By: Linda Oatman High
Synopsis: This book is about a young girl who visits The High Diving Horse Show in Atlantic City. The girl falls in love with the horse show and dreams of someday being a diver herself. Her dream comes true as she given the opportunity to dive with one of the professional divers. Later the story continues to say how she becomes a professional diver at the age of eighteen.
Questioning Strategy: I would use the questioning strategy, “Some Questions Are Answered, Others Are Not” for this book. I think it would be an engaging lesson if students wrote questions about the book before reading, during reading, and after reading. The book focuses on an interesting topic of high-diving horses. I think that students would have many questions about this activity. After they finished writing their questions, they would go back and put an “A” next to the questions answered. The questions that were unanswered could develop a group discussion.
A Family is Forever
By: Nancy Carlson
Synopsis: This book is about a girl who is adopted. She mentions how she was adopted by her parents. She talks about her new family and how important they are to her. It shows adoption in a very positive light. It is a good book for children who don’t understand the concept of adoption.
Questioning Strategy: I would use the questioning strategy, “Using Question Webs to Expand Thinking” for this book. I would have the students write in the middle of their web, “What is adoption?” Then they could fill out the web as they read the book and hear many different ideas that come with the idea of adoption. When reflecting on their webs they may realize that children who are adopted and children who are not adopted all have the same definitions of family.
Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats
By: Jim Arnosky
Synopsis: This is a nonfiction book that talks about many different habitats. It specifically mentions different places were many different animals live such as wetlands, woodlands, cornfields, meadows, and much more. It has lots of visual pictures and labels. It’s a good book for children to read to understand more about different living conditions of animals.
Questioning Strategy: I would have students use the questioning strategy, “Reading to Answer a Question” for this book. A main question that would sum up this book would be, “Where do animal’s live?” The students would first be able to ask many different related questions to the main questions. Then they could read the book to find many answers to their questions. They would discover that there are many different places where animals live.
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