This Is My School

by Mark Weakland, Nina de Polonia - Nill (Illustrator)

Overview

How do I find my way around school? This Is My School gives young readers the grand tour through all the rooms and special areas that make up an elementary-school building. Featuring playful illustrations that embrace diversity, and led by a 1st-person student narrator, the tour takes kids to the front office, the library, the gym, the nurse’s office, and other rooms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515840664
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/05/2019
Series:	Capstone Press School Rules Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Mark Weakland wears many hats. As an author, he's written books for teachers, including Super Core!: Turbocharging Your Basal Reading Program with More Reading, Writing, and Word Work, published by the International Reading Association. His book topics for children include sports, bacteria, comets, and poetry. Mark's also a reading specialist. He teaches kindergarten children, third graders, parents, and teachers. As a musician and songwriter, Mark sings, plays percussion, and strums the guitar. Many of his songs, including "I Sure Love Pancakes" and "The Dooflicky Machine," have won national awards and contests. Mark lives in Western Pennsylvania.

Nina de Polonia-Nill has loved drawing ever since she could first hold a pencil. Although she works digitally, the magic of her art starts with paper-and-pencil sketches. Nina enjoys illustrating playful, quirky stories and characters, infusing her digital work with textures done in traditional media. Born in the Philippines, she currently lives in Brisbane, Australia, where she illustrates, paints with her kids, travels, and gardens.

Table of Contents

Inside my school — The office buzz — Time to learn — Books and more — Let's eat — Get moving — Special classrooms — Bathroom break — One awesome school — Glossary — Read more — Internet sites — Critical thinking questions — Index.

Interviews

introduces young students to the daily routines, events, and expectations of elementary school to help minimize anxiety and maximize engagement; at-level text and bright, colorful illustrations make learning accessible and fun; diverse, human characters throughout the series allow readers to see themselves in each book and relate better to featured school community situations; topics align to standards for social studies and Common Core/career readiness