Math Book

Give Me Half!

By: Stuart J. Murphy

Imagine you have a pizza and your brother or sister wants some. What do you do? Of course you would split it in half. In this book, two siblings do exactly that with a pizza they want to eat. But, just like the pizza we imagined, fractions can be awfully messy. However, they can also be fun! To learn more about fractions, check out this book!

This book comes from a series of funny math stories that have the purpose of making math fun. These books would be a great way to introduce math (fractions specifically with this book) to your students. This also is a great way to show your students how to use math outside of the classroom and to show that they are already using it in their everyday lives. 

Science Book

National Geographic Kids

Planets by: Elizabeth Carney

What is in space? What are the other planets? What are these other planets like? There are so many questions we have about space and this book will answer some of them. This fun book gives interesting facts about space and the planets.

This book goes into the science genre because it is a science lesson. The planets are something the children will learn about later in one of their future science classes.  

This book would be very beneficial because it explains planets and space in simple language that the students will understand. I also believe that space is an interesting subject that the children will enjoy learning about. 

Social Studies Book

Joining the Boston Tea Party- by Diane Stanley

"Liz, Lenny, and Grandma are back for another time-traveling adventure. With the Fourth of July fast approaching, there's only one thing for them to do...

JOIN THE BOSTON TEA PARTY!"

What would be the best way to teach a history lesson? What if you could go back in time and live through the history? In this book, the characters do just that! This book is from a series about a pair of twins who do many different things. What better way to teach your students a subject than to act like they are experiencing it themselves? This shows children the firsthand life of colonial America because that's what the kids in the book experience when they use Grandma's magic hat. 

This would be an ideal book for us as future teachers because it makes learning about history fun and interesting. Your students won't even realize that this is a history lesson as they follow along on this adventure with the characters. 

According to www.meriamwebster.com, social studies is defined as "a part of a school or college curriculum concerned with the study of social relationships and the functioning of society and usually made up of courses in history, government, economics, civics, sociology, geography, and anthropology". This book does teach about the study of social relationships and the functioning of society, so this would be a great choice for a social studies book.

Nonfiction

"Winds howl. Rain pours down. Violent waves crash on to the shore and the storm surge causes flooding. The dangerous, spinning storm is a hurricane."

Did you know that something called natural disasters happen in different places all over the world? What are the different types of natural disasters? 

By reading the book "Hurricanes!" by Gail Gibbons, you will learn about one of the types of natural disasters. This specific type is a POWERFUL storm that can toss school buses and boats around like toys! If you read this book, you can learn more about this real-life storm and you can even learn about what people should do if a hurricane occurs.



As a teacher, we can use this book (along with many other Gail Gibbons books)to give our students practice reading, while also letting them learn other subjects. This book specifically gives a science lesson and a language arts lesson. If you add in other topics while reading this, such as the hurricane scale and the math behind hurricanes (how high they can rise, how far they can travel), you just added math into the book as well. You could also talk of the different places hurricanes occur, which brings in social studies. This book can be used across a variety of subjects, if used correctly. 
This book fits under the nonfiction category because it tells of true facts and is a real-life occurrence. This book also helps develop background knowledge, helps with future schooling (such as science lessons), addresses student's questions and interests, and it also is based on WHAT the children read (instead of only focusing on HOW much they read).

Traditional Literature

Traditional Literature

""He may not be quite as handsome as the others," she says, "but...I am sure he will make his way in the world as well as anybody.""



Have you ever heard of the saying to "never judge a book by the cover?" What does that mean? It means that things are not always what they seem. The unknown makes life exciting and differences are what makes things amazing. 

What if I told you there was a story about a family of ducks and one of the ducks was special? The special duck was always picked on and felt very ugly and sad. The duck was so sad that he ran away all by himself. But, this story takes a turn of events and something UNTHINKABLE happens! What happens? Read to find out!

What makes this book traditional literature? It is a story that has been passed down through generations. The story has a purpose and a meaning behind it. This story has a message for the readers. 

                                                   

Poetry

Poetry

“When you think things are bad, 

when you feel sour and blue,

when you start to get mad . . .

you should do what I do!”

Have you ever found yourself just down in the dumps? Have you ever felt sad or mad and didn't know what to do? What do we do when we have emotions we don't know what to do with? 

When you feel this way, have you ever thought how others' feel? Do others feel as upset as you? Are things really as bad as you feel? After reading "Did I Ever Tell You How LUCKY YOU ARE?", by Dr. Suess you will think differently about when you are upset. This book shows different peoples' struggles and it makes you re-think the struggles you are having. If you ever felt any of the ways I listed above, you might want to just take a look at this book to see just exactly how lucky YOU are. 

Like I listed in the quote above, this book is full of rhymes and the words you read will just flow together in a smooth way, like most poems do! A poem is a type of writing where the author carefully chooses the language to fit together and to make the readers feel emotion. This book will do exactly that, meaning the words are carefully chosen to create a smooth and interesting story that makes you feel a certain way.