Arkansas Diamond List

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Arkansas Diamond List

• 2009-2010

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Brett, JanThe Three Snow Bears

• http//janbrett.com/bookstores/three_snow_bears_bo
  ok.htm

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The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett
http//www.janbrett.com/bookstores/three_snow_bear
s_book.htm http//www.janbrett.com/newsnotes/the_t
hree_snow_bears_newsnotes_index.htm http//www.jan
brett.com/mural_tsb/mural_three_snow_bears_main.ht
m http//www.janbrettvideos.com/how_to_draw_a_baby
_polar_bear_low_bandwidth.htm (can be shown
using computer/projector combination) http//www.s
pokenartsmedia.com/StudyGuides/The20Three20Snow
20Bears.pdf (lesson plan idea) http//www.homesch
oolblogger.com/walkingbytheway/478574/ (folder
idea) http//www.ingramlibrary.com/MRKNG/K12/09.07
/offtheshelf.html (interview with Jan
Brett) http//www.wickedlocal.com/norwell/homepage
/x1909893282 (newspaper article) http//momofmonk
eys.wordpress.com/kindergarten-curriculum/unit-on-
the-three-snow-bears-by-jan-brett/ (lesson plan
ideas) Subjects polar bear, bear (fiction),
bear (folklore), folklore
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Cronin, DoreenDiary of a Fly

• http//www.doreencronin.com/doreen.html

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Diary of a Fly by Doreen Cronin
http//www.doreencronin.com/doreen.html
(Interesting facts about books and Ms.
Cronin) http//www.harpercollinschildrens.com/Kid
s/GamesAndContests/Printables.aspx (scroll down
to find Diary of a Fly and many other favorite
book activities) http//teacher.scholastic.com/pro
ducts/westonwoods/study_guides/diary_of_a_fly.pdf
(activities) http//www.merrybee.info/ba/dfly.html
(activities) http//www.readwritethink.org/lesson
s/lesson_view.asp?id1145 (lesson plan ideas)
http//www.goodreads.com/book/show/531344.Diary_o
f_a_Fly (good blog tips) Subjects flies,
diaries
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Egan, TimThe Pink Refrigerator
http//www.answers.com/topic/tim-egan
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The Pink Refrigerator by Tim Egan
http//www.cherylrainfield.com/picture-book-review
_The-pink-refrigerator.html (book
review) http//martsubhub.lib.wv.us8000/kcweb/kcC
ontent?isbn9780618631544typereviewcontrolnumbe
reph00066664referedbytitlelist (book
reviews) http//www.amazon.com/Tim-Egan/e/B001IR1D
5K (other books by Egan including follow up
books about Dodsworth (main character in Pink
Refrigerator- I guess he really took exploring to
heart!) Explore/Scavenger Hunt similar to
Gingerbread Man hunt for Kindergarten Include
this book with color word study http//rg022.k12.
sd.us/color_word_songs.htm http//www.calicocooki
e.com/colorsongs.html http//imet.csus.edu/imet2/
bowmany/webquest/color/color_song.htm Subjects
self-actualization, laziness
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Harrington, Janice N.The Chicken-Chasing Queen
of Lamar County

• http//boaeditions.org/authors/harrington.html

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The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar CountyBy
Janice N. Harrington
http//suzyred.com/pbks2008chicken.html (the
only website needed!) http//suzyred.com/pbks20
08chicken.html (new version chicken dance) Use
this book during farm unit. Subjects chickens,
farm life, African Americans
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Levine, EllenHenrys Freedom Box

• http//content.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.j
  sp?id3318

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Henrys Freedom Box by Ellen Levine

• http//teacher.scholastic.com/products/westonwood
  s/study_guides/
• henryfreedombox.pdf
• (literature guide pdf version)
• http//www.edhelper.com/books/Henrys_Freedom_Box
  _MixedHTMLReview.htm
• (have to join to get activities, but edhelper is
  a wonderful resource and well worth the money)
• http//www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?i
  d38913_typeBook
• _typeId4492
• (scroll to bottom for activity list these
  activities are for older students)
• http//www.afb.org/braillebug/RCActivities.asp?boo
  kid42
• (questions open response)
• http//schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.us/we/cwp/view.asp
  ?A3Q312623
• (click on January book activities)
• http//www.wfu.edu/garaam5/diversity/multicultura
  llesson.pdf
• (lesson plan outline -states it is for first
  graders a little difficult, however)
• http//www.ncslma.org/BookCompetitions/NCCBA/NCCBA
  Booklet2009.pdf
• (page 8 of activity book-other pages are
  activities for other books)
• http//www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/rail
  road/j1.html
• (Underground Railroad Search)
• http//www.nps.gov/history/NR/travel/underground
  /states.htm

