Gaylen

Gaylen Gesell October 6, 2013 ECD 418 Children’s Literature Signature Assignment: The Five Sense **Teacher Resource ** **Nonfiction **
 * 1) DiSpezio, Michael A. (2006) __How Bright Is Your Brain?__ Sterling Publishing Co. 80. Glendale foothills library.
 * Summary: **This book is an amazing book filled page by page of different activities. Each activity as to do with testing your brain. Every activity is set up for you to learn some part of the brain or something your brain does. All of the illustrations are fun cartoon like drawings. The vocab words are not overwhelming, but just surprise you by being placed in a diagram or picture.
 * Curriculum Areas: **Now this book is a little more difficult to use. For instance, I would by no means do every activity out of this book, I would just use the activity that go along with the one of the senses I am working on at the time. I did like how for every knew vocab word they have a how to say it box for the pronunciation. This could also be used for doing centers in the classroom. Choose a fun activity and have the students incorporate it into their centers for the week.
 * 1) Frost, Helen (2000) __Your Senses__. Capstone Press. 24. Glendale foothills library.
 * Summary: **This is a great short easy read that includes all the five senses in one. It starts out by listing what the five senses are and how they send signals to the brain. Then goes into devoting a page and a picture for each sense. Lastly, the book goes on to say how your senses all work together. At the end of the book there is a short, but direct words to know list, as well as books and websites to learn more on the topic.
 * Curriculum Areas: **This is a book I would share with my class during a read aloud, preferable to preschool. I would use it at either the start of a senses unit to introduce the topic or at the end to bring all of our senses to a close. Also I found the website and book list in the back to be very thoughtful for if I wanted to do a little more research before teaching a unit or lesson. Its terms/word choice is basic enough for anyone who wants to learn about the five senses. All in all, a wonderful little book to add to any classroom library.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Lobb, Janice. (2001) __Counting Sheep! Why do we sleep?__ Kingfisher. 32. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This is a wonderful story about the importance of sleep, while also showing us what senses we use in our bedroom, before, during and after sleeping. This book is broken into thirteen different sections ranging from topics such as “why do I have bedding” to “why can nighttime seem scary.” Every section as an explanation answering the question and then as a see for yourself cataquorie to allow the child to try out the answer for themselves, followed by a great fact. This book is illustrated with fun colorful animals on every page. At the end of the book are a bedroom quiz, glossary, and index so the child is able to look up the bigger vocab words.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">One thing I loved about this book is the vocabulary and how every vocab word is written in italics making them easy to see on the page. Its index made for a very helpful place to see all the different pages I can find a word or topic on. For example, if I am teaching a lesson on hibernation I’m able to go to the index and see that on page 20, 21, and 31 the word hibernation is talked about. Another fantastic tool this book has to offer is a quiz that I could either do after sharing the book with my class or I could pull different questions off it and turn them into writing prompts. Overall this was a great book to read or even just look over before introducing the five senses.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Manolis, Kay. (2009) __The Nervous System.__ Bellwether Media. 24. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This is a great read to catch up on any forgotten facts about the nervous system. This book is divided up into four easy to read chapters. Although this book is child friendly, it still remains to be informative enough for an adult. The illustrations are real action photographs alongside diagrams. The book starts off talking about the brain, then moves into the spinal cord, and lastly works its way into the senses.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">My favorite thing that this book provided was the learn more section that gave you a list of three more books and three websites to learn more about the nervous system. The glossary was very informative and helpful with its bigger words. For example, dendrite. A great tip while reading was the fun facts that are randomly placed throughout the book. I don’t believe this is a book I would read to a class; however, it is something I would read to brush up on my terminology.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Romanek, Trudee (2004) __Wow! The most interesting book you’ll ever read about the five s__ __senses.__ Kids Can Press. 40. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This is a book that truly lives up to its name, wow! It starts out by going through each sense, listing interesting little facts along the way. Not on every page, but still on quite a few are you try it columns with different experiments. Every page is filled with different colors and pictures that just make the reader feel more welcome. The index at the back of the book is stuffed full of telling where to find any topic you could imagine about the five senses.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I can honestly say out of all my books on the five senses, I loved this one the most. This would completely be my go to book for wanting to know an interesting fact about a sense before I taught about it. Although, I would say that I would probably only use this book for first grade on up, but if there was something in it that you really wanted to do I’m sure you could be able to find a way to switch it around. I would also maybe even try some of the activities they list with my students. Overall, a truly fantastic book filled with fun facts about the five senses.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Cleland, JoAnn (2011) __I Taste: Sing and Read__. Rourke Publishing. 24. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This adorable little book starts out by explaining where our taste buds are located and how they look. Then a song to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star begins going through all the different flavors our taste buds can taste. For instance, sweet, salty, and sour. The story finishes off with a short glossary, index, and websites to research more.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Any book with a song grabs my attention, so this one was no different. The zoomed in, real life photographs only enhanced the depth to the book’s basic content. I would use this book as a read aloud in a preschool classroom. This catchy tune would work great for introducing the lesson on taste. Overall, a fun book to have in the classroom.