being born in all different types of habitat. The reader will learn how important it is for rain to occur during the season of spring, because it allows the plants and flower to grow. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">I would use this to help teach the students about the season spring. First I would read this story as a whole group to talk about some of the information that is on the pages. Once that is completed, I would set this book in the writing center and have the student write a sentence using their sight words and something they learned from the story. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Waldman, Neil. 2003. “Snowflake A Water Cycle Story”. Milbrook Press. 26 Pages. Hohokam Traditional School Library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Starting in the month of January a snowflake falls to the ground on top of a mountain. You will travel with this snowflake through each month and see where it finally stopping flying. We also, learn what happens to the snowflake during the warmer month and what happens during the cooler months. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">I would use this book in my classroom to help teacher the different month and what season could be in that month. I also would use this book to help with the month journal that we would be creating. For example the students will draw snowflakes in January and draw a puddle of water in June and back to a snowflake in December. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Fiction <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;">Child, Lauren. 2000. “I will never not ever eat a tomato.” Candle Wick Press. 22 pages. Public Library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> An older sister, who name is Charlie, is babysitting her little sister who name is Lola who has decided that everything her sister offers her to eat is “nasty” food. The older sister now is on a mission to create new names for the nasty food, for example a carrot is not a carrot it is an orange twiglets from Jupiter. Charlie makes up names for peas, carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, spaghetti, apples and of course tomatoes. The main question would be will Charlie be able to get Lola to eat these different types of food before her parents come back home? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">I would use this book in my classroom during the time when we are learning about the season spring. Due to the fact that the picture in the story look like the real life image, we can talk about what those food item are and where they come from. We also could make a classroom garden and see if we can grow any of these items in the classroom. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Levine, Abby. 1997. “This is the Pumpkin.” Albert Whitman& Company. 22 pages. Public Library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> A family is getting ready for the big Halloween night. This story starts off with family choosing their costumes and picking out their pumpkins and turning them into jack-o-lanterns. Before they know it, it is time to go trick-or-treating around the neighborhood. Do you think they will get lots of candy? Read the story to see what they get from the neighbors. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This would be a great story to read to your classroom right before Halloween night. I would have my class writing in their journals about what they are going to be for Halloween, what season does Halloween happen in, and what is their favorite part of getting ready for Halloween.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">McNaughton, Tina and Butler, Christina. 2005.” Snow friends.” Matgi Publication. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> During the winter a little cub wakes up from his sleep a little bit too early. This little bear start to play on his own but quickly learns that playing by yourself is no fun. He makes two new friends a little rabbit and an otter who helps him build a snowman. Read this story to see what else these three friends during in the winter snow. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> In my class, I will have the student make snowmen by using construction paper and stuffing it with newspaper. This will be a two day project! First day have the kids cut out the snowman and put the glitter on the snowman. Second day have them stuff the snowman nice and fat with newspapers. I would display them around the room for everyone to see their snowmen. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Moulton, Mark Kimball. 2007. “The annual snowman’s ball”. Ideals Children’s Book. 29 pages. Public Library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> During one cold winter morning a little boy was looking out his window and started to wonder what it would like to see a family of snowmen gather around the frozen pond by his house. You should read this book to find out what happens when the family of snowmen comes to this pond and see what other animals join them on this “ball”. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This would be a great book to just read to the students about winter. We would talk about things they see during this time of year, for example snow. This would be a great book for the students to look at a day or two before you create a snowman for any art project.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pilkey, Dav. 1990. “Twas the Night before Thanksgiving.” Orchard Book and imprint of Scholastic. 29 pages. Public Library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This is a silly little book about some students getting ready for Thanksgiving. You might recognize the tile from a famous Christmas poem but this is not about Christmas. Take a look inside and see what imitative things these students come up to help get ready for Thanksgiving. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> We first would talk about what season Thanksgiving falls under out of our four seasons. Than as a whole class we would re-create this story but using ideas that the students give to the teacher. But make sure at the end it is Thanksgiving! