Category: Book of the Week

This is a cute and entertaining story about a young boy who travels the world while learning many new and exciting languages. But will all of his foreign friends let the boy go back to his home, life, and most of all- language? Find out in What is Your Language!

Ask:
-Why does the boy ask “What is your language?”
-Where did the boy travel to?

Write:
Write about the language or languages that you know and use. Describe what the words sound like and what they mean.

Draw:
Draw a picture of what a house would look like in a different country. Include details and if you desire, people from your country.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a very cute book by Eric Carle. This book is about a little baby caterpillar that gets very, very, very hungry! It is an adorable tale that tells kids a bit about the life cycle of a caterpillar.

Ask

• Why is the caterpillar so hungry in this story?
• What did you learn about a caterpillar from this story?

Write 

• Write a story about you being hungry. Describe all the food that you eat and have a surprise ending for your readers.

Draw

• Draw a picture of your very own caterpillar. Add some detail. On the back of your paper draw a pretty butterfly to show the change of a caterpillar.

Ten Little Ladybugs is an adorable book for young children learning how to count. In this delightful story, ten little ladybugs are sitting on a leaf. One by one they get taken away! How did these insects disappear? Find out in Ten Little Ladybugs!

Ask

• What can you learn from this story?
• What happens to the ladybugs in this book?

Write

• Write about a bug that has bad things happen to it. How does it get in trouble? What type of bug is it?

Draw

• Draw a ladybug. Add detail to the background.

This week’s book of the week is The Scrambled States of America. This is a fun and silly book by Laurie Keller. In this exciting story, the states decide that they are tired of being stuck in the same places every day, and they want to have a party. A few states think that it would be fun to trade spots with each other, and before you know it the states are packing their bags and swapping places. This turns out to be a disaster along with some very scrambled states of America! Find out what happens by reading The Scrambled States of America.

Ask

• Why did the states want to trade places with each other?
• How did the states fix their problem?

Write

• Write about what it would be like if you were a state. Who did you trade with? What problems came your way? Use details to describe your life as a state.

Draw

• Draw your own state. Include color and detail. Draw your state capital and a few cities.

This week’s book of the week is The Lorax. It is a book that teaches you that you have to care for nature or very bad things can happen. This book is about a young boy who asks the Onceler about what happened to all of the trees. The Onceler explains his story and much more. Find out what happens in The Lorax!

Ask

• What does this story teach you?
• Why do you think the Onceler is sad about what he did?

Write

• Write a story about an imaginary creature that protects nature.  How do they do their job? Do you try to help them?

Draw

• Draw your own Truffala trees. Include lots of details and draw a Lorax.

This book is about a woman named Mrs. Peters. She has seven children who were very picky eaters. Mrs. Peters gets tired and stressed on the night before her birthday. In the middle of the night her seven kids make her a cake out of the foods that they so enjoy. Unfortunately, they turn their mother’s cake in to a dessert disaster! Read The Seven Silly Eaters to learn what happens next!

Ask

• What is the main idea of the story?
• Why was Mrs. Peters upset before her birthday?

Write

• Describe what you would do if you had seven silly eaters. How would you control your temper? How would you feed your children?

Draw

• One of my favorite pictures is the picture of their bedroom. Imagine what your bedroom would look like if you had six siblings. Draw your bedroom!