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Cleland, JoAnn (2011) __I Touch: Sing and Read__. Rourke Publishing. 24. Glendale foothills.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Once again I was able to find a book with a song which I love. The book starts off by listing different textures your hands can touch. Then in moves into things your cheeks are able to touch. For example, warm and cold things like a breeze and heat from a fireplace. There are real life photographs that capture the texture that goes along with the text.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I would use this darling book as a read aloud in preschool to introduce the sense of touch. I loved the real life photographs. I would also probably have the class go on a classroom hunt to find things that are the same textures listed in the book. All in all, a snappy, short book about touch.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Boothroyd, Jennifer (2010) __What is Smell__? Lerner Publications Company. 32. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> This brightly colored book would be sure to jump out at you on any library shelf. To begin this book talks about your nose and how we are able to smell, going into particles entering our nose. Then it moves into different good and bad smells. After that, the book flows into how certain smells can warn us about danger. In the back of the book is the activity for you to test your sense of smell along with the wonderfully worded glossary.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Just like the other Boothroyd book I would have this book as a read aloud in probably a first grade classroom. I would probably bring in a few of the objects they list in the book for the students to smell. For example, coffee beans. Once again the glossary had some unique words to broaden vocabulary such as chemical and particle. All in all, an enjoyable book to read.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Boothroyd, Jennifer (2010) __What is Taste?__ Lerner Publications Company. 32. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This book is a great read for any level reader. It begins by telling you how important the sense of taste is and then flows into talking about our taste buds. It closes with how everyone likes different types of foods and how eating something can be bad for us. Randomly placed throughout the book are little facts about whatever happens to be on that page, which are often quite interesting. As most books do, this to had a glossary and further reading section in the back of the book.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I would have this book as a read aloud in probably a first grade classroom. I might bring in some of the foods to book talks about for the class to make a chart on what the foods taste like. One thing I though was interesting was the photo acknowledgments section in the back, I don’t recall seeing this in any books before. I felt like the glossary had some unique words to broaden vocabulary. All in all, an enjoyable book to read.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Brocket, Jane (2010) __Spiky, Slimy, Smooth: What is Texture__? Millbrook Press. 31. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Something about this book was endearing to me. All the pictures and talk about different textures made me want to touch everything. The book starts out with learning about what texture is and then goes in to all the different textures such as fluffy, smooth and lumpy. Although this book has no glossary, do not let that fool you about its high impact vocabulary words. All in all, a fantastic little tale about texture.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I found this book to be quite enjoyable for reasons I’m not too sure of. Maybe it was my fondness of the real life photographs that I loved. I would use this book to guide my touch unit. I would bring in some of the different types of textures the book list and have the students get a feel for the different objects.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Furgang, Kathy (2001) __My Ears__. PowerKids Press. 24. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Written by the same author who wrote __My Nose__ this book is filled in the same colorful appearance. The book starts out explaining what our ears are and then moves into the different parts of the ear, and finally into sound, with some fillers in-between. Overall, this book hit all the main points of ears and then some.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Once again this is a book that I would have available to my students when we are learning about the sense of hearing, but I would not read aloud to the class. Just like before I found this book to be more enjoyable for the older grades such as first through fifth. The pictures are that of the same with the computer game “Sims” people which I didn’t care for. Also yet again I really liked how it talked about animal ears, so the students can compare what might be the same and what might be different. My favorite part would have to be the same as before with the little facts at the bottom of each page.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Furgang, Kathy (2001) __My Nose__. PowerKids Press. 24. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This fun colorful book breaks down the nose like never before. Its content sorts from the parts of the nose, the common cold, and animal’ noses, plus so much more. The pictures are well thought out graphs with life like people. The glossary in the back is well socked using words such as nostrils and scent particles. Lastly is the index and list of other websites to explore.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This is a book that I would have available to my students when we are learning about the sense of smell, but I would not read aloud to the class. I found this book to be more enjoyable for the older grades such as first through fifth. The pictures of the people reminded me of the computer game “Sims” people which I didn’t care for. I really liked how it talked about animal noses as well so the students can compare what might be the same and what might be different. My favorite part about this book would have to be the little facts at the bottom of each page.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Gordon, Sharon (2001) __Hearing__. Children’s Press. 32. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Although the content of this book is simple, it is far from bare. This book goes through and talks about all the different types of sounds we are able to hear. The real life photographs mixed with graphs added a nice touch to every page. My only down fall that this book did not offer was a glossary and a learn more section.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> I really liked this book for a preschool read aloud. My favorite thing about this book was the comparisons though. For example, showing a picture of an ear and then showing that it looked like a baseball mitt. Overall, a wonderful short informative story.