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This date is special because: It is Cinco de Mayo. Books That Relate To This Date: PICTURE BOOKS: Behrens, J. (1985). "Fiesta! Cinco de Mayo, Dias de Fiesta." Ill. by Scott Taylor. Chicago: Childrens Press. Brown, T. (1986). "Hello, Amigos!" Ill. by Fran Ortiz. New York: Henry Holt. Bulmer-Thomas, B. (1991). "Journey Through Mexico." Mahwah, NJ: Troll. Coronado, R. (1982). "Cooking the Mexican Way." Minneapolis: Lerner. Czernecki, S. and Rhodes, T. (1992). "Pancho's Pinata." New York: Hyperion. Delacre, L. (1993). "Vejigante Masquerader." New York: Scholastic. (written in Spanish and English) Dorros, A. (1993). "Abuela." Ill. by Elisa Kleven. New York: Dutton. Emberley, R. (1990). "My House, Mi Casa: A Book in Two Languages." New York: Scholastic. Ets, M. and Labastida, A. (1959). "Nine Days to Christmas." New York: Viking. Fisher, L.E. (1988). "Pyramid of the Sun: Pyramid of the Moon." New York: Macmillan. Gleiter, J. (1990). "Benitoa Juarez." Milwaukee: Raintree. Gray, G. (1978). "How Far, Felipe?" Ill. by Ann Grifalconi. New York: Harper. Haskins, J. (1989). "Count Your Way Through Mexico." Ill. by Helen Byers. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda. Havill, J. (1992). "Treasure Nap." Ill. by Elivia Savadier. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Hewett, J. (1990). "Hector Lives in the U.S. Now: The Story of a Mexican-American Child." Ill. by Richard Hewett. New York: Harper Collins. Ian, J. (1989). "Mexico." New York: Watts. Jacobsen, P.O. & Kristensen, P.S. (1984). "A Family in Mexico" New York: Bookwright. James, I. (1989). "Mexico." New York: Watts. Kimmel, E.A. (1993). "The Witch's Face: A Mexican Tale." Ill. by Fabricio Vanden Broeck. New York: Holiday House. Lattimore, D.N. (1987). "The Flame of Peace: A Tale of the Aztecs." New York: Harper & Row. Lewis, T.P. (1971). "Hill of Fire." Ill. by Joan Sandin. New York: Harper. Lye, K. (1982). "Take a Trip to Mexico." New York: Watts. Mora, P. (1992). "A Birthday Basket for Tia." Ill. by Cecily Lang. New York: Macmillan. Moran, T. (1987). "A Family in Mexico." Minneapolis: Lerner. "My First Phrases in Spanish and English." (1993). New York: Simon & Schuster. Poulet, V. (1988). "Azulin Encontro' Algo." Chicago: Children's Press. Poulet, V. (1985). "Azulin Va a La Escuela." Ill. by Peggy Perry Anderson. Chicago: Children's Press. Poulet, V. (1990). "Azulin Visita a Mexico: Blue Bug Visits Mexico." Ill. by Peggy P. Anderson. Chicago: Children's Press. Poulet, V. (1981). "El Libro de Colores de Azulin." Chicago: Childrens Press. Poulet, V. (1988). "El Tesoro de Azulin" Chicago: Children's Press. Roe, E. (1992). "Con Mi Hermano/With My Brother." Ill. by Robert Casilla. New York: Scholastic. Shalant, P. (1992). "Look What We've Brought You from Mexico." New York: Messner. Singer, I.B. (1991). "Por Que' Noe' Eligio' La Palamo." Ill. by Eric Carle. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Taha, K.T. (1986). "A Gift for Tia Rosa." Ill. by Dee de Rosa. Minneapolis: Dillon. Wepman, D. (1986). "Benito Juarez." New York: Chelsea House. Williams, L. (1991). "Getting to Know Mexico." Lincolnwood, IL: Passport Books. POETRY: Dabcovich, L. (1992). "The Keys to My Kingdom: A Poem in Three Languages." New York: Lothrop. (English, French, Spanish) De Gerez, T. (1984). "My Song is a Piece of Jade: Poems of Ancient Mexico in English and Spanish." Ill. by William Start. Boston: Little, Brown. Yolen, J. (1992). "Street Rhymes Around the World." Honesdale, PA: Wordsong. (pages 6-7, 18-19) ACTIVITIES FOR EXTENSION: 1. Celebrate a fiesta with foods from Mexico. 2. Help students make a piñata depicting something from the Mexican culture. Fill it with candy and take outside to swing at and break. 3. Use a pocket chart to collect information learned about Mexico. Put the words on the left in the pocket chart and invite students to find examples from the above books. Volcanoes/Mountains: Popacatapetl, Ixtaccihuatl Cities: Mexico City, Chihuahua, Fresnillo, Pachuca, Taxco, Oaxaca, Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta Foods: tortilla, masa, memela, cafe' de ollita, tacos, menudo, cochinita pibil 4. Match the Spanish words to the English symbols in a pocket chart. 1. Uno (OO-no) 2. Dos (dohs) 3. Tres (trace) 4. Cuatro (KWA-tro) 5. Cinco (SIN-ko) 6. Seis (sace) 7. Siete (see-EH-tay) 8. Ocho (O-cho) 9. Nueve (noo-EH-vay) 10. Diez (dee-ES) 5. Other words to be matched in a pocket chart: COLORS: red: rojo pink: rosado or rosa orange: anaranjado yellow: amarillo green: verde blue: azul purple: morado gray: gris black: negro white: blanco SHAPES: circle: el círculo square: el cuadro triangle: el triángulo diamond: el rombo rectangle: el rectángulo octagon: el octagonol oval: el ovalo WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL: nombre: name alfabeto: alphabet escuela: school números: numbers creyones: crayons
