Thursday, September 18, 2014

Pet Friends

Our second graders are thinking about the question:
"How can a pet be an important friend?"
They are reading many blue fiction picture books to help them answer that question.

Here are some books from three different colors on the Rainbow of Books that will help you think more about how a pet can be an important friend.

Pet Friends Book Rainbow:
Orange:  Pet Heroes by Nicole Corse
Green:  Cat Poems selected by Myra Cohn Livingston and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
Green:  It's Hard to Read a Map with a Beagle on Your Lap by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by Clément Oubrerie
Purple:  Henry and Mudge:  The First Book by Cynthia Rylant and Suçie Stevenson

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If you've read Not Norman by Kelly Bennett you might want to listen to Norman's side of the story in Not Curtis also written by Kelly Bennett and read by Ms. Kramer.


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Tell me what you think in the comments below!  You could...
1. Tell what you think about the Pet Friends Book Rainbow.
2. Compare Not Norman and Not Curtis.
3. Tell examples from any pet friends stories you've read that show how a pet can be an important friend.

45 comments:

  1. Henry and mudge is a good book for your child to read. They will like. Grace

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    1. i think you are right it has 2 different point of views and kids can learn from that

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  2. In both books when he played music the fish played music too. The. He said just because you played music doesn't mean I'mm going to keep you. Grady

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    1. That is true because through the story each character was thinking the same thing to themselves but with a different point of view.Jerry.W

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    2. Your right Grady. He did say that, and it turns out that Norman and Curtis both didn't want each other. Then, in the end they realized that they were both pretty good people and that they wouldn't trade each other for anyone.

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    3. yes but in the other book he was singing not playing

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    4. That is true Grady because through the story each character was saying the same thing to themselves but with different opinions

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    5. Great job Grady!!! I agree with you they both have the same opinions but in different stories.

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  3. My fish was scared when I got him. Emily

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  4. The books are the same. Others kids should read it. It,s a great book. Victoria

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  5. The pet friends rainbow look good. I want to read Henry and mudge. Anthony

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  6. I love when Curtiss save the goldfish.joe

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  7. Norman said he would not trade Curtis to any one else because he loves his pet fish and he is so happy with his pet fish Curtis he is glad to have the purification fish. Ashley R.

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    1. Your so right Ashly.

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    2. Nice job Ashley! I agree with you. Curtis does not want Norman and Norman does not want Curtis, but at the end of both books they become very close friends.

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  8. In both stores it was funny wen Norman ran out of water and refilled it in the water foutin. James

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    1. Yah James! That was funny. I like your comment really much! From, Aidan💪

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  9. Norman didn't want certis and certis didn't want .

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  10. This book is the same as "Not Norman" but it just shows what Norman is thinking in Not Norman. I like the book, it is cool. Aidan

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  11. You can get the Henry and muge in al library

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  12. I think that the books are really alike they are both really good books.
    Johanna.B

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    1. I agree with you Hannah, both books are very similar the only difference is who's telling the story. I think it is important to hear both sides of the story because sometimes it changes your opinion . What story did you like more, "

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  13. I think that that not normin and not Curtis are booth great Books. Mia

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  14. I think that book Interesting and it has a lot of details

    Amelia.M

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    1. I thought they were interesting, too! My favorite part was in the second story, "Not Curtis", when Norman thought that the tuba was whale music!

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  15. I love this book because I have never had a pet. Declan

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  16. I think that they are alike because Norman does not want cridis and cridis does not want Norman
    Caleigh.m

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    1. I agree with because throughout the the both stories they have different point of views so like in "Not Curtis" they say same lines but with different lines.

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    2. Good job, Caleigh! It was also interesting because in the beginning, they both want to find a different human or pet but in the end, they realize that they only want each other.

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  17. I love both books because they both did not want ech other. Maya P.

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  18. Henry was searching for a dog and he found Mudeg to be his pet dog.

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  19. In Not Norman it was the same story as Not Curtis but from differenet points of view.

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  20. in both books the charecters where curtis and norman but they where in different point of views.

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  21. The books "Not Norman" and "Not Curtis" had same events and plot but diiferent presvictives of the background and events.They had the same dialouge but different characters saying them.

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    1. I agree that they both had the same events and plot but different perspectives of the background and events.

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  22. I agree with Amelia because the books were interning and and had different point of views

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  23. This book I think was interesting between the two points of views

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  24. I also agree with Maya because they both did not want each other in both books but in the ends they want each other

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  25. I agree with Maya because they did not want each other but ended up knowing that they do need each other.

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