Authors: Brenda S. Copeland, Patricia A. Messner
ISBN-13: 9781591580881, ISBN-10: 1591580889
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: New Edition
BRENDA S. COPELAND has been an elementary librarian for the past six years in Palmyra School District, Palmyra, Pennsylvania. She earned her MLS degree from Kutztown University and her BA in Elementary Education at the University of Delaware.
PATRICIA A. MESSNER has been an elementary media specialist for the past seventeen years in the Lebanon City School District, Lebanon, Ohio. She earned her Masters of Education degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio and her BA in Elementary Education at Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky.
More than thirty ready-to-use lesson plans connect picture books to the national language arts standards set forth by NCTE and IRA.
Preface | ||
Standards for the English Language Arts | ||
Pt. 1 | Retelling Favorites | |
1 | The Big Green Pocketbook | 3 |
2 | The Napping House | 6 |
3 | Joseph Had a Little Overcoat | 9 |
4 | Welcome Back to Pokeweed Public School | 13 |
5 | Rabbit Food | 16 |
6 | The Teeny Tiny Teacher | 19 |
7 | The Jacket I Wear in the Snow | 23 |
8 | Alligator Baby | 26 |
9 | If You Take a Mouse to the Movies | 29 |
10 | Is Your Mama a Llama? | 34 |
Pt. 2 | Comprehension Favorites | |
11 | The Frog Principal | 41 |
12 | Maxwell's Magic Mix-Up | 46 |
13 | Franklin's Halloween | 50 |
14 | Cobweb Christmas | 53 |
15 | Mrs. Piccolo's Easy Chair | 57 |
16 | D. W. the Picky Eater | 60 |
17 | The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's | 63 |
18 | Strega Nona Takes a Vacation | 66 |
19 | The Rainbow Fish | 69 |
20 | Timothy Goes to School | 73 |
Pt. 3 | Story Elements Favorites | |
21 | Bark, George | 79 |
22 | Big Al | 82 |
23 | Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella | 86 |
24 | The Lady with the Alligator Purse | 89 |
25 | Grandpa's Teeth | 96 |
26 | The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) | 100 |
27 | Miss Spider's Tea Party | 103 |
28 | 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving | 107 |
29 | When Winter Comes | 115 |
30 | Show and Tell Bunnies | 117 |
Pt. 4 | Author Favorites | |
31 | Eric Carle Study: The Grouchy Ladybug and The Very Hungry Caterpillar | 127 |
32 | David Shannon Study: David Goes to School | 137 |
33 | Jan Brett Study: The Mitten and The Hat | 142 |
34 | Louise Borden Study: A. Lincoln and Me | 150 |
35 | Mike Thaler Study: The Librarian from the Black Lagoon | 155 |
Appendix | 159 | |
Web Resources | 163 | |
Bibliography | 165 | |
Index | 167 |