Ana Martinez Professor Rich Literacy February 19, 2013

Fantastic Farm Machines by Cris Peterson Grade: Kindergarten Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction, Technology Year: 2006 In this book it starts of with giving the reader a comparison of how farming technology has blossomed and how throughout the generations more machines have been created to facilitate farming. The book mentions twelve machines that are used on the farm. Within each page it names a machine and puts them in the order farms use them, such as the tractor which they use for grading the road then comes the chisel plow to turn the soil over. Arranging the book in that manner allows the reader to connect machines with each corresponding step in how maintain. This book is great to use because it specifies the machines and how they contribute to farming. It lets readers begin to think about how each machine and step is essential for the next step. It also allows readers to think about the idea of having all small steps leading up to something larger than them and when coming together it creates something great and wonderful. After reading this book students will be asked as a class to complete a project. This project will be to pick a machine and do a research project on it. They will be required to write paragraph describing the job and the importance it has on the farm. They will be allowed o present it in any

way they would like. This book and project will allow the readers to expand their lexicon. It allows readers to become familiarized with the terminology and their definitions. Connecting to the common core standards the author and illustrator of the text defines the role of what they are attempting to describe in the book. They make clear what their goal is for the reader, which is to inform the readers of all the types of machines farmers use and how they have evolved. (Literacy. RI.K.6)

Farm Patterns by Nathan Olson Grade: Kindergarten Genre: Year: 2007 This book begins with providing the reader a definition of what a pattern is. With the definitions provided readers can clear of what that will be looking for and at. This book gives students a scenes of how patterns may apply through different contents, and how they can be all around without them noticing, therefore this book helps readers identify them in places they may be familiar with. This book would be great to introduce to the class and help them see patterns within the classroom and being to explain how patterns are formed not only with colors or objects but with reading materials as well. Students will be required to identify patterns at school and at home. On apiece of paper students will illustrate the pattern they may have found. Asking them to illustrate the pattern will let the teacher distinguish whether students understand the concept of patterns and if they are able to describe them. On the back of the paper they will be asked to write what the pattern is, an example would be if they drew purple and yellow strips They will write purple strip, yellow strip

and so on. This assignment will help readers begin to categorize and distinguish the pattern. Identifying patterns will help with poetry and patterns that exist in there. To connect it to the common core standards this book allows readers to describe the relationship between illustrations and the text. With each illustration the text describes the patterns. (Literacy. RI. K.7)

Market Day by Eve Bunting Grade: Kindergarten Genre: Fiction Year: 1999 The book begins with introducing what is a market and how the market is set up. Within each page it describes different sections of a market. It lets the reader become familiar with categorizing the food within a market. It touches upon animals that are found on a farm and describes how each play a role. This book will help students compare and contrast markets they have seen before and different types of markets they have seen in their countries. This book talks about a boy and his family and their experience in a market, after the book is read readers can compare their experiences. After reading the book out loud, students will be asked to illustrate his or her day at a market. If they have not been to one they can make one up or write about why they may have never been to one and if they will be interested to go why or why not. With each picture they are required to illustrate what they saw and next to it they will be asked to write what they remember saying or feeling. With this assignment it will help students identify the highlights of their day, which will help with reading. This is so because when students read they will remember the highlights, well

major events and characters. They not only will draw his or her experience but also will record their events in sequential order. Helping them place their events in sequential order will help students begin to see the importance of events and how one thing may lead to another. To connect to the common cord standards, this book supports and identifies the characters, settings, and major events, which is taking a trip to the market, which is described throughout the entire book. This book keeps up with the characters and what they do at the market. (Literacy. RL.K.3)

