Emily Arnold McCully's SCHOOL is the winner of a CALDECOTT MEDAL. Originally it was published without
text but later on a few sentences of explanation were added. Whether
you get a book with or without text you and yours should enjoy the cute
story and adorable mice.
The story is cute. The first pages show a passel of young mice in the
kitchen with mama. They are getting ready for school and if you have the text version you
will see the text: "School Time!"
The following pages have all the little
mice heading off to school with their books and backpacks... all but
Bitty. And Bitty mouse doesn't like this at all. So she sneaks out
to follow her siblings. When she gets to school everyone is busy, but
of course the teacher doesn't leave her outside. She enters and watches
all the classroom activities. And when the teacher finds her getting
restless, she asks Bitty to be her helper.
And
Bitty does help, but while occupied the teacher calls mom to let her
know what is going on. And by the time mom gets there, Bitty is tired
and ready to go home.
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Topic: SCHOOL at the Kindergarten reading level
Topic: THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL - books at the Kindergarten reading level
Topic: SCHOOL at the 1st Grade reading level
Review: TINY GOES BACK TO SCHOOL (Carl Meister)
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USE: Perfect for the first days of school or to read before school starts. SCHOOL
can be used to remind children of what school is like, or to show some
of the activities that take place at school so little ones will know
what to expect on their first days.
SCHOOL
can be used as a Primer/practice reader (see level below). Even by
children too young to read. It's been shown that pretending to read is a
beneficial activity for pre-readers. Looking at the images and then
constructing a story exercises children's imaginations and gets them
ready to interact with the world of print.
WHAT I REALLY THINK: Children will enjoy the cute artwork and the fact that this book has lots of mice! The simple sentences are there for practicing, but the original text-less use is just as useful. A good book for school book baskets/shelves.
Pam~
SCHOOL
Reading Information:
This book comes in two versions -- with and without words
With Words -- 105
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 1.0 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 100005
~ library find
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