Three Children Literature (7)

Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak - This book is about a boy named Max and he was a boy that dressed himself as a wolf. He roared at his mom and his mom would call him wild thing. So mom sent him to bed without eating anything but when arriving to his room Max made his room imaginary and made it into a forest. Max the boy had made it as if it took him a year to sail to a place where the wild things are. There is where he met the wild animals and apparently he wasn't afraid of them. According to Max he made himself as the king and hung out with the animals. So then later on he tells the animals that it is time for bed and sent them off to bed without eating like his mother did to him. Now Max has decided to go back home and the animals didn't want him to go but still left. When arriving home to his room he saw that he had supper waiting for him and that it was still hot.
Teaching Ideas: You can show them the front of the book, back of the book, the spine and what the spine is for. You can also have the students draw their own wild thing and present it to the class so they can share the differences on what illustrations that are on the book.

Poetry Books:
A Circle of Seasons by Myra Cohn Livingston- This book has about thirteen poems that have different seasons that are celebrated throughout the year. It describes the seasons and how the weather comes about.
Teaching ideas: I would have the students do a poem on what they think would be good for a season that they enjoy and present it to the class. I would also have them do a collage of the different seasons.

Where the sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein- The book has different poems that children can adapt to. It has meaning about how children are in their childhood days.
Teaching ideas: I would have the students do a poem and have them do one that is hilarious to them and have them present it to the class.