Farmers Market Rounding by Julie Dalton Grade: Kindergarten Genre: Rookie Books Year: 2007 This book is about a little boy and his father taking a trip to the market. They have a list containing ingredients of a salsa mix and their goal is to figure out how much they will spend on the ingredients. They both go looking for the ingredients at a market and Miguel, the little boy, is required to write down how much each item costs. Miguels dad asks him to round to the nearest ten. In one of the pages it provides the rules for rounding. This book will help readers that are just beginning to learn and become familiarized with the rules for rounding. This book can easily be correlated with math and reading. This book will help with using math in real life contexts. During a math class, the teacher will read this book out loud and have students identify the prices and help them with rounding numbers. On the board the teacher will have written out the rules of rounding. Students will practice on white boards and show the teacher the number they have

rounded. The follow up activity will be to have the teacher set up a mini market and have food with prices on it but the prices will consists of the last number not being a 5 or 0 in order for them to practice rounding. Students will make a chart having the price of the item and then the next column would be the number rounded up or down. This will demonstrate whether the students have grasp the concept or not. To connect to the common core standards this book allows readers to understand that the last number said tells the number of objects counted. The last number is very crucial to determine whether to round up or down. (Math.Content.K.CC.B.4b)

Corn Aplenty by Dana Meachen Rau Grade: Kindergarten Genre: Young readers Year: 2009 This book would be great to use when first introducing the theme of farms. The book truly simplifies the process and steps of working a farm. It also includes all the requirements to have a successful working farm. This book can be read by young readers themselves because it uses words that are mainly one syllable. This book points out the process of maintaining a farm. It begins with the soil and planting the seed. It then continues on to discuss what needs to be done to allow the seed to grow into vegetables. It then talks about what is done to the food when it is done growing. This book will be read independently. Like in any other classroom, differentiation occurs. Teacher will work with struggling students in a guided reading discussion. After every student has read the book, the class will come together and discuss the book. Teacher will ask what the

story was about and what the major topics were. Teacher and students will take a major portion of the book and further discuss it. The part would be on planting seeds. As the activity, students will draw a diagram illustrating the fundamentals of planting a seed and label each element, becoming familiar with the vocabulary. Together as a class, we will plant a seed in a pot. We will review what is needed to get a seed to grow into a flower. We will keep a chart to record the changes that may occur. To connect to the common core standards this book helps readers identify key words that are used on a farm. It creates a separate dictionary for farms. These words can be added to the readers lexicon. (Literacy. RI.K.1)

Thunder Boomer by Shutta Crum Grade: Kindergarten Genre: Picture Book Year: 2009 This book gives readers a description of what needs to be done when a storm is about to occur. This book takes place on a farm therefore I decided to add it to the collection. This book touches upon the different aspects and problems farmers and people who live around farms have to deal with. At the beginning of the book the family is very calm and is enjoying the day at the lake when all of a sudden it begins to rain. The family begins to father the clothes and the farm animals up into the house. Within the house they observe what is happening outside and they each express how they feel about the situation. At the end of the book the family is relieved the natural disasters is over and they survived it.

This book will be read out loud by the teacher. As a follow up activity students will choose one natural disaster and do a research project on it. They will describe what causes it to happen, where it happens frequently, what possible damages can it do, and any categories or levels it may have, such as categories in hurricanes. They will also be required to create a glossary containing words that are crucial to know when dealing with natural disasters. This project will be presented in any way they would like as long it includes all the topics. This project will let students pinpoint major events in the book and in any other books. To connect to the common core standards this book helps readers identify major events in the book, such as the storm. The major events is a natural disaster in which can occur in many different places. It also identifies the procedures and how people may feel during a natural event. (Literacy. RI.K3)

Growing Patterns by Sarah C. Campbell Grade: Kindergarten Genre: Natural History, Mathematics and Numeracy, and Sciences Year: 2010 This book is great to use when introducing angels in math class. It begins with introducing the reader to the seed and what it does. It provides several foods that grow from seeds into fruits or flowers. Each picture of an item has a diagram drawn on top to demonstrate and distinguish angels within the item. It numbers each angel, helping readers differentiate the angles. This book can be used to help readers begin to identify angels in the environment they are in. Readers will implicitly learn how to identify angels.

