Ms. Tointigh's Book Blog

Title:   Green Eggs and Ham Genre:  Poetry Author /  Illustrator:  Dr. Suess Age group : PreK-2nd Summary This is a classic Dr. Suess story of Sam I am trying to give the Speaker Green eggs and ham.  The speaker is not having it at all either he will not eat them on a bus or plane not even a car or a train.  He will not have them here or there, he will not have them anywhere. Evaluation I believe that Dr. Suess is timeless and his stories are many of the first ones that new readers tend to pick up.  I think this story in particles provides a value of determining things like opposites.  A teacher could have her student act out in like a whole brain teaching scenario using gestures what the difference are between here and there or over and under.  Personally because of the younger reading level this is targeted for I probably will not use this story in my high school classroom.

  Title:   The New Kid on the Block Genre:  Poetry Author : Jack Prelutsky Illustrator:  James Stevenson Age group : 1st-5th Summary This book is another collection of poems all written by Jack Prelutsky.  The unique things about these poems is the perspective they are written in.  They are all written from the perspective of a school kid! Evaluation Again I get up on my poetry soapbox, I loved these books growing up and there are so many activities teachers can utilize poems for.  These activities include; teaching rhyme scheme, poem analysis, quick writes, brain dumps, showing form differences.  I think a good place to start for younger children are collections of poems like this one.

Title:   A light in the Attic Genre:  Poetry  Author /  Illustrator:  Shel Silverstein Age group : 2nd-6th Summary This is a collection of short poems by Shel Silverstein.  These poems themes are to help students remember to be creative and innovative. Evaluation One of my favorite things about English has always been and will always be poetry.  This was one of the first poetry collections that I read cover to cover when I was in Elementary school.  I think I might utilize these in my classroom as quick write topics for bell ringers or exit tickets.