Date: May 14 This date is special because: It is Gabriel Fahrenheit's birthday (1686). Gabriel Fahrenheit introduced the use of mercury in thermometers and improved their accuracy. Books That Relate To This Date: PICTURE BOOKS: Ardely, N. (1983). "Hot and Cold." New York: Watts. Barrett, J. (1978). "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." New York: Macmillan. Bauer, C.F. (1986). "Rain Day Stories and Poems." New York: Lippincott. Bauer, C.F. (1988). "Windy Day Stories and Poems." New York: Lippincott. Berger, M. (1991). "Make Your Own Weather Station." New York: Scholastic. Borden, L. (1989). "Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens." New York: Scholastic. Branley, F. (1985). "Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll." New York: Crowell. Branley, F. (1985). "Hurricane Watch." New York: Crowell. Branley, F,. (1987). "It's Raining Cats and Dogs." Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Branley, F. (1983). "Rain and Hail." New York: Crowell. Branley, F. (1984). "Shivers and Goose Bumps: How We Keep Warm." New York: Crowell. Briggs, R. (1978). "The Snowman." New York: Random House. Caple, K. (1990). "The Coolest Place in Town." Boston: Houghton Mifflin. de Paola, T. (1975). "The Cloud Book." New York: Holiday House. DeWitt, L. (1991). "What Will the Weather Be?" New York: Harper Collins. Dorros, A. (1989). "Feel the Wind." New York: Crowell. Dupasquier, P. (1988). "Our House on the Hill..' New York: Viking. Gibbons, G. (1987). "Weather Forecasting." New York: Macmillan. Gibbons, G. (1990). "Weather Words and What They Mean." New York: Holiday House. Jeunesse, G. and de Bourgoing, P. (1991). "Weather." New York: Scholastic. Kahl, J.D. (1992). "Wet Weather: Rain Showers and Snowfall." Minneapolis: Lerner. Knutson, K. (1992). "Muddigush." New York: Macmillan. Leslie, C.W. (1991). "Nature All Year Long." New York: Greenwillow. Lyon, G.E. (1990). "Come a Tide." New York: Orchard. Maass, R. (1990). "Come a Tide." New York: Orchard. Maestro, B. and Maestro, G. (1990). "Temperature and You." New York: Lodestar. Pearson, S. (1988). "My Favorite Time of the Year." New York: Harper & Row. Pettigrew, M. (1987). "Science Today: Weather." New York: Gloucester. Polacco, P. (1990). "Thunder Cake." New York: Philomel. Provensen, A. and Provensen, M. (1978). "The Year at Maple Hill Farm." New York: Atheneum. Rogers, P. (1989). "What Will the Weather Be Like Today?" New York: Scholastic. Serfozo, M. (1990). "Rain Talk." New York: McElderry. Seymour, P. (1985). "How the Weather Works." Ill. by Sally Springer. New York: Macmillan. Simon, S. (1989). "Storms" New York: Morrow. Spier, P. (1982). "Rain." Garden City, NY: Doubleday. Wilson, F. (1987). "The Weather Pop-Up Book." Ill. by Philip Jacobs. New York: Simon & Schuster. Wyler, R. (1989). "Raindrops and Rainbows." Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Messner. NOVELS: Lawson, L. (1989). "Addie's Dakota Winter." New York: Whitman. Ruckman, I. (1984). "Night of the Twisters." New York: Crowell. POETRY: Adoff, A. (1991). "In for Winter, Out for Spring." San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Adoff, A. (1977). "Tornado Poems." New York: Delacorte. Lewis, J.P. (1991). "Earth Verses and Weather Rhymes." New York: Atheneum. Martin, B. and Archambault, J. (1988). "Listen tot he Rain." New York: Holt. Prelutsky, J. (1984). "It's Snowing." New York: Greenwillow. Yolen, J. (1986). "Ring of Earth." San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Yolen, J. (1993). "Weather Report." Ill. by Annie Gusman. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong. ACTIVITIES FOR EXTENSION: 1. Make a chart of the four season of the year. Ask students which is their favorite. 2. Keep a calendar of special events that are related to weather: the first snowfall, when the first leave turns gold in the fall, and so on. 3. Invite students to make a list of sound words related to weather. 4. Ask students to write or tell weather-related experience stories or poems. 