Caldecott Award
Award winning books to help us learn in 1st grade!
Strega Nona
Strega Nona, the grandmother witch, is known around the town for her powers to cure headaches, make warts disappear, and mix a potion to find a girl a husband. Big Anthony comes to work for her. One day he sees her using her magic pasta pot and even though Strega Nona warns him never to touch it, he is enthralled by it. He waits for his chance to use it when Strega is gone and faces a pretty big consequence.
Students will be using the book to learn about predicting as a strategy. Students will predict prior to reading and refine predictions while reading in order to more easily understand new concepts. We will also use the book to discuss character traits and cause and effect.
The Snowy Day
This book works great with sequencing, an important skill to learn how stories work. The children will do a series of writing prompts that have them discuss what happened first, second, next, after, then, etc.
Fun Fact:
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats was the first American picture book that featured an African American child as the main character.
Inch by Inch
The story follows a cleaver inchworm that is proud of his ability to measure anything under the sun. When faced with the danger of being eaten by a hungry robin he has to think quick about how to get away.
When Sophie Gets Angry... Really, Really Angry
This thoughtful story depicts a young girl who becomes really upset when her sister demands for a turn playing with a favorite stuffed gorilla, but she takes her time to cool off and regain her composure.
Officer Buckle and Gloria
The children at Napville Elementary School always ignore Officer Buckle’s long list of safety tips, until a police dog named Gloria accompanies him when he gives his safety speeches. Suddenly Officer Buckle's safety tips become famous and the town becomes a little safer.