Read On: Cover to Cover
| Series
Information |
Curricular
Areas:
Language Arts, Reading, Literature, and Art |
| Length:
16/15-Minute Programs, CC |
| Grade
Levels: 4-5 |
| Teacher's
Guide |
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Using
a "cliffhanger" approach with illustrations, computer
graphics, music, and narration, Read On: Cover to Cover stimulates
the students' desire to read while exposing them to a variety of
exciting and well-written books. Host, John Robbins, will introduce
16 books which are chosen to broaden each student’s reading
abilities, experience and appreciation for reading.
Episode Descriptions
1 McMummy by Betsy Byars — This tale anticipates
the of discovery of what lives inside a plant pod.
2 Number the Stars by Lois Lowry — The year is 1943 and the
Nazi occupation of Denmark is at its height. Ellen Rosen is a young Jewish
girl who seeks refuge with a Danish family.
3 Strider by Beverly Cleary — Leigh Botts, trying to deal
with his parents’ divorce, is thrilled when he and Barry find an
dog and agree to share custody. Then Leigh decides he wants the dog all
to himself.
4 Sing Down the Moon by Scott O’Dell — Tells the story
of a young Navaho girl’s courage and tenacity in the face of adversity,
surviving slavery and a forced march from Arizona to New Mexico in 1863.
5 Me, Mop and the Moondance Kid by Walter Dean Myers — The
story of three children who grew up in a home for orphan children who
are good kids who play terrible baseball until Sister Carmelita gets involved.
6 A Jar of Dreams by Yoshiko Uchida — Immigrant parents struggle
to do well in their adopted country, learning the sting of prejudice,
yet trying to impart traditional values to their American-born children
7 Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka; The Not-So-Jolly
Roger by Jon Scieszka — Both books are witty "page-turners"
and are part of the Time Warp Trio series.
8 Teacher’s Pet by Johanna Hurwitz; Attaboy Sam by Lois Lowry
— Sam makes home-made perfume for his mother with hilarious results.
Cricket remains the teacher’s pet while competing with a new girl
in class.
9 El Guero by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino — Through El Guero’s
eyes, the reader sees the lowly conditions of the indigenous people of
Mexico and the illegal land grabs of American filibusters.
10 On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder — This
fourth book in the "Little House " series begins with the Ingalls
family arriving in Minnesota to start a new life.
11 Chevrolet Saturdays by Candy Boyd — This story tells about
Joey Davis, an African-American fifth grader, who is trying to cope with
the frustrations of forming a stepfamily.
12 Pigs Might Fly by Dick King-Smith — This story is told
from the point of view of the animals on and around the farm, and in particular
about Daggie Dogfoot, the piglet who sets off to fly.
13 The Haymeadow by Gary Paulson; Hatchet by Gary Paulson —
In The Haymeadow, Paulson captures the ambiance of Western ranch life.
In Hatchet, he chronicles the tribulations of young Brian as he learns
how to survive in the wilderness.
14 Daphne’s Book by Mary Downing Hahn — Twelve-year-old
Jessica faces a couple of difficult choices as she befriends Daphne, a
girl who is generally ostracized by her peers.
15 Dragonwings by Laurence Yep — This story presents honest
portraits of bigots and criminals in both the Anglo-American and the Asian-American
sections of San Francisco around the turn of the century.
16 Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder — This is the story of
young Will who goes to live with his aunt and uncle in the south after
his immediate family was wiped out during the Civil War.
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