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Exploring the States
Nebraska: The Cornhusker State
Nebraska is an agricultural kingdom. Its farms and fields blanket the prairies and plains. Discover how the early sodbusters thrived in an almost treeless landscape to create the Cornhusker State we know today. Students will also learn about native wildlife, local festivals, and more.
- GenresNonfiction
32 pages, Library Binding
First published August 1, 2013
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September 6, 2019
This one was the best one for my preschooler because it was short and pretty simple. We checked this out in preparation for our move.
June 21, 2017
32 pages; Exploring the States series; Great series on United States. It is well-organized, colorful, full of pictures, charts, illustrations and other helpful information. Highly recommended for Grades 3-5.
March 17, 2016
Twin Text
James, E. (2015). A halloween scare in nebraska. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky.
Rationale
For my text set I paired the nonfiction book Nebraska: The Cornhusker State with the fiction book A Halloween Scare in Nebraska. A Halloween Scare is about a little boy who tells about a night full of thrills, in the state of Nebraska that gave everyone chills. Students will be able to make obvious connections when they see pictures of the Nebraska football players and hear of the cities mentioned, but will also notice special features of Nebraska through the illustrations.
Text structure
Description
Text features
Table of contents, glossary, index, graphs, maps, headings, photographs, and bold print
Strategy application
I will have students make a Venn diagram. They would take notes of what they heard from the story or saw in the illustrations from A Halloween Scare in Nebraska in one circle and Nebraska: The Cornhusker State will be in the other. After listening to both, they will put what they both have in common. The fiction story does a nice job leading into the nonfiction, I say this because it mentions cities in Nebraska, landmarks, and many other that will lead them to finding facts in the nonfiction text.
James, E. (2015). A halloween scare in nebraska. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky.
Rationale
For my text set I paired the nonfiction book Nebraska: The Cornhusker State with the fiction book A Halloween Scare in Nebraska. A Halloween Scare is about a little boy who tells about a night full of thrills, in the state of Nebraska that gave everyone chills. Students will be able to make obvious connections when they see pictures of the Nebraska football players and hear of the cities mentioned, but will also notice special features of Nebraska through the illustrations.
Text structure
Description
Text features
Table of contents, glossary, index, graphs, maps, headings, photographs, and bold print
Strategy application
I will have students make a Venn diagram. They would take notes of what they heard from the story or saw in the illustrations from A Halloween Scare in Nebraska in one circle and Nebraska: The Cornhusker State will be in the other. After listening to both, they will put what they both have in common. The fiction story does a nice job leading into the nonfiction, I say this because it mentions cities in Nebraska, landmarks, and many other that will lead them to finding facts in the nonfiction text.
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