Vivian Gussin Paley

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Vivian Gussin Paley

• The Girl with the Brown Crayon
• In this book Paley uses a Leo Leonni author study
  to entice her kindergarten class to explore,
  question and debate.
• It is amazing how much insight the kindergarten
  children have on certain topics brought out from
  reading such books as Swimmy, Fish Is Fish,
  Frederick, and more.

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Learning with Leo Leonni
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Any grade can read and explore these books using
Blooms taxonomyhigher level thinking through
synthesis, analysis and evaluation.
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• Leo Leonni Bio
• (http//www.randomhouse.com/teachers/rc/rc_ab_lli.
  html)
• A short biography of Leo Lionni from the Teacher
  Resource Center _at_ Random House Books.

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Author studies can be utilized in grades
kindergarten through 5th grade.

• Leo Lionni Author Study (http//coe.west.asu.edu
  /students/dcorley/authors/Lionni.htm) Includes a
  student-written report about Leo Lionni with
  links to bibliographies.

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Book Reviews from Children(ages 7 to 10)

• Lionni, Leo Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
  Lionni, Leo The Biggest House in the World
  Lionni, Leo A Color of His Own Lionni, Leo
  Extraordinary Egg Lionni, Leo Fish is Fish
  Lionni, Leo A Flea Story Lionni, Leo Frederick
  Lionni, Leo The Green Tailed Mouse Lionni, Leo
  Little Blue and Little Yellow Lionni, Leo Six
  Crows Lionni, Leo Swimmy

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Lessons Plans Little Blue and Little Yellow
(http//www.carolhurst.com/titles/littleblue.html
) Describes how the author came up with the idea
for this popular children's book. Finds links to
other books with the theme of color.    
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• Swimmy Extension Activities(http//www.kiddyhouse
  .com/Teachers/Literature/LeoL.html) Includes
  links to lesson plans for using Swimmy in the
  classroom.

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An Author Study

• Different grade levels
• Differentiated instruction
• Web searches
• Performance Based