5. Compare temperatures in different locales across the nation. Use the newspaper to chart the high and low temperatures. Date: May 25 This date is special because: It is African Freedom Day. Books That Relate To This Date: PICTURE BOOKS: Aardema, V. (1992). "Anansi Finds a Fool: An Ashanti Tale." New York: Dial. Aardema, V. (1985). "Bimwili and the Zimwi: A Tale from Zanzibar." Ill. by Susan Meddaugh. New York: Dial. (Zanzibar) Alexander, L. (1992). "The Fortune-Tellers," Ill. by Trina Schart Hyuman. New York: Dutton. Anderson, D.A. (1993). "The Origin of Life on Earth." Ill. by Kathleen Atkins Wilson. Mt. Airy, MD: Sights Productions. Barker, C. (1985). "A Family in Nigeria." Minneapolis: Lerner. (Nigeria) Daly, B. (1985). "My Village in Morocco: Mokhtar of the Atlas Mountains." Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett. (Morocco) Daly, B. (1985). "My Village in the Sahra: Tarlift, Tuareg Boy." Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett. Daly, N. (1986). "Not So Fast, Songololo." New York: Atheneum. (South Africa) Feelings, T. (1974). "Jambo Means Hello." New York: Dial. (Swahili) Feelings, T. (1971). "Moja Means One." New York: Dial. (Swahili) French, F. (1993). "King of Another Country." New York: Scholastic. Gray, N. (1988). "A Country Far Away." Ill. by Peter Dupasquier. New York: Orchard. Grifalconi, A. (1987). "Darkness and the Butterfly." Boston: Little, Brown. Grifalconi, A. (1986). "Village of Round and Square Houses." Boston: Little, Brown. (Cameroon) Griffin, M. (1988). "A Family in Kenya." Photos by Liba Taylor. Minneapolis: Lerner. (Kenya) Heide, F.P. and Gilliland, J.H. (1990). "The Day of Ahmed's Secret." Ill. by Ted Lewin. New York: Lothrop. (Egypt) Isadora, R. (1991). "At the Crossroads." New York: Greenwillow. Isadora, R. (1992). "Over the Green Hills." New York: Greenwillow. (Transkei) Jacobsen, P.O. and Kristensen, P.S. (1985). "A Family in West Africa." New York: Bookwright. Kroll, V. (1993). "Masai and I." Ill. by Nancy Carpenter. New York: Four Winds. (Masai) Leigh, N.K. (1993). "Learning to Swim in Swaziland: A Child's Eye View of a Southern African Country." New York: Scholastic. (Swaziland) Lerner Publications. (1988). "Tanzania in Pictures." Minneapolis: Lerner. Lewin, H. (1981). "Jafta and the Wedding." Ill. by Lisa Kopper. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda. Lewin, H. (1983). "Jafta: The Town." Ill. by Lisa Kopper. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda. Lye, K. (1983). "Take a Trip to Nigeria." New York: Watts. (Nigeria) Margolies, B.A. (1990). "Rehema's Journey: A Visit in Tanzanta." New York: Scholastic. (Tanzania) McDermott, G. (1992). "Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa." New York: Dial. McKenna, N.D. (1986). "A Zulu Family." Minneapolis: Lerner. (South Africa) Mennen, I. and Dale, N. (1990). "Somewhere in Africa." Ill. by Nicolaas Martiz. New York: Dutton. (South Africa) Mollel, T.M. (1990). "The Orphan Boy." Ill. by Paul Morin. New York: Clarion. (Masaii folktale) O'Toole, T. (1988). "Malawi in Pictures." Minneapolis: Lerner. (Malawi) Peters, L.W. (1989). "Serengeti." New York: Crestwood House. (Tanzania) Sierra, J. (1992). "The Elephant's Wrestling Match." Ill. by Brain Pinkney. New York: Lodestar. Stelson, C.B. (1988). "Safari." Photos by Kim A. Stelson. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda. (Tanzania) Steptoe, J. (1987). "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters." New York: Lothrop. (Zimbabwe) Stewart, D. (1993). "The Dove." Ill. by Jude Daly. New York: Greenwillow. (Durban, South Africa) Stewart, J. (1986). "A Family in Morocco." Photos by Jenny Matthews. Minneapolis: Lerner. (Morocco) Watson, R.L. (1988). "South Africa in Pictures." Minneapolis: Lerner. Williams, K. (1991). "When Africa Was Home." Ill. by Floyd Cooper. New York: Orchard. Wisniewski, D. (1992). "Sundiata: Lion King of Mali." New York: Clarion. (Mali). NOVEL: Fairman, T. (1992). "Bury My Bones but Keep My Words." Ill. by Meshack Asare. New York: Henry Holt. POETRY: Hudson, W. (1993). "Pass It On: African American Poetry for Children." Ill. by Floyd Cooper. New York: Scholastic. Johnson, J.W. (1993). "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Ill. by Elizabeth Catiett. New York: Walker. Yolen, J. (1992). "Street Rhymes Around the World." Honesdale, PA: Wordsong. (pages 26-27)
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