Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea |
Publication Information
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Author: Butterworth, Chris |
Illustrator: Lawrence, John |
Title: Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea |
Date: 2006 |
Publisher: Candlewick |
City: Somerville, MA |
ISBN, paperback: |
ISBN, hardback: 978-7636-4140-5 |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
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Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
nonfiction, easy reading
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HSE Descriptor(s):
science
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Summary: |
Beautiful color woodcuts illustrate information about the Barbour seahorse. The book includes pictures of other types of seahorses and an index (that is also a good vocabulary list). |
Teaching Ideas: |
Readers could make a list of characteristics of the Barbour seahorse--food, locomotion, reproduction, habitat etc.--perhaps using a matrix. Then individuals could choose a different seahorse from the end papers to research, adding it to the matrix. Or teachers could use the keyword "fish" to assemble a text set from the database for further research. Students could then do comparison/contrast writing using the information in the matrix or using a Venn diagram. Students could write an acrostic poem using "sea horse" |
Teaching Strategies: |
Copy Change
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf
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DR-TA: Directed Reading Thinking Activity
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/dr_ta.pdf
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K-W-L Instruction Strategy
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
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Matrices or Charts
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf
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Venn Diagrams
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf
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Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword |
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