After reading the book out loud and discussing each page students will be asked to draw any object that has edges. We will discuss each page by pointing out all the angels and making sure the students are able to distinguish and recognize them. After illustrating the object they will be required to draw out all the angels and label them as acute, obsolete or right angles. To connect to the common core standards this book allows readers to describe objects in the environment and allows them to name shapes they see and begin to see angles and how they are used to form shapes and objects within the environment. (Math. Content. K.G.A.1)

All Around the Farm by Heather Alexander Grade: Kindergarten Genre: Juvenile audience Year: 2007 This book truly touches every aspect of farming. It describes all the animals on the farm and their contribution to the farm. It also talks about the different types of farms, helping readers compare and contrast them. It discusses the process from the moment the food or item that is harvest on the farm to when it gets to the public. It discusses the roles farms take and their contribution to maintain the farm in excellent conditions that will allow harvesting to occur. It also describes the seasons and what happens to the farm during each season. At the very end of the book it compares and contrasts the different farms that exist within several cultures. After reading out loud the book students will be asked to compare and contrast the different types of markets. They will create a Venn diagram separating all the categories, such as the food harvested on each farm, what machines are used, the different chores and routines that are required from farmers, and locations of the farms, where it is mostly found. Comparing and

contrasting the farms will help students with literacy development because it will take reading to the next level, they may learn how to read words of major concepts but without knowing the meaning of it and comparing it to another concept to fully grasp the ideas development cannot continue to occur. By visualizing it students can begin to grasp the concept of comparing and contrasting objects and soon will be doing it mentally. To connect to the common core standards this book allows the reader to compare and contrast markets and farms and compare them to the readers experience in them. (Literacy. RL.K.9). It can also reinforce key words and bring in more information on key words and can form questions in their minds and can clear them up. (Literacy. RL.K.1)

One Green Apple by Eve Bunting Grade: Kindergarten Genre: General Fiction Year: 2007 The setting of this book is at an apple farm. This book does not describe farms but rather takes a deeper approach. In this book it talks about a girl that has arrived to America knowing very little English and is on a farm with her classmates. In the beginning of their journey through the farm, the main character, the little girl, feels alone because she cannot communicate with her peers but throughout the farm, after seeing all that contains in an apple farm, she begins to communicate with her peers and begins to form relationships. After reading the book with partners, and having the teacher work with students that are having greater difficulty with reading, students will be gathered to the front of the room to discuss the book and any concerns they may have. The discussion will contain topics such as the theme,

characters, plots, settings, feelings, and anything they may feel that is important. After grasping the main concept of, Anna, the main character having difficulty adjusting to a new culture. Students will be asked to write a paragraph describing an incident where they may have felt uncomfortable or uneasy when entering a new culture or an unfamiliar environment. They will be asked to describe how he or she felt at the moment, what caused them to feel that way, what the atmosphere was like, and what was the outcome of that situation. Having students write about their experience allows them to connect to the main character in the story. Being able to connect to the story makes it more interesting for the student. To connect to the common core standards this book allows students to compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories with their own experiences. (Literacy. RL.K.9)

Me on the Map by Joan Sweeny Grade: Kindergarten Genre: General Nonfiction Year: 1996 This book begins with introducing the main character and a map of his room. The author then puts it into a larger perspective by having him draw a map of his house that included his room then takes it to yet another larger perspective, including is his house on the street and this continues on until there is a map of the earth in space. This allows students to see how something can be put into a larger perspective, which is contributing to something larger than them. This book illustrates the types of maps used for each perspective. This book helps identify key words that are used on maps, creating a map dictionary in the readers minds.

After reading the book out loud, students will be required to draw maps illustrating either his or her room, house, street, town, state, or country. They will be asked to label his or her map with the correct vocabulary. By labeling it helps students familiarize themselves with the word and the meaning of it, it is a form of assessment to see if they fully grasp the idea. Drawing a map also helps students familiarize with maps and being able to read them, in order to navigate to destinations.