The Day the Dog Said, "Cock-a-doodle Doo!"

The Day the Dog Said,
Author: David McPhail
Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Scholastic Canada
Total Pages: 31
Release: 1997
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780590738873

The farm animals are bored until a big wind strikes the barnyard.

Striking a Balance

Striking a Balance
Author: Nancy L. Cecil
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 547
Release: 2020-05-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 042981030X

Now in its sixth edition, Striking a Balance clearly illustrates how to create a comprehensive early literacy program that places direct skills instruction within the context of rich and varied reading and writing experiences. Text discussions, dynamic activities, and valuable appendices provide a variety of effective instructional resources, selected based on research and teacher testimonials. The sixth edition incorporates recent updates to national and state standards, as well as expanded sections on working with English language learners and students with special needs, while maintaining the book’s essential features: classroom vignettes, discussion questions, field-based activities, a student website, and study guide. An essential resource for early literacy instructors, this textbook’s practical approach fundamentally demonstrates how children develop authentic literacy skills through a combination of direct strategy instruction and motivating contexts.

Project-Based Inquiry Units for Young Children

Project-Based Inquiry Units for Young Children
Author: Colleen MacDonell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2006-11-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1586833804

Set in the wider context of the project approach to learning, this book addresses the needs of both library media specialists and teachers in preschool, kindergarten, and primary grades. Educators who want to use stories and nonfiction to promote independent learning in young children will love this book. The reader will find practical hands-on activities where each sample lesson includes content, learning goals, and strategies for teaching and assessing learning. Librarians and teachers will learn not only how to guide young children through the research process, but also the important why to do this. These developmentally appropriate research lessons are ready to teach for grades preschool through second.

Cock-A-Doodle-Oops!

Cock-A-Doodle-Oops!
Author: Lori Degman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1939547075

"While the rooster is gone, the pig, cow, sheep, and other farm animals attempt to rouse Farmer McPeeper with "cock-a-doodle SQUEAL," "cock-a-doodle MOO," and "cock-a-doodle BAAAA," with hilarious results"--

Leading the Common Core Initiative

Leading the Common Core Initiative
Author: Carl A. Harvey II
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2014-11-25
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Defining both the Common Core Standards and the school librarian's role in their implementation, this book offers ready-to-use lesson plans and other tools for grades K–5 and identifies opportunities for collaborative teaching. As elementary schools in nearly all 50 states are faced with meeting the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), school librarians need to understand the challenges and have lesson plans ready to help. This resource introduces the CCSS in English and mathematics to K–5 librarians and aides, helping them to understand the concepts, analyzing the impact on the school library, and providing lesson plans, resources, and other tools for implementation in integrated instruction with other curricula and collaborative teaching with other elementary teachers. Based upon the authors' own experiences in adopting the CCSS in their school, the included exemplar lesson plans and ideas are designed to support school librarians as they begin to collaborate with teachers in using the Common Core Standards in their daily classroom instruction. The book also discusses the opportunities for advocacy that result from the librarian's instrumental role in implementing the CCSS, both as a staff developer and a collaborative partner teacher.

My Ponies

My Ponies
Author: K. A. Alistir
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1996-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780590254892

A girl imagines the many wonderful ponies she will have when she grows up and thinks about how she will enjoy their company.

Our Silly Garden

Our Silly Garden
Author: Karen Berman Nagel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780439200592

Unusual things sprout up in a garden in which silly things, such as socks and a hairbrush, were planted.

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo!

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo!
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2020-12-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Cock-A-Doodle-Doo!" by Herman Melville is a classic tale set in the 1850s. Melville's signature storytelling style shines through in this work, exploring themes of morality, ambition, and the complexities of human relationships. A must-read for fans of classic literature and those looking to immerse themselves in Melville's evocative world.

The Shy Scarecrow

The Shy Scarecrow
Author: Mary Packard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780439317047

A shy scarecrow is too scared of the hungry crows to do his job, but the farmer helps him gain the courage that he needs.

Buddy

Buddy
Author: Brian McGrory
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2012-11-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0307953084

Award-winning journalist Brian McGrory goes head to beak in a battle royale with another male for a top-spot in his home, vying for dominance with the family’s pet rooster. Brian McGrory's life changed drastically after the death of his beloved dog, Harry: he fell in love with Pam, Harry's veterinarian. Though Brian’s only responsibility used to be his adored Harry, Pam came with accessories that could not have been more exotic to the city-loving bachelor: a home in suburbia, two young daughters, two dogs, two cats, two rabbits, and a portly, snow white, red-crowned-and-wattled step-rooster named Buddy. While Buddy loves the women of the house, he takes Brian's presence as an affront, doing everything he can to drive out his rival. Initially resistant to elements of his new life and to the loud, aggressive rooster (who stares menacingly, pecks threateningly, and is constantly poised to attack), Brian eventually sees that Buddy shares the kind of extraordinary relationship with Pam and her two girls that he wants for himself. The rooster is what Brian needs to be – strong and content, devoted to what he has rather than what might be missing. As he learns how to live by living with animals, Buddy, Brian’s nemesis, becomes Buddy, Brian’s inspiration, in this inherently human story of love, acceptance, and change. In the tradition of bestsellers like Marley and Me, Dewey, and The Tender Bar comes a heartwarming and wise tale of finding love in life’s second chapter - and how it means all the more when you have to fight for it.