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Arbor Day
Plant a tree and help preserve the planet. Arbor Day is a celebration of the beauty and importance of trees in maintaining our environment and ecosystem. Readers will learn about different activities they can take part in to honor this day.
24 pages, Library Binding
First published September 1, 2010
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Rebecca Rissman
392 books7 followersRebecca Rissman is an award-winning children’s author and editor. Her writing has been praised by School Library Journal, Booklist, Creative Child Magazine, and Learning Magazine. She has written more than 200 books about history, culture, science, and art. She lives in Chicago, Illinois with her husband and two daughters. She enjoys yoga, reading, and cooking.
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June 19, 2014
Twin Text: “This Tree Counts!” by Alison Formento
Copyright Date: 2010
Rationale: I selected the picture book “This Tree Counts!” because the overall topic of the book is conservation, teaching children about their environment and why trees are so important. In the book, the teacher, Mr. Tate, takes his class out to plant more trees. Using a counting theme in the book, one by one, the children discover that trees provide homes to animals, clean our air, can have names and can be replanted when used to build things like homes and tree houses. The end of the book shows ten new trees planted. All of these components can be found in the story about Arbor Day that I chose for my non-fiction picture book.
Text Structure: “Arbor Day” can be considered a combination text structure book. A lot of the book can be considered description due the fact that the book is providing its readers with details and facts on the topic. The story its self can be described as chronological because the story starts with the founder of Arbor Day, J. Sterling Morton and goes on to present day tree planting.
Strategy Application: I would use the strategy of webbing and use the topic of trees as the central idea. Both books talk a great deal about the subject of trees and by using this strategy, students can pull information that they have learned from each story to support the main topic.
Non-fiction Review: (2011, January/February). Library Media Connection. http://titlewave.com/search?SID=d2ccd...
Copyright Date: 2010
Rationale: I selected the picture book “This Tree Counts!” because the overall topic of the book is conservation, teaching children about their environment and why trees are so important. In the book, the teacher, Mr. Tate, takes his class out to plant more trees. Using a counting theme in the book, one by one, the children discover that trees provide homes to animals, clean our air, can have names and can be replanted when used to build things like homes and tree houses. The end of the book shows ten new trees planted. All of these components can be found in the story about Arbor Day that I chose for my non-fiction picture book.
Text Structure: “Arbor Day” can be considered a combination text structure book. A lot of the book can be considered description due the fact that the book is providing its readers with details and facts on the topic. The story its self can be described as chronological because the story starts with the founder of Arbor Day, J. Sterling Morton and goes on to present day tree planting.
Strategy Application: I would use the strategy of webbing and use the topic of trees as the central idea. Both books talk a great deal about the subject of trees and by using this strategy, students can pull information that they have learned from each story to support the main topic.
Non-fiction Review: (2011, January/February). Library Media Connection. http://titlewave.com/search?SID=d2ccd...
April 11, 2014
This book tells us all we need to know about Arbor Day. Who it was started by and why are a few of the facts inside this book. I think this is an important book for students in Nebraska since this is where Arbor Day originated. I paired this book with Arbor Day square by Kathryn Osebold Galbraith. This is a perfect pairing of books as this book is about the origin of Arbor day.
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