Book Detail
Big, Blue Whale |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Davies, Nikola | Illustrator: Davies, Nikola | ||||||||
| Title: Big, Blue Whale | Date: 1997 | ||||||||
| Publisher: Candlewick Press | City: Cambridge, MA | ||||||||
| ISBN, paperback: 1-56402-895-X | ISBN, hardback: | ||||||||
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: | ||||||||
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: | ||||||||
| Picture: Yes | |||||||||
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): nonfiction, easy reading | |||||||||
HSE Descriptor(s): science |
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Summary: |
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| Everything you ever wanted to know about blue whales is presented in an easy reading format with enjoyable illustrations and an interesting placement of the typeface. The author-illustrator conveys a sense of wonder about whales. | |||||||||
Teaching Ideas: |
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| This book adds an easy reading version of whale information to a small but fascinating text set. Teachers may want to use a K-W-L strategy or use the book to teach students how to skim for information. The migration paths of blue whales offer map study and the size suggests math estimation activities (a 100' piece of string and an alternate unit of measure like a car or a person to see how many people long a whale is). The book abounds with intriguing similes (whale skin feels like a hard-boiled egg) that may help students brainstorm more figures of speech to describe whales. Check out the web sites below for images and sounds of blue whales. web sites: earthwindow.com/blue.html, newport.pmel.noaa.gov/whales/bluecall.html | |||||||||
Teaching Strategies: |
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 K-W-L Instruction Strategyhttp://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf |
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Brainstorming Activities (Guidelines) http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/brainstorming.pdf |
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