Sunday, June 7, 2009

The Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotow

Genre: Fiction
Publishing: Harper & Row Publishers 1989 (32 pp.)
Awards/Honors: Caldecott Honor and Horn Book Fanfare

Summary: A little boy watches a storm come up in the country while a young man in the city looks at the storm out his window. An old fisherman feels the rain from the storm splatter against his skin at the sea and in the mountains a farmer herds his sheep to shelter. Evenly the storm rolls over and the sun returns and the little boy sees a rainbow in the sky and asked his mother "What's that?"

Personal rating and Why:
This is a good book to read. It is an interesting book and it is a great to use to make connection. The pictures are very detail and realist.

Reading Level: 4.2
Interest Level: K-2

Integrated Units:
Science: Introduce the water cycle
Geography: Discuss physical features of a region
Lang./Art: - Make connection to the story
Writing: Have the students share an experience that have had with storms

Potential Problems or Difficulties: Students fear of storms

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