Caldecott Connections to Science / Edition 1

by Shan Glandon

Overview

Take advantage of the appeal and power of Caldecott award literature to extend and promote learning across the curriculum. In these three volumes the author demonstrates how to use award-winning books as springboards to science, social studies learning, and language arts in the library and classroom-and to expand student awareness and appreciation of illustration techniques. For each Caldecott title there is background information on the illustrations, curriculum connections, lesson plans, and support materials for teaching. Glandon also integrates Gardner's multiple intelligences with curriculum content. With a flexible, discovery approach, these activity units focus on student-centered, experiential, holistic, and authentic learning and they are ready for instant implementation. Targeted to primary grade objectives and abilities, the books include an array of individual projects and collaborative ones. They also foster collaborations between library media specialists and classroom teachers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563086878
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/15/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.54(d)
Age Range:	4 - 9 Years

About the Author

SHAN GLANDON, a former School Library Media Specialist, is Peer Mentor, Jenks Public Schools, Tulsa, Oklahoma. She also teaches course for educators at Tulsa Community College.

Table of Contents

	Figures and Activity Sheets	ix
	Introduction	xiii
1	Frog Went A-Courtin'	1
Activity Plan 1	Sharing the Story	2
Activity Plan 2	The Life of a Frog	4
Activity Plan 3	Avoiding Danger--Predators	7
Activity Plan 4	"I Need Food!"--The Frog's Diet	8
Activity Plan 5	"We Live There!"--The Pond Habitat	9
Activity Plan 6	Mapping Animal Movements--Searching for Hurkle, the Elusive Turtle	14
Activity Plan 7	Comparing the Information	18
2	The Funny Little Woman	23
Activity Plan 1	Sharing the Story	24
Activity Plan 2	Schoolyard Safari--What's in My World?	27
Activity Plan 3	Soil--What Is It?	32
Activity Plan 4	Rock Collecting--Everyone Needs a Rock	34
Activity Plan 5	Splish, Splash--Discovering with Water!	36
Activity Plan 6	Landscape Changes--Introduction	38
Activity Plan 7	Landscape Changes--Frost Wedging	44
Activity Plan 8	Landscape Changes--People, Plants, and Animals	45
Activity Plan 9	Landscape Changes--Abrasion	47
Activity Plan 10	Landscape Changes--Chemical Weathering	49
Activity Plan 11	Landscape Changes--Erosion	50
Activity Plan 12	Landscape Changes--Rapid Processes	52
	Culminating Activity Plan	53
3	Make Way for Ducklings	57
Activity Plan 1	Sharing the Story	58
Activity Plan 2	Animal Habitats--Working As Scientists	60
Activity Plan 3	Animal Observations	61
Activity Plan 4	Like Water off a Duck's Back!	64
Activity Plan 5	I Need Space	65
Activity Plan 6	Ducks for a Day--Working As Writers	66
Activity Plan 7	Ducks for a Day--Working As Artists	74
Activity Plan 8	Ducks for a Day--Working As Performers	77
4	Many Moons	81
Activity Plan 1	Sharing the Story	82
Activity Plan 2	Facts About the Moon	86
Activity Plan 3	The Moon Is a Satellite	91
Activity Plan 4	How Much Does It Weigh?--The Effects of Gravity	92
Activity Plan 5	Is the Moon Really Made from Green Cheese?	95
Activity Plan 6	Just for Fun--Fascination with the Moon	97
	Culminating Activity Plan: Lunar Disaster	99
5	One Fine Day	101
Activity Plan 1	Sharing the Story	102
Activity Plan 2	Surviving in the Wild	103
Activity Plan 3	Other Zoo Connections	114
Activity Plan 4	Creating a New Story	115
6	The Snowy Day	121
Activity Plan 1	Sharing the Story	122
Activity Plan 2	States of Matter	125
Activity Plan 3	Exploring Changes in Matter	128
	Culminating Activity Plan: Just for Fun, Making Ice Cream	131
7	Song and Dance Man	133
Activity Plan 1	Sharing the Story	134
Activity Plan 2	The Human Body Machine	136
Activity Plan 3	Energy for the Body--The Ingredients	139
Activity Plan 4	Energy for the Body--Delivery	142
Activity Plan 5	Protecting the Body--Skin	145
Activity Plan 6	Protecting the Body--Bones	148
Activity Plan 7	Control--Messages to and from the Brain	154
Activity Plan 8	Coordination--The Muscles of the Body	157
Activity Plan 9	Generations	159
	Culminating Activity Plan: Stage a Vaudeville Show	162
8	A Story, a Story	163
Activity Plan 1	Sharing the Story	164
Activity Plan 2	Writing Our Own Trickster Stories	165
Activity Plan 3	How Do They Compare?	169
9	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble	175
Activity Plan 1	Sharing the Story	176
Activity Plan 2	Sorting and Classifying Pebbles	178
Activity Plan 3	What Warms Us?	179
Activity Plan 4	Air Is All Around Us	181
Activity Plan 5	Why Does It Rain?	184
Activity Plan 6	The Sounds of a Rainstorm	187
Activity Plan 7	Working As Meteorologists	188
Activity Plan 8	Weather--Working As Writers	190
Activity Plan 9	Weather--Working As Artists	197
	Culminating Activity Plan	200
10	A Tree Is Nice	201
Activity Plan 1	Sharing the Story	202
Activity Plan 2	Interdependence--The World of a Tree	204
Activity Plan 3	Structures--Looking at Seeds and Sorting	207
Activity Plan 4	Structures--What's in a Seed?	209
Activity Plan 5	What's in a Seed? Part Two	210
Activity Plan 6	Adaptations--How Seeds Travel	211
Activity Plan 7	Structures--The Parts of the Tree	212
Activity Plan 8	Structures--Stems	215
Activity Plan 9	Structures--Leaves	216
Activity Plan 10	Life Cycles	217
Activity Plan 11	Life Cycles--Decomposers	217
Activity Plan 12	Seasonal Fun--The Seasons of a Tree	218
	Culminating Activity Plan: Plant a Tree	219
11	The Caldecott Award	221
	Activity Plan: A Look at Randolph Caldecott	221
	Glossary	225
	Index	227
	About the Author	235

Editorial Reviews

Ten Caldecott books, including Karen Ackerman's Song and Dance Man, John Langstaff's Frog Went A-Courtin', William Steig's Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, and Ezra Jack Keats's The Snowy Day, are presented here to be used as springboards for science units. The ideas for sharing the story are thoughtful and extend it nicely. Next come the curriculum connections. Here again, the activities are well thought through and well presented, often with reproducible graphic organizers. The author is aware of Howard Gardner's study of multiple intelligences, Frames of Mind (Basic, 1993), and attempts to reach all eight in each lesson. Unfortunately, the connections are artificial. Frog Went A-Courtin' is not at all about frogs and is therefore a tenuous springboard for discussion. Likewise, that it happens to rain in Sylvester and the Magic Pebble does not make it a springboard for a unit on weather. Other books make much better unit tie-ins, and trying to get Caldecott-medal winners to fit these themes is forced. Teachers and librarians may get some ideas from this book, but it isn't totally successful.-Joan Hamilton, Pierce School, Brookline, MA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

School Library Journal

Uses Caldecott Award-winning picture books as a springboard to activities that explore different science themes. Each story unit offers a book summary, award year, information on how the illustrations were created, and a curriculum connections list. Activities promote integration of multiple intelligence theory and practice, and focus on student-centered, experiential learning. Ample opportunity for collaboration with art teachers is provided through art ideas and materials lists. Includes reproducible activity sheets and diagrams for use in the primary classroom. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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