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McNamara, MargaretHow Many Seeds in a
Pumpkinhttp//www.randomhouse.com
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How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin by Margaret McNam
http//www.kids-learn.org/pumpkins/ideas.htm
(Pumpkin Activities) http//www.fastq.com/jbprat
t/education/theme/food/pumpkins.html (other
Pumpkin books) http//www2.scholastic.com/browse/a
rticle.jsp?id3750098 (more ideas) http//www.li
ttlegiraffes.com/pumpkins.html (scroll to songs
and poems) http//www.kizclub.com/Topics/food/pump
kin.pdf (pumpkin sequence booklets and many
other fun ideas) http//www.beaconlearningcenter.
com/Lessons/5164.htm (Pumpkin Seed lesson
w/worksheets) http//www.alabamaaitc.org/class_not
es/pumpkinpatch.pdf (more ideas) Subjects
pumpkins, counting, schools, self-perception
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Noble, Trinka HakesThe Orange Shoes

• http//www.trinkahakesnoble.com/newbooks.html

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The Orange Shoes by Trinka Hakes Noble
http//www.trinkahakesnoble.com/bio.html
(biography and books) http//www.trinkahakesnoble.
com/newbooks.html (synopsis of book) add art
projects to this book study http//www.princetono
l.com/groups/iad/Files/shoes.htm (shoe
art) Subjects shoes, poverty, family life,
artists
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Rankin, LauraRuthie and the (Not so) Teeny Tiny
Lie
http//www.arthuralevinebooks.com/illustrator.asp?
illustratorid35
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Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie by Laura
Rankin
http//www.archbalt.org/light/upload/Making_Good_
Choices-Grades-1-3.pdf (Lesson plan for choices
lesson Christian School but could be used in
Public School, also) http//www.aikenstandard.com/
sports/0906-east-aiken-assembly (newspaper
article about a school skit based on the
book) http//charactercounts.org/lesson-plans/cha
racter-education-lesson.php?id61 (cool egg
idea to represent lying - handout) Subjects
honesty, behavior, schools
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Schwartz, David M et alWhere in the Wild?

• http//davidschwartz.com/blog/category/books

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Where in the Wild by David Schwartz
http//www.author-illustr-source.com/David20Schwa
rtz.htm (Author Biography) http//www.kiwimagonlin
e.com/bookclub/reviews/where-else-in-the-wild-more
-camouflaged-creatures-concealed-and-revealed-by-d
avid-schwartz/ (Follow up book) http//www.science
netlinks.com/lessons.php?DocID509 (Science
lesson to go with the book) http//www.nhptv.org/
natureworks/nwep2a.htm (Camouflage
website) http//animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-
facts/animal-camouflage-pictures.htm (Animal
camouflage photos) http//animals.howstuffworks.co
m/animal-facts/animal-camouflage1.htm (More
Animal camouflage photos) Subjects animals,
camouflage, animals (poetry)
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Tinkham, Kelly A.Hair for Mama

• http//www.kellyatinkham.com/

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Hair for Mama by Kelly A. Tinkham
Unfortunately there is very little information is
available on this wonderful title.
http//search.barnesandnoble.com/Hair-for-Mama/Ke
lly-Tinkham/e/9780803729551 (Book review and
synopsis) http//www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/conten
t/CRI_2_6X_Dealing_With_Diagnosis.asp (Helping
children whose parents have cancer) http//www.nel
ib.org/conference/2008/program/2-08-6-specialneeds
.pdf (Bibliography of childrens books about
diseases and disabilities) http//www.tlcdirect.or
g/depts/americancancersocietyhatsforcancerpatients
.html http//www.hatswithheart.com/ (Hats and
Caps for Cancer Patients) Activity A great
activity for your students would be to have them
decorate ball caps or other soft hats for cancer
patients. Think how they could bless others with
their efforts.
Subjects cancer,
hair, mothers and sons
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Van Leeuwen, JeanPapa and the Pioneer Quilt

• http//www.jeanvanleeuwen.com/

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Papa and the Pioneer Quilt by Jean Van Leeuwen
http//www.jeanvanleeuwen.com/meetjvl.html (Ms.
Van Leeuwens website) http//users.manchester.edu
/Student/cmsautter/ProfWeb/Entire20Unit20 Plan.p
df (Unit created by Education students. This
will help jumpstart a pioneer unit with some good
ideas) http//www.awhc.org/docs/Education/PioneerL
ife/LessonPlans/Quilts20and20Pioneers.pdf (Quilt
Block lesson plan) http//www.patternsfromhisto
ry.com/pioneer_patterns/wfpattern.htm (Pattern
for Wandering Foot (Turkey Tracks) quilt block.
Use scrapbooking paper for each student to make
their own block.) Take students on field trip to
one of the Pioneer Villages located in
Arkansas. Subjects quilts, overland journeys
to the Pacific, frontier and pioneer life,
Oregon National Historic Trail, and West
(U.S.)