Anastasia Suen teaches writing to all ages, and uses "Picture Books to Teach the Six Traits of Writing."
She offers the following writing suggestion at her page:
Older Than the Stars by Karen C. Fox (Author) and Nancy Davis (Illustrator), is the Big Bang theory told as a cumulative rhyme. (Facts on each page explain the event in more detail.)
This is the BANG
when the world began.
Ideas Mini-lesson
Primary/Intermediate: Ask students to write a response to the ideas in this book. What did they think about being “older than the stars?” Use the Idea Rake graphic organizer before writing.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
The Children's Book Council
Older Than the Stars was added to The Children's Book Council's reading list!
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Welcome to the AstroBlog
This is the place
where Karen Fox
will tell the story
of the building blocks
that created the bang
from which the world sprang.
where Karen Fox
will tell the story
of the building blocks
that created the bang
from which the world sprang.
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