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Purmell, Ann. 2008. “Maple Syrup Season” Library of Congress-in-Publication Data. 28 pages. Hohokam Traditional School Library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Uncle John, Hannah and Hayden are on their way through the forest in the middle of winter. They are going to meet grandpa at the maple tree to help get syrup from the tree. Before long the whole family start helping Uncle John, Hannah, Hayden and Grandpa get all the syrup from the trees. The Family takes the syrup to a factory where they will be making into sweet syrup to sell in the stores. Read rest of the story to find out what the family does with the rest of the maple syrup. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I would use this book in my classroom during the winter season and talk to the students about what is inside the book. We talk about what is snow, cause in Arizona we don’t have snow unless you go up north. Talked about what the children are wearing and what they are doing as a family. If there is time leaved at the end maybe have the student draw a person wearing all of their winter gear and label the different parts. (Hat, scarf, boats, coat, etc.) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Wellington, Monica. 2005 “Zinnia’s Flower Garden “. Dutton Children’s Book. 28 pages. Public Library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> You will meet a little girl named Zinnia who wants to make her own garden for spring time. As she prepares her garden she runs into some problem. Read this story so you can find out how she handles her garden problems, so she will be able to grow her sunflowers. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I would use this book to help the students understand that during a certain season people start to plant seeds into the ground, so by the time spring comes around their plants have grown nice and big. If able I would plant some sunflowers seeds into the ground and have the student’s responsible for making sure it grows nice and tall. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Teacher Resource Books <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Eye. Like. 2009. “Season: change in the natural world: see! Learn! Grow!” Black Dog & Lebenthal Pub. 56 pages. Public Library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Is your class learning about seasons? This book is a great teacher resource book because it provides information about the weather, habitats of different animals during the different seasons. The pictures inside the book are real photo graphs which I feel the students are more able to make a real life connect with rather than a drawing. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I would use this book in my classroom to help the students understand and learn about the different season. We might make a season book and use some of the picture from this book to guide us on what we should draw in our books. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hopkins, Lee Bennett. 2010. “Sharing the seasons: a book of poems”. Margert K. McElderry Books. 84 pages (12 poems for each season). Public Library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Who would have thought to use poems as a way to teach children about seasons? This book is a great way for children to practice their reading skills while learning about seasons. You have many different poems to choose from for each season. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This book would be a great teaching tool to help the student practice their reading skills. You can make copies ahead of time of the poem that you are going to read together. Have the students use their pointer finger to read the words. Once you have read all the way through the poem have the students highlight some sight words they have already learned. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rustad, Martha E.H. 2012. “Fall Pumpkins Orange and plump”. Millbrook Press. 24 pages. Hohokam Traditional School Library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">A little boy and little girl start to plant pumpkin seed in the spring time. Their goal to take care of their pumpkin seed and watch it grow into a large pumpkin. The little boy gives his pumpkin a lot of TLC and before long his had a pumpkin that was ready to become a jack-o-lantern. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book is a great teacher resource because on each page there is a little more information about pumpkins or extra ideas that one could use for the seed of pumpkin. Also, it retouch about the seasons. If you have the older grade you could make a game out of the information you learn about the pumpkins. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Slade, Suzanne. 2007. “The four seasons”. Group's PowerKids Press. 24 pages. Public Library <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This book is a wonderful book that talks about why the tress changes during different of the year. It great books to have a child review the different seasons by just looking at the different trees. In the classroom you can make different types of season trees together or individually at their seats. If there is time you can go into more detail about the different types of leaves that come from those tresses. Inside on each page there is a little information that will help you teach that information to your students.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Quiri, Patricia Ryon. 2001. Simply Science Seasons. Compass Point Books. 32 Pages. Public Library. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book was about the different season and why the change. Inside this book you will find information about the Earth orbit and how that plays a role in the different season. We learn why some parts of the world don’t experience season as much as other parts. A reader of this book will also learn new vocabulary for instead axis and imaginary. In the middle of this book the reader will learn about a season called the middle season.