Right Here on This Spot
Written by: Sharon Hart Addy
Illustrated by: John Clapp
Published by: Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston in 1999
ISBN:0-395-73091-0
Genres: Picture Book, Informational Text, Realistic Fiction
Reading Level: Grade 3
Activity Level: Grades 1, 4
Summary: This book is about what has happened on a grandfather's farm in the past. It is about finding a Civil War soldier's lost button, a large bone from an extinct animal, and a Paleo-Indian's lost arrowhead. It provided readers with an interesting history about the time of these Native Americans and what the world was like when they lived there as well as some introductory information about the Civil War. It is about past times and the appreciation we should have of them.
Response: I really like that this book talks about the past and makes readers guess what has been found before it tells them directly. I think that it will increase the inquisitive nature of the students who hear or read this story as well as encourage them to share stories of what they have found in their backyards.
The illustrations in this book are very beautiful. Most of the double-page spreads have a white frame around the illustrations and white spaces on each side of the frame where the story is written and where there is usually another smaller black and white sketch of something related to the story. A lot of the illustrations are in dark colors that really express the the sadness of the loss of Indian traditions and soldiers in the Civil War. The illustrations closer to the end of the book are in brighter colors and are very detailed, especially the one on pages 21-22, which includes all of the things one might traditionally find in a grandmother's house. The hands on pages 23-24 are also drawn with amazing detail.
Teaching Connections: To use this book in a first grade classroom a teacher could read this book to her class and ask questions throughout to encourage her students' thinking skills. For example, when the book talks about the glacier melting, the teacher could ask what concept the author might be referring to (global warming), and when the story talks about a soldier losing a button, she could ask in what war the students think he might have fought in and help them with their answers by making note of some context clues, since, at that age, they may not know. She could also ask what animal the bone found in the story might have come from. (Note: the teacher will have to define what a mastodon is and should read the historical note to her class after she reads the book to them.)
To use this book with a fourth grade class, the teacher could read it to her students and then have them research this group of Native Americans or the Civil War and make a short presentation to the class about their findings.
What Students Learn: From this book and the subsequent activities students learn about the Paleo-Indians, the Civil War, and gain skills in story prediction.
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Written by: Sharon Hart Addy
Illustrated by: John Clapp
Published by: Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston in 1999
ISBN:0-395-73091-0
Genres: Picture Book, Informational Text, Realistic Fiction
Reading Level: Grade 3
Activity Level: Grades 1, 4
Summary: This book is about what has happened on a grandfather's farm in the past. It is about finding a Civil War soldier's lost button, a large bone from an extinct animal, and a Paleo-Indian's lost arrowhead. It provided readers with an interesting history about the time of these Native Americans and what the world was like when they lived there as well as some introductory information about the Civil War. It is about past times and the appreciation we should have of them.
Response: I really like that this book talks about the past and makes readers guess what has been found before it tells them directly. I think that it will increase the inquisitive nature of the students who hear or read this story as well as encourage them to share stories of what they have found in their backyards.
The illustrations in this book are very beautiful. Most of the double-page spreads have a white frame around the illustrations and white spaces on each side of the frame where the story is written and where there is usually another smaller black and white sketch of something related to the story. A lot of the illustrations are in dark colors that really express the the sadness of the loss of Indian traditions and soldiers in the Civil War. The illustrations closer to the end of the book are in brighter colors and are very detailed, especially the one on pages 21-22, which includes all of the things one might traditionally find in a grandmother's house. The hands on pages 23-24 are also drawn with amazing detail.
Teaching Connections: To use this book in a first grade classroom a teacher could read this book to her class and ask questions throughout to encourage her students' thinking skills. For example, when the book talks about the glacier melting, the teacher could ask what concept the author might be referring to (global warming), and when the story talks about a soldier losing a button, she could ask in what war the students think he might have fought in and help them with their answers by making note of some context clues, since, at that age, they may not know. She could also ask what animal the bone found in the story might have come from. (Note: the teacher will have to define what a mastodon is and should read the historical note to her class after she reads the book to them.)
To use this book with a fourth grade class, the teacher could read it to her students and then have them research this group of Native Americans or the Civil War and make a short presentation to the class about their findings.
What Students Learn: From this book and the subsequent activities students learn about the Paleo-Indians, the Civil War, and gain skills in story prediction.
Image Retrieved From:http://www.giantstepsbooks.com/images/picks/righthere_sm.jpg
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