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Morgan, Sally (2011) __How Sight Works__. PowerKids press. 24. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Written by the same author as the above book, this book on eyes is just as wonderful. It starts out by explaining about eyes and labeling the different parts, then moves into what we can see and judging distances. While lastly, the book moves in to talking about when we have problems with our eyes. At the very back of the book is three activities: however, two I don’t like quite as well because they don’t tell you what you are looking for. Though the glossary is still just as wonderful as the last book, with words such as retina and iris.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Once again I feel that this book would be great for grades first and above. Although I still would not do a read aloud, I would make the book available to the students during our sight unit. Just as before I loved that they incorporated animals and sight into the book. This would make a great have for a classroom library.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Morgan, Sally (2011) __How Taste Works__. PowerKids Press. 24. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> This is a great little book that shows off all the best content about the sense of taste. It starts out by explaining what taste is and how we are able to taste different things. Then moves into how different objects taste. For example, whether they are sweet or salty. The back of the book list two activities for you to test your taste buds with. While at the very end of the book is a great glossary and place for you to look up further information on the topic.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Along with the other Morgan books, I feel that this book would be great for grades first and above. I would make this book available to the students during our taste unit; however, I would not do a read aloud. This would make a great have for a classroom library.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Morgan, Sally (2011) __How Touch Works__. PowerKids press. 24. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This book was jam packed with information about the sense of touch. It uses higher level vocabulary such as Braille and numb in its glossary. It offers what seem to be great research books based off of their titles. To start off the book states what touch is and then goes through the different stages. For example, textures, how to protect your skin, and sensitivity.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I feel that this book would be great for grades first and above. Although I would not do a read aloud I would make the book available to the students during our touch unit. I loved the two activities in the back to test your touch awareness and sensitivity that I would possible have one be a station, while the other we would just do during a class discussion. Once again I also loved that they incorporated animals and touch into the book. Overall, a great have for a classroom library.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Noyed, Robert and Cynthia Klingel. (2002) __Ears__. Gareth Stevens Publishing. 24. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This short book is direct and to the main points about ears. Starting out with where our ears are located, then moves into hearing and lastly how to take care of our ears. The glossary words are basic and easy for a beginning reader. All in all, a simple book for anyone who is just starting out learning about ears and hearing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This is a book I would use as a read aloud for preschool. I would use this book as the introduction to my ears lesson or unit. I really loved the real life photographs this book had to offer. Overall, a sweet and enjoyable read.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Noyed, Robert and Cynthia Klingel. (2002) __Eyes__. Gareth Stevens Publishing. 24. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This book only focuses on the sense of sight. It goes on to talk about different topics ranging from how many eyes we have, what color eyes can be, and how to keep your eyes safe. The content is very basic, which can be great for preschoolers. For such a short book, I was happy to see a place at the back for where to find more information. All in all, a book that gets right down to the point about eyes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I found this book to be enjoyable for a preschool aged classroom. One thing I liked was how there were questions placed randomly throughout the book, which I could use as conversation starters with the students. Also I could take the vocab in the back to branch out on and make lessons. For example, a lesson on the sun and brightness. I would use this book in a read aloud setting.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Yagyu, Genichiro (1994) __The Holes In Your Nose__. Kane/Miller Book Publishers. 27. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This book was able to spark my interest by its odd cover of just two black holes with a white background. Basically the title of this book says it all; the main focus is all about the holes on our nose. The different sizes, shapes, what comes out and not to put anything in are the high points of the story. It also compares different types of animal noses.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I have to be honest after reading this book I found it to be very odd. I would probably never use it for anything more than just a book in the classroom that the students could look at if they wish. All of the children drawn in the pictures looked the same which is one thing I did not care for.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Yates, Irene (2002) __Touch__. Thameside Press. 32. Glendale foothills library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This is a lovely little book that reminded me of a touch and feel book for babies, although it is just pictures. This book basically goes through every different type of texture and tells you about it and shows you pictures of certain objects that are that same texture. There is also a words to remember/ glossary located in the back of the book.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Curriculum Areas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I would use this book in preschool and kindergarten. I would probably end up having this book guide a chart I would work on with the students. I would have the students tell me by looking at the pictures what texture they thought it belonged under and then when all is done we would bring in a few of the pictured objects for them to get a chance to touch and see if what they had thought was correct. Overall, I felt like this would be a great story to have in the classroom.