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Ruthie Mendoza
Ch. 3: Picturebooks |
Good Night Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown Harper 1975 [1947] Synopsis: A classic story of a bunny and mother at bedtime. Grade: K Misc: none |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Ch. 3: Picturebooks |
Jumanji
by Chris Van Allsburg Houghton 1985 Synopisis: Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game. Grade: K-3 Misc: Caldecott Medal Book, Series Vol. #5 |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Ch. 4: Traditional Literature (Folktale) |
Johnny Appleseed
by Reeve Lindbergh Little 1990 (U.S.) Synopsis: A famous American, Johnny Appleseed, born in Massachusetts in 1774 who grew up to help settle the west. Traveling west, he planted apple seeds in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and northern Indiana to help early pioneers who had no room to take seedling apple trees on their journey to settle the western part of the country. Grade: K-5 Misc: none |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Ch. 4: Traditional Literature (Myths and Legends) |
Beowulf: A Hero's Tale Retold
by James Rumford Houghton 2007 Synopsis: A more simplified and illustrated version for juvenile readers to enjoy. Rumford retells the story of the exploits of the Anglo-Saxon warrior, Beowulf, and how he came to defeat the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon that threatened the kingdom. Grade:4th and up Misc: none |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Ch. 5: Modern Fantasy |
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren Viking 1957 Synopsis: Story about a 9 year old, adventurous, and exciting, orphan girl. She lives in a wacky by herself with a monkey, a horse, and a big suitcase full of gold coins. The grown-ups in her town try to make her act as a young lady should; but Pippi has her own idea of how to live. Grade: 1st - 3rd Misc: Series |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Ch. 5: Modern Fantasy |
The Field Guide: The Spiderwick Chronicles
by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black Simon 2003 Synopsis: Three children move into an old estate and experience new adventures with fairies and other magical creatures. Grade: 3rd - 6th Misc: Series |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Ch. 6: Poetry |
Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? and Other Disasters
by Lee Bennett Hopkins Harper 2005 Synopsis: This collection focuses on events that often spell disaster for a child-some funny, some poignant. Grade: 1st - 6th Misc: none |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Ch. 6: Poetry |
Don't Forget Your Etiquette! The Essential Guide to Misbehavior
by David Greenberg Farrar 2006 Synopsis: A child's humorous antidote to rules of good behavior. Grade: K - 3rd Misc: none |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Ch. 7: Contemporary Realistic Fiction |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
by Jeff Kinney Abrams 2007 Synopsis: Greg Heffley suffers the indignities and pains of adolescence in this funny graphic novel. Grade: 4th - 6th Misc: Series |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Ch. 7: Contemporary Realistic Fiction |
Skinnybones
by Barbara Park Knopf 1982 Synopsis: Alex (a.k.a. "Skinnybones") is telling his story about trying to enter a cat food commercial contest. In addition, Alex, the self-acclaimed funniest person in the sixth grade, has been a size "small" in Little League for six years and is the butt of the class bully's jokes. Grade: 2nd - 5th Misc: Series |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Ch. 8: Historical Fiction |
Worlds Apart
by Kathleen Karr Cavendish 2005 Synopsis: South Carolina, 1670. This book brings you back to 1670, when two very different groups of people try to make a living in the Carolinas, and two young men try desperately to form a bridge of understanding and co-operation between them. Grade: 4th - 6th Misc: none |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Ch. 8: Historical Fiction |
The Hope Chest
by Karen Schwabach Random 2008 Synopsis:When eleven-year-old Violet runs away from home in 1918 and takes the train to New York City to find her older sister who is a suffragist, she falls in with people her parents would call "the wrong sort," and ends up in Nashville, Tennessee, where "Suffs" and "Antis" are gathered, awaiting the crucial vote on the nineteenth amendment. Grade: 3rd - 6th Misc: none |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Ch.9: Nonfiction |
My Name is Celia/ Me llamo Celia
by Monica Brown Luna Rising 2004 Synopsis: (Biography) Bilingual picturebook biography of Celia Cruz; sizzles with all the vibrancy of the music of this noted Cuban singer. Grade: 1st - 3rd Misc: America's Book Award |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Ch. 9: Nonfiction |
The Big Book for Little Hands
by Marie-Pascale Cocagne Tate 2007 Synopsis: A craft and how-to book; give directions for making and doing. Grade: PreK - 2nd Misc: none |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Elementary Media Materials |
Item: Audio and Videobooks
Grade: All Benefit: Helps develop attention and imagination, cultural awareness (language/dialect), connects oral and written language, demonstrates appropriate phrases, model for fluent reading, provides access to quality literature for non-independent readers, class can listen together, and improves comprehension and analyzation skills. Source: Serafini, Frank. Audiobooks and Literacy: An Educator's Guite to Utilize Audiobooks in the Classroom.(2004) Retrieved from www.randomhouse.com/highschool/RHI |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Elementary Media Materials |
Item: Maps (geographical)
