#roni schotter

[thechildrensmuseum]

Hanukkah Sameach! This book by author Roni Schooter was the winner of the National Jewish Book Award. 

#hanukkah #hanukkah sameach #festival of lights #chanukah #roni schotter #Judaism

[picturebookshelf]

Hanukkah! (1990)

Story: Roni Schotter -- Art: Marylin Hafner

#hanukkah #Chanukah #holidays #winter #dreidel #1990s #90s #picture books #kidlit #children's literature #kid books #children's books

[chaoscoordinatordiaries]

The 2023 Diaries: Week 2

This week was a little less frantic, and I feel like I'm settling into some of the routines for this year. It's going to be a lot of work simply because I'm learning a whole new curriculum in 3/4 subjects, but my team is incredibly organized and has a lot of resources they've used in the past, which are always a great place to start.

Fourth grade focuses more on social studies than science, so this week, we used some of the experiments that I typically for our math unit on data. Fourth grade data is more fun for me, since it's more focused on graphs than statistical measures (which is where they pivot to in fifth grade). This week, we tested two science questions:

Which coin will hold the most drops of water?

and

How does the height of the drop affect how much an egg will splatter?

Both of these are fun to start with because they grab the kids' attention really well. After all, who would believe that a dime will hold 30 water drops and that an egg dropped from 5 feet will create a splatter that is 150 inches at its widest point? (Yes, those were our actual results this week!)

We kept up our mindset work in language arts with a few focused readalouds: What Do You Do With a Problem? by Kobi Yamada, Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter, I Hate English by Ellen Levine, and Whoosh! by Chris Barton. At the end of the week, the students started working on their growth mindset posters so we can put those up on the walls before back to school night.

All of that, plus the usual getting-to-know-my-students work, plus digital citizenship lessons so they can start using their computers, plus health lessons on the immune system?

This long weekend was definitely one we needed!

#the actual diaries #growth mindset #science experiments

[lakecountylibrary]

It’s the first night of Hanukkah! Here are some suggestions for kids from Cedar Lake Branch:

Oskar and the Eight Blessings by Richard Simon

Hanukkah Hamster by Michelle Markel

Little Red Ruthie by Gloria Koster

The Missing Letters: A Dreidel Story by Renee Londner

Hanukkah! by Roni Schotter

All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins

Kugel for Hanukkah? by Gretchen M. Everin

The Ninth Night of Hanukkah by Erica S. Perl

We’ll be replenishing the display as people check them out, so you might find even more books when you visit. Have a wonderful Hanukkah!

#LCPL recs #Hanukkah books #kids' books #happy hanukkah #library displays #cedar lake branch

[deliciouslyfuriouscheesecake]

Go, Little Green Truck! By Roni Schotter Read Aloud For Kids

#reading #books and libraries #kids videos #truck #farm #farmersmarket #horse #pig #cow #food #family #work #barn #feild #farmer

[readearly]

The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter and Giselle Potter is a story about a boy who loves words.  He loves how they sound, taste, rattle in his brain, and the way they play on the strings of his heart.  Words brought happiness to Selig, the young boy, but his parents worry about him and he is bullied and ridiculed in school, which leaves him feeling lonely.  Selig then has a dream where he discovers with the help of a genie that words are meant to be shared with others, not pushed away.  His words eventually become helpful to a poet and a baker and other lucky characters that need his help.

This book is great for students who love words and teachers who want their students to become interested in words.  This allows for a discussion about why words are fun and how knowing a lot of words are helpful.  The text and pictures depict wonderful words, some long and some short. All the words are included in a glossary included in the book to aid in vocabulary.  The pictures are bright and detailed and book is illustrated in a way that forces students to look closely at the words on the page.  This book can be used in order for students to create their own word walls that can help in the classroom.

[tamaraniac]

Top Ten Tuesday (#1): Top Ten Gateway Books

http://tamaraniac.com/2014/04/top-ten-tuesday-1-top-ten-gateway-books/

#top ten tuesday #f is for freedom #roni schotter #the tale of despereaux #kate dicamillo #animorphs #ka applegate #artemis fowl #eoin colfer #warriors #erin hunter #percy Jackson and the olympians #rick riordan #every day #david levithan #good omens #neil gaiman #terry pratchett #little brother #cory doctorow