Hello EDRE 4320! Welcome to my blog. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Leaves Janet Lawler

Image
  Title: Leaves Author: Janet Lawler illustrator: Lindsay Dale-Scott Paper engineered by: Yoojin Kim Genre: informational nonfiction and paper engineered   Teacher evaluation: this is a very fun book to read. it is also very informative about what leaves are and how they add to our environment. this is a great book to read in the classroom, and it helps for us to show our students facts with it still being fun.  Summary: A leaf does many things even if it seems simple. It has chlorophyll. When fall comes the leaves change colors. With less daylight the colors change. Critters hide in the leaves, and they also eat the leaves. Leaves rustle while animals run over them for food. Chipmunks go all over the leaves getting food for winter. Mushrooms come on the floor from leaf covered locations. Deer eat mushrooms because they are sometimes poisonous. They use leaves to burrow. When animals go into their deep winter sleep they get cozy with leaves, and the leaves change colors....
Read more

P.S. I Like You: Audio Book

Image
P.S. I Like You Title: P.S. I Like You Author: Kasie West Genre: Audio Book Age group: 12-15 years old Grade: 7-9  Teacher evaluation: I really enjoyed this book. It reminds me of the stories that I read as a kid. I would recommend this for students who like cute, romantic stories, but I would not read it as a classroom book. I would read certain excerpts from the book like when a teacher was getting upset about her not doing her work. I would only use this in 5th or 6th grade classes. It seems a little too mature for EC- 4. Summary: P.S I Like you is about Lily Abbott and her friend Isabel. Isabel is trying to find Lily a boyfriend. She is a little awkward and she does not think someone will want to go out with her. She writes songs in a notebook. When her teacher bans her notebook from class she begins writing lyrics on the desk. Someone begins finishing the lyrics. They then begin writing letters together. Lily begins to really like this person, but she is scared to actually mee...
Read more

Ways to Make Sunshine

Image
Title: Ways to Make Sunshine Author: Renee Watson Illustrator: Nina Mata Genre: Realistic fiction Awards: Bluebonnet Teacher evaluation: This is a good book to read as a class or alone. It is very easy to read, and it has a great story line. the main character is a great friend who is very understanding.   Summary: Ryan and her family moved to a new home. Her dad lost his at the post office, and his new job doesn't make him much money. Ryan misses her old house, and she is not happy about all the changes that are happening. She says her house is smaller than a bungalow, and that there are no stairs for her to play on. She did not change school, so she has a lot of her old friends. They sold one of their cars, and are having a lot of struggles financially, but Ryan learns how to make sunshine out of the hardships that she is going through. Ryan is very nice to anyone, and she ends up being the hero at the end of the story by 
Read more