ࡱ>    !"#$%&'()Root EntryZ O2!?pT*CONTENTS NCompObjVms, I noticed that there are a lot of ways that storms can be integrated into other subjects. Some include; Language Arts, Mathematics, Art, Social Studies, History, or Music. There is a wide of variety of literature to help support these subjects if a teacher wanted to integrate storms into them. Fantasy Barett, Judi. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. New York: Atheneneum, 1978. Illustrations: Ron Barrett The children in the story are told a tall tale from their grandfather about a town called ChewandSwallow. Instead of going to the grocery store, the town recieves their food three times a day by weather. Unfortunately, the weather gets a little crazy, the town has to move and change their ways of life. This is a good book to show children what effects storms can have on a person s way of life. They can also use this story to imagine if we had different kinds of storms. Ages 5-10 Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1995. A fantasy book about experiencing a hurricane by being in one. Mrs. Frazzle takes her students in the magic school bus for a trip inside a hurricane. A very funny book filled with many facts about hurricanes. Ages 4-8 Kuskin, Karla. James and the Rain. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. Illustrated by Reg Cartwright A boy named James goes out in the rain and talks to the animals and asks if they know any rain games. All of them have games they play depending on what animal they are. The book is also in a rhyming format and it also has counting in it. It starts with one cow and ends with ten cats. This is a cute quirky book that a young child would enjoy. Ages 4-8 Pinkwater, Daniel. Rainy Morning. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Illustrations by Jill Pinkwater An easy to read book aCHNKINK NTEXTTEXT=FDPPFDPP@FDPPFDPPBFDPCFDPCDSTSHSTSHFSTSHSTSHF2SYIDSYIDPFSGP SGP dFINK INK hFBTEPPLC lF BTECPLC FFONTFONTF<STRSPLC F:PRNTWNPRGFRAMFRAMKTITLTITL&L,DOP DOP RL"Storms By: Jeana Pavoni For my final project, I decided to use science as my subject and storms as my topic. There is a lot of information available for teachers and students on storms, and I would like to use this time to find out what kinds of different literature will work the best. Although weather is a topic that comes up in the older grades in school, the younger elementary classes also teach different aspects of weather. Weather provides an array of different aspects that students can learn about. My focus will be storms and the different kinds that there are. When I first started looking for a topic, I found a lot of information of the different kinds of storms that there are. I have even learned about storms that I did not know much about. Some of the different storms that I explore in this project are; thunderstorms, hurricanes, snowstorms, tornadoes, and sandstorms. I have also put some professional websites for teachers into the project to enhance the books, and there are also some websites for students. The websites for the students allow for them to explore more about storms outside of the classroom and there are also some experiments that they can do. Storms are a good topic for younger and older children because everyone can relate to them from real-life experiences. They can also see how storms affect other people all over the world, see the danger in storms, learn safety precautions, and learn the history of storms. Some of the resources that I used to find the children s literature were the Elmhurst Public Library and the Indian Prarie Public Library. I also used the Barnes and Noble website to find books on storms. Some of the professional reasources that I used were,. As I researched all of the different books that there are on storbout a couple names Mr. and Mrs. Submarine who have some unexpected guests on a rainy morning. The couple invites all kinds of different animals into their home to get out of the rain. Ludwigh van Beethoven even shows up! A cute light story that young children would enjoy. Ages 4-8 Realistic Fiction Polacco, Patricia. Thunder Cake. New York: Philomel Books, 1990. A story about a childhood experience that Patricia Polacco had about the fear of thunderstorms. Her grandma helps her get over that fear by having Patricia help her get the items to make a thunder cake. In the end, the young girl realizes that she is brave and does not need to be afraid of storms. This is a wonderful picture book that has illustrations and text that enhance the anxious feeling that many children have during a thunderstorm. This is a good book for children to make connections to their real life and thunderstorms. It also teaches a child how to count how far away a storm is and there is a recipe at the end to make thunder cake! Ages 4-8 Multi-Cultural Hesse, Karen. Come on, Rain! New York: Scholastic Press, 1999. A young girl named Tess is hoping for rain. It has been a hot and dry and the plants and animals are in need of a cool down. Finally, the rain comes and Tess and her friends celebrate. A wonderfull book that shows the effects of how certain things depend on rain. Wonderful descriptive words to describe how the rain looks and feels. The illustrations truly enhance the text of the book. Ages 4-8 Folklore Goble, Paul. Storm Maker s Tipi. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001. A legend about the storm maker of the Native Americans and the first man and woman. There are other stories about other men who were caught by the storm make. By trying to shelter themselves from the storm maker, the Native Americans create the tipi. Ages 6-10 Poetry Baird, Audry B. Storm Coming! Pennsylvania: Boyd Mills Press Inc., 2001. Illustrations by: Patrick O Brien A book of poems about rainstorms. The poems create different feelings about storms that people feel. A great book to use for younger children to help them feel storms by only using their imaginations. The poems have a lot of descriptive words to help visualize the storms. Ages 5-10 Rogasky, Barbara. Winter Poems. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1994. Illustrated by: Trina Schart Hyman A collect of different poems about winter at different parts of the season. Although not all poems are about snowstorms, there are many that are useful. Some of the poems included are; Oregon Winter, Snow Toward Evening, Skiing, and other pieces of major poems. Some selections include poems by Edgar Allen Poe and Shakespeare. Ages 5-10 Biography Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. Snowflake Bentley. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. A biography about a man named Wilson Bentley who loved the snow and it fascinated him. As a child he would try to look at snowflakes through his microscope, but they would always melt. Eventually, his parents bought him a camera so he could capture the snowflakes. Wilson Bentley became interested in other seasons as well. A great book with colorful pictures that attract any reader. Ages 7-12 Non-Fiction Branley, Franklyn M. Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll. New York: Harper Collins Publishing, 2000. Illustrations by True Kelley A picture book that explains thunderstorms and how thunder and lightening occur. There is also some information on precautions to take if there is lightening. At the end, there are some experiments to find out more about thunderstorms. There are also some websites on global forecasting, storm information and tracking, and the hows, whys, and wonders of storms. Ages 4-8 Kespart, Deborah. Rain and Shine. New Jersey: Two-Can Publishing, 2000. 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