Book Group Post 4 : Feb. spotlighted McMullan and Ahlberg and Mar. covered some j500's

We read Hooray for Bread by Allan Ahlberg and talked about other books by the Ahlbergs and the McMullans in February.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_and_Allan_Ahlberg

https://www.katemcmullan.com/

http://jamesmcmullan.com/BIO3.HTML


March started something new with a diversion into the j 500's.  We shared the following titles: (again, let me know if I missed some that we talked about)

• Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Sisson
• Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years by McAnulty
• The Glow In the Dark Book of Space by Harris
• Bedtime Math by Overdeck
• Island A Story of the Galapagos by Chin
• Max Goes to Mars by Bennett
• Water Can Be by Salas
• Magic School Bus books by Cole
• Wonderful Winter: All Kinds of Winter Facts and Fun by Goldstone
• Our Family Tree by Peters

Author #120: The Multiplication of One Grain of Rice with Demi

And this is why you never agree to do one minute of homework at the beginning of the school year, with the homework doubling each class period.  One Grain of Rice by Demi  is an clear way to teach about the power of exponents. Rick Regan explains it far better than I ever could in his post on the exploring binary website: http://www.exploringbinary.com/1073741823-grains-of-rice/