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Chapter 9: Non fiction

The chapter talks about teachers using non fiction as substitiutes or alternatives for teaching content to their students. I remember doing textbook work in high and middle school. and it was one of the most dull and boring ways to learn. I never was able to see a teachers textbook until a couple of years ago. I remember seeing that their copy actually had notes on what to say and what important words to introduce. It even had teaching strategies. I always wondered why the lecture was always the same in highschool. It's because the teachers always did what the book told them to do. Using non fiction books means that everyone would have the same book and the teacher would shy away from being told how to teach and hopefully would be able to come up with new and exciting ways to teach.

Author Profile- Dr. Suess

Dr Suess is an author that hopefully all of us have had the oppurtunity to know and read. He has many great books, poems and is one of the most loved children's authors in the world. Green Eggs and Ham, If I Ran The Zoo and Yertle the Turtle are all books that Dr. Suess has written and the readers have really enjoyed. All of his books can be used in early childhood classrooms. Rhyming is a great skill that students need to practice because it allows students to really use every possible word that they know as well a learn new ones. Dr Suess books a promote a fun rhyming environment.

For more on Dr. Suess please visit this site

www.seussville.com/

EDRG 3321 Mon Night 7-930

Chapter 9 fiction

Fiction is a genre that all of us love. Or at least i though we did. Our mini presentations in class were interesting. Most of us said that we enjoyed fiction and gave reasons adn meanings that represented fiction to us. However some of us described fiction simply as not real. The beginning of chapter 9 describes fiction as being more than not real or untrue. It described it as something that illuminates the truth and makes us think about and reconsider what is real. We think of fantasy often when we think of fiction or at least I do. The fairy tales and folk tales stick out in my mind the most because they really allow one to utilize their imagination.

Author Profile- Peter Harris

In this book Harris does a great job informing readers that female pirate did indeed exist. He shows the use of imagination by the characters in the book who pretend to be pirates which lets the young audience know that using imagination is very rewarding and powerful. In this book a boy named Tom is awakened by what sounds like pirates. He steps outside his house and sees his neighbors sailing up the street and onto his drive way. He hops on the ship while his parents are sleeping and spends his whole night on a pirate adventure with his friends. Then they encounter grown up pirates that capture them and end their journey. the grown up pirates end up being the parents and the pirated journey ends that night. This is a great story by Harris.

EDRG 3321 Mon Night 7-930

Picture books! Picture books are every adults favorite for many reasons, mainly because if you're reading to your children you usually have less to read. And for children, well every child loves to look at pictures. There are very important elements in picture books like line which defines what they draw or paint. Color which is very important because color sets the tone and mood for the story. Shape and texture are also very important because they allow the reader to reach out and touch an illustration. A good thing about picture books is that they allow beginning readers to use context clues to determine a new or difficult word. For example, a reader may not know how to read the word elephant but seeing a picture of an elephant can help him figure out that it says elephant.

Author Profile- Brie Spangler

Peg Leg Peke by Brie Spangler is a wonderful children's book. It is target for 3-6 year olds and would be a great idea if used as a read aloud. In this book, a little Pekingnese puppy breaks his leg and fantasizes that he is a pirate. Like all pirate, the dog doesn't stop until he find and captures what he is looking for. Now the dog with a peg for a leg is on the hunt for a treasure and will not stop until he finds it. Brie Spangler does a great job with this book. She is a talented author but has excelled for many year as an illustrator as well. This site http://www.jacketflap.com/profile.asp?member=bspangler is a great site to visit to know a little bit about B. Spangler. It contains background knowledge as well as other works of Spnagler.

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Traditional literature is the type of readings that have always caught my attention. As a kid, I typically enjoyed reading folktales and fairytales. Those were the stories that allowed me to expand and use my imagination. Chapter six discusses the importance for having traditional literature set up in the classroom. The best way to do this is to compose a library of all types of genres but make sure that traditional literature is included. I liked how the book discusses the importance of making sure that the literature you select contains all different types of cultures and not just focus on one culture. Making sure that the book has beautifully illustrated pictures is

another important component. This is important because it allows those students who have trouble visualizing to actually see for themselves.

Author Profile- Melinda Long

Melinda Long does a really good job in this book. This children's book is very creative and allows children to really get to know a little bit about pirates. But it also shows a whole other side to what pirates aren't known for which is changing diapers. In this book the legendary pirate Braid Beard come back from the dead and sail into Jeremy Jacob's backyard looking for a buried treasure that he searched for long ago. They pirates begin their treasure hunt until Jeremy's sister wakes up and the pirates are stuck to change diapers. This site http://www.melindalongbooks.com/books.html is a really great site to visit. It contains personal information about Melinda along with several other books that she has written. As a former teacher she knows how to catch the younger readers attention.