pickStone Fox is a wonderful LC novel for your older elementary school kids! With his grandfather sick, Little Willy searches far and wide for a solution to their family's soon to be downfall. He goes on a long journey to keep his family's potatoes farm standing. When he discovers a race that just might save him, Little Willy does anything and everything he can to win. With the help of a new friend, Stone Fox, Little Willy saves the farm.
panAnother book that‘s just not for me, but for very different reasons than the last. I don‘t like books with dogs. And the ending 👎 Based on a Rocky Mountain legend according to the author. This reads like a 3rd or 4th grade class book. I kept thinking of Sarah Plain and Tall while reading but I cannot for the life of me remember if they‘re even similar. Overall, I‘m glad my student liked it and shared with me, but it‘s definitely not a favorite.
This RF book is great for an IR! The main character, Willy, must find a way to make his grandfather better whom had recently fallen ill. Willy's quests to figure out what his grandfather needs to get better lead him to entering the town's famous dogsled race. Willy's biggest competition is an out-of-towner, Stone Fox. Stone Fox has never lost a race but Willy intended to beat him this time. Will Willy win? Read to find out!
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pickStone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner is a RF children‘s novel perfect for a RA for a grade 3-5 classroom. This book follows the life of a young boy, Little Willy, who lives on a potato farm with his sick grandfather and his dog, Searchlight. The farm taxes hadn‘t been payed so the farm was going to be taken away by the tax collector.
I read this when I was in the third grade so I don‘t remember any names but I‘m really sensitive ESPECIALLY when it comes to dogs dying like how the main dog in this book dies at the end so I can almost guarantee that if I readily again now I would cry.
pickThis HF book is a Utah Beehive award winner, along with other awards. The theme of this book is perseverance. At the beginning we see Little Willy wake up and find Grandfather in bed. Grandfather normally wakes him up and is ready for the day with a smile. This day, he is in bed not responding, but staring at the ceiling. Little Willy is left to runntheir potato farm and to find out how to get Grandfather well again.
panVery short book set back in the early 1900's. Theme is rather dark for a children's book and includes sever depression and sickness, child abuse, and death at one point. Would probably work best with young adult readers when discussing elements of a story, but not good for younger readers.
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I wrote a blog post about meeting John Reynolds Gardiner when I was in the 5th grade. You know, in case any of you wanted to check it out.
http://bookhoardersanonymous.weebly.com/thoughts/enjoy-the-struggle
I read Stone Fox with my 3rd graders and for that last chapter I spread everybody out around the room so they can deal however they need to deal without embarrassment. Me personally, I have not reread that final chapter ever. Also I do not allow copies of the book Hachiko Waits into my classroom. #feistyfeb @RealLifeReading #ALLTHEFEELS #teachersoflitsy
I remember reading this book to my daughter many years ago with tears streaming down my face. This is a pic of my dog Lexi, she is about 15 years old we got her from a husky rescue site. #petsoflitsy
so-soDay 26: rereads. I first read this in grad school, HATED it, & vowed never to teach it (so of course it ended up being part of this year's curriculum). Now that I've read it with students, I can see its redeeming qualities in some themes that make for great discussion (Willy's determination, Stone Fox's mistrust of white men, Grandfather's depression), but everything I don't like about this book still stands (continued in spoiler-tagged comments).
I'm not really an animal person, but for #CatsVsDogs I have to go with Searchlight, the loyal sled dog from Stone Fox. #OctPhotoChallenge
pickGoing to teach character traits so I found Stone Fox. Not sure how I'll get through this book without crying in front of my classes! 😢
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In the literature circle, students can work together to accomplish each activity together. They accompany the UDL guidelines 2.1 (clarify vocab and symbols) & 3.2 (highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships). The vocabulary activity and comprehension questions will aid in achieving these. 4y