I am in search of a great read aloud for. I have read Despereau to my class and the kids alsolutely loved it- (I love the language- the message etc) I was just wondering if anyone knew of another book of this claibre to read aloud to second graders (I have read Edward Tulane to the kids as well).
----- Original Message ----- From: "Betsy Lafontant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] read alouds > In the Witch's Boy, several fairy and folk tales (i.e. Cinderella, Red > Riding Hood) are retold with the main character's foster mother in them. > As > I read the book to my kids, they identified the original story and how it > was turned on its head in this novel. > > On 6/11/07, Barbara Punchak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Which text is a connection to The Witch's Boy? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> On Behalf Of Betsy Lafontant >> These read alouds were huge hits in my fifth grade class: >> >> The Witch's Boy by Micahel Gruber (great for discussing text-to-text >> connections) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
