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ShelbyCrum
Posted May 20, 2012
Just in Case is a story about someone unable to decide what to g
Just in Case is a story about someone unable to decide what to get a loved one for his or her birthday. They only want the very best birthday present for their loved one. But in the end, they realize that it is not the present that matters to family members, it is the fact that you showed up and celebrated the day with them to show that you do love them and that they mean something to you. It is a book that everyone, no matter what age you are, should read and learn from the book.
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Varousi
Posted March 13, 2012
Cute book
I enjoyed. Great for and ESL student.
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ME53
Posted October 27, 2011
A new Grandma Beetle book
My students were excited to see a new book about Grandma Beetle. While searching for the perfect present for his friend, Senor Calavera finds items from A to Z in the Spanish alphabet. This is a friendly intro
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for Day of the Dead. It is vague enough that the younger students can enjoy it and the older students were able to figure out what Z would be. -
Anonymous
Posted May 23, 2011
Perhaps? Maybe? Quizas? is a good book.
La Calavera a famous character of La Loteria (a game like Bingo played by many Latin Americans) is also the main character of this book. On his way to grandma Beetle's birthday party he is approached by a ghost that reminds him to take a gift to grandma's birthday party. Everything he choses start with a letter of the Spanish alphabet, Undecided on what grandma would like best he decides to take everything. On his way all the gifts are ruined and he is left without a gift. Having brainstormed on what grandma would like best he decides to take her the best gift she could ever get.
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spanish made easy!!
I don't speak a lick of spanish but when i read this book i felt like i was bilingual! This book has a creative way of introducing the alphabet in spanish by listing different items alphabetically. The illustrations in this book are full of vibrant colors such as oranges and pinks and is very aesthetically pleasing to the eye. This book has a great way of breaking down each alphabetic spanish word and even provides a picture of the object to go with it. This book is great for all children no matter whether they speak english or spanish.
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Just In Case
Morales, Y. (2008). Just in Case: A trickster tale and Spanish alphabet book. New York: Roaring Brook Press.
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While on his way to Grandma Beetle's birthday party, a ghost informs Senor Calavera that he has forgotten her gift. What follows is a list of possible gifts listed alphabetically-by the Spanish alphabet, with each object being named in Spanish, but with illustrations and English descriptions.
The illustrations are beautiful. With wonderful use of color, they share Hispanic images and symbols. (Plus, there's a blue butterfly for students to find on each page) All of the illustrations show great attention to detail and humor. (My favorite is at the beginning when Senor Calavera irons his tie while wearing it-totally something I would do.if I wore ties.)
For kids from a Hispanic background, this book can be very empowering to see in a classroom, especially since this is also the book that won an ALA Belpre award this year.
Activities to do with the book:
Beyond helping young readers with the alphabet (in which case this book would need to be a read aloud by an adult as it is text-heavy), it can also be used with older students learning Spanish to provide some fun and new vocabulary words (among them cosquillas (tickles), granizado (snow cone), titere (puppet) etc.).
This book could also be shared with children around birthdays and other gift giving occasions to help children think of ideas to give people of all ages.
The story could also be tied into a talk on El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead-November 1st and 2nd). But if used for this purpose, don't present Just in Case as a book about the holiday. Rather, share it as an example of what talking about such a holiday could inspire students to write creatively.
Favorite Quotes:
"At last the day had arrived. It was Grandma Beetle's birthday!"
"Oh , my. He had forgotten a present for Grandma Beetle!"
"You surely must know, the best present to give a friend is the thing she would love the most.
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