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Grade 1 Library Guide, PXES: DL Support

Grade 1 Library Guide, PXES: Opinion Writing Materials to help support Grade 1 literacy units

Wangari's Trees of Peace by Jeanette Winter

Wangari's Trees of Peace by Jeanette Winter (Illustrator)
Call Number: E 921 MAA
Publication Date: 2008-09-21

Wangari's Trees of Peace (Lesson Outline)

Wangari's Trees of Peace by Jeanette Winter (Recorded by Miss Betty)
Planting Hope, Interview with Wangari Maathai Short (about three and a half minutes) interview with Wangari Maathai in which she describes how planting trees brought hope back to the people of Kenya.

Life by Cynthia Rylant & Brendan Wenzel

Life by Cynthia Rylant; Brendan Wenzel (Illustrator)
Call Number: E RYL
Publication Date: 2017-06-27

Life (Lesson Outline)
Discussion guide and teacher notes for using Life by Cynthia Rylant & Brendan Wenzel.

Life by Cynthia Rylant & Brendan Wenzel, Recording by Miss Betty
Screen capture recording of Life by Cynthia Rylant & Brendan Wenzel.

Tomorrow's Alphabet

Tomorrow's Alphabet by George Shannon; Donald Crews (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 1999
A is for seed, B is for eggs, C is for milk -- what's going on here? The seed is tomorrows Apple, the eggs are tomorrows Birds, the milk is tomorrows Cheese! Explore a wonderful world of possibility with an imaginative alphabet puzzle that encouraged young readers to look beyond the obvious.

Tomorrow's Alphabet, Lesson Outline
Mini-lesson outline for Tomorrow's Alphabet by George Shannon and Donald Crews.
Tomorrow's Alphabet, Recording by Miss Betty
Screen capture read aloud recording of Tomorrow's Alphabet by George Shannon and Donald Crews.

Mimic Makers: Biomimicry Inventors Inspired by Nature

Mimic Makers by Kristen Nordstrom; Paul Boston (Illustrator)
Call Number: (Sora Collection)
Publication Date: 2021-07-13

This link connects to a folder in which you will find lesson notes as well as files to the recorded text.

Mimic Makers: Biomimicry Inventors Inspired by Nature (Recorded Text and Discussion Outline.)

Buildings Inspired by Nature

Buildings Inspired by Nature by Boone, Mary
ISBN: 9781474785440

Buildings Inspired by Nature (Recorded Text)
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Digital copy was purchased by the librarian. A hard copy was added to the 2023 annual book order.

Buildings Inspired by Nature (Lesson Outline)

Clothing Inspired by Nature

Clothing Inspired by Nature by Weston, Margeaux
ISBN: 9781474785594

Clothing Inspired by Nature (Lesson Outline)

Clothing Inspired by Nature (Recorded Text)
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Text was purchased digitally by the librarian. Also, a hard copy was added to the 2023 annual book order.

Tech from Nature

Use the series of books on Epic! to extend students' inquiry into biomimicry. I have organized lessons per teacher requests into these groups:

Cat's Eyes to Reflectors and Woodpeckers to Helmets

Cat's Eyes to Reflectors and Woodpeckers to Helmets (Recordings and Lesson Outline)