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Arbor Day Square (2010)

by Kathryn O. Galbraith(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1561455172 (ISBN13: 9781561455171)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Peachtree Publishers

review 1: Audience: PrimaryGenre: Historical fiction picture bookPre-Reading Strategy: Think-Pair-ShareThis strategy requires the students to think about the question asked them,then pair up with a partner and share their ideas. I would use this strategy so that the students would have time to discuss what they think and hear what others think.Beginning statement: I would begin this reading lesson by asking if anyone has heard of Arbor Day. We would then have a discussion about what they may know about the holiday already. If they have never heard of it before I would give them a brief summary of what Arbor Day is. I would explain that it is a holiday that started in Nebraska in the 1800's. To celebrate Arbor Day people plant trees during the month of April. I would also expla... morein that when people first came to the prairies in the Midwest there weren't a lot of trees and that is why people had to plant them.Questions: While reading the book I would stop every few pages and ask the students different questions about things I read in the story or what they saw in the pictures. When and where do you think this story takes place? How can you tell? What kinds of things are different from back than they are today? We could also discuss the different relationships between the townspeople, and what the people are doing in the pictures and what clues they saw to help them know these things.They would then find a partner and share their ideas with this partner. I would then have someone from each pair share what they discussed.Closing: After reading the book and discussing all of our ideas I would ask them how they think this book is related to Arbor Day and how they came to their conclusions. They would partner again to share their ideas, and finally we would share as a group.
review 2: The only things missing in Katie's prairie settlement are her recently deceased mother and trees. "There are no trees on the prairie. No trees for climbing. Or for shade. No trees for fruit or warm winter fires. No trees for birds. Or for beauty." The whole town chips in to purchase trees from back East and joins together to plant the first fifteen trees all over town. Katie and her father plant one special tree for Mother. Each year, the townspeople plant more trees, beginning the annual Arbor Day tradition that still takes place across the US. The author provides a brief history of Arbor Day in the back of the book. less

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