MIND STRETCHING PICTURE BOOKS

V. MIND STRETCHING PICTURE BOOKS
© 2006 Nancy Polette

How Do We learn?
Learning is social, pulls from experience, requires risk taking and stresses meaning.
SEE: Flying with Mother Goose by Nancy Polette. Pieces of Learning, 2003.
Topic Focusing:
How many legs does a spider have?
How many eyes?
How many body parts?
How many rows of eyes?
How can Miss Muffet get rid of the spider?

IDEAS FAST SAFE CHEAP WILL WORK TOTAL

Write a second verse to solve the problem. Report on spiders using Animal Fact, Animal Fable by Seymour Simon as a model.

1.Cuyler, Margery. Big Friends. Walker, 2004.
A delightful African circle story! Before reading ask:
Is Africa a country or a continent?
Does it snow in Africa?
Is Africa mostly jungle?
What is the most common African animal?
Write animal riddles.
List words that end in IP. (drip)
Make a riddle.
What would you call a hippopotamus with a runny nose?
A drippopotamus.

2. Egan, Tim. The Trial of Cardigan Jones. Houghton-Mifflin, 2004.
Students become the jury as they vote on the Moose's guilt or innocence.

3.Esbaum, Jill. Steeeeeamboat A-Comin! Farrar, 2005.
Good writing model shows the excitement of the arrival of a steamboat in a sleepy river village. Great intro. to Mark Twain. Good writing model for older students.

4. Hoberman, Mary Ann. You Read To Me and I'll Read to You. Little-Brown, 2004.
Fairy tales to read together

5. Lewis. J. Patrick. Please Bury Me In the Library. Harcourt 2005.
What if books had different names? ie. Furious George, Goodnight Noon?
How many can you think of?

6. Lobel, Arnold. Frog & Toad (Harper)
A. How can Frog get Toad out of bed using a rose, popcorn, pan of water, book, feather or drum?
B. What can Toad add to his bathing suit so that every animal would want one just like it?

Once there was	Who was
And then	1 sentence ending

7. Polette, Nancy. Grandma's Patchy Pocket. Kaeden, 2005.
What are all the things grandma might carry in her pocket? Use this pattern:

In Grandma's patchy pocket
You can find a twinkling star.
Now run to town to trade it
For a crunchy candy bar.

8. Polette, Keith. Isabel and the Hungry Coyote. Raven Tree Press, 2004.
A fun and surprising Hispanic "Little Red Riding Hood"
Create a feast song: (Tune: Skip To My Lou) We like...

____________________ adjective	______________________ noun	______________ "ing" word	____________________________________ prepositional phrase
____________________ adjective	______________________ noun	______________ "ing" word	____________________________________ prepositional phrase
____________________ adjective	______________________ noun	______________ "ing" word	____________________________________ prepositional phrase
Eat, good amigos, eat!

9. Priest, Robert. Pirate's Eye. Houghton-Mifflin, 2005.
Suppose you could see through another's eyes? Try reading with background music.

10. Shannon, George. White is for Blueberry Greenwillow, 2005.
What other objects change color?

11. Sturges, Philemon. She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain. Little Brown, 2004.
A surprise ending to this western version when we find out who "she" is!

12. Thompson, Sarah. Imagine A Day. Atheneum, 2005.
A good creative writing model.
Imagine a day when ______ gets its fondest wish.

13. September 12 by Kennett, MO. First Graders. Scholastic 2003.

14. Shles, Larry. Nose Drops. Squib Publications, 2000.
www.hootsanddtoots.com A little nose who has lost its face becomes the most famous nose in history. Lots of puns!