Grade: 4th and up Benefit: Literature transports readers through different times and places. Maps help readers to: visualize and capture the setting of the story; imagine those distant location and events of the past, present, and future; connect with the characters (emotional and cultural understanding); build vocabulary (ie: names of places or man-made structures); and by exposing and satisfying their natural curiosity of our world and physical environment. Source: Flain, Mary, L., Chiodo, John, J. A Novel Approach to Geographic Education: Using Literature in Social Studies. Retrieved from www.questia.com |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Elementary Media Materals |
Item: Video (film - projector, dvd, tv, vhs)
Benefit: Help enjoy books that have been read, exposure to interpretation, inspire creativity, promote shared reading experiences, satisfy needs of multiple learning styles or students with learning disabilities, assist learning a 2nd language, develop reading and writing skills because it presents a means of self-expression, and it encourages students to integrate visual and aural multimedia in their school projects (multimedia composing). Source: Skouge, James, R., Rao, Kavita, and Boisvert, Precille, C. Promoting Early Literacy for Diverse Learners Using Audio and Video Technology. (2007, May 22) Springer Netherlands. Vol.35, number 1. Retrieved from www.springerlink.com |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Elementary Media Materials |
Item: Software (CD-ROM Storybooks)
Grade: Pre-K - 2nd Benefits: can increase and aid reading comprehension by helping students focus more on understanding the meaning behind the text and less on decoding. Source: Doty, D., Popplewell, S., and Byers, G. (2001, January 1). Interactive CD-ROM Storybooks and Young Readers' Reading Comprehension. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 33(4). (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EJ635447) Retrieved from ERIC database. Matthew, K. (1997, January 1). A Comparison of the Influence of Interactive CD-ROM Storybooks and Traditional Print Storybooks on Reading Comprehension. Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 29(3), 263-75. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EJ544678) Retrieved from ERIC database. |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Elementary Media Materials |
Item: Scripts (theatre/play)
Grade: Kindergarten and up Benefit: Build creativity, humanize literature, understand human behavior and connect with characters, connect text to speech, exposure to dialogue, and inspire or increase students' interest for literature. Source: Torres, Gwynn and Berger, Sid. Finding Scripts to Stage Your Own Puppet Shows. Retrieved from www.creativity institute.com/findingscriptstostageyourownpuppetshows.aspx |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Elementary Media Materials |
Item: Newspapers
Grade: K and up Benefit: 'Real' world application. Builds vocabulary. Exposure to various writing styles (persuasive, fact, opinion, etc.), structure of written journal and of newspaper as a whole, use of pictures in articles, factual current events, read for leisure enjoyment, prepares and connects students to adapt and live within society or community, accessible online, and exposure to world events. Source: www.kidsfreesouls.com/forkids.htm |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Elementary Media Materials |
Item: Technological Tools (ie: SMARTBOARD - interactive whiteboard)
Grade: 1st and up Benefit: Can facilitate literacy instruction and increase both the students’ attention in learning and their reading comprehension. Can accommodate multiple learning types. Source: Basilicato, Alfred. (2005, March). Interactive Whiteboards: Assistive Technology for Every Classroom. www.meadonline.com/App/InteractiveWhiteboard/Classroom.pdf Wall, K., Higgins, S., & Smith, H. (2005, September 1). The Visual Helps Me Understand the Complicated Things: Pupil Views of Teaching and Learning with Interactive Whiteboards. British Journal of Educational Technology, 36(5), 851-867. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EJ694159) Retrieved from ERIC database. |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Elementary Media Materials |
Item: Internet
Grade: 5th and up Benefit: Tool used for online activities (reading and writing), research on subjects and build vocabulary. Source: Schmar-Dobler, E. (2003, September). Reading on the Internet: The link between literacy and technology. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 47(1). Retrieved from www.readingonline.org/newliteracies/lit_index.asp?HREF=/newliteracies/jaal/9-03_column/index.html |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Elementary Media Materials |
Item: Camera (snapshot and video)
Grade: 2nd and up Benefit: Digital Story telling teachers can integrate Digital Storytelling in their lessons to “enhance and accelerate student comprehension” by using visual images. Source: Robin, B. (2008, July 1). Digital Storytelling: A Powerful Technology Tool for the 21st Century Classroom. Theory Into Practice, 47(3), 220-228. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EJ799668) Retrieved from ERIC database. |
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Ruthie Mendoza
Elementary Media Materials |
Item: Video Games
Grade: 3rd and up Benefits: Can help activate "critical thinking skills and problem solving skills based on prior knowledge, and even help make connections”. Gee, J.P. (2008, April). [Review of the book What Video Games have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy]. Journal of Literacy and Technology,9(1), 101. Retrieved from www.literacyandtechnology.org/volume9/JTL_v9_1.htm |
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