Definition: Respecting themselves, others and the world around them.
Check out these books! We know our students LOVE to read! :) Enjoy!
The Hundred Penny Box. (E MAT)
Mathis, Sharon. Scholastic Inc., 1989.
Michael has a close and special relationship with his great-great aunt Dew who is a hundred years old. Worried that his mother doesn’t understand the importance of Aunt Dew’s hundred-penny box Michael carefully protects this magical box filled with one hundred years of memories freely shared between his great-great aunt and Michael as he repeatedly counts the contents.
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie de Paola (E DEP)
These are the childhood memories of Tomie de Paola as he lovingly recreates a time when he was four years old and had a 94 year old grandmother who lived upstairs and a younger grandmother living downstairs and they all shared the same house. Appreciation, Respect
Pink and Say. (E POL)
Polacco, Patricia.Scholastic Inc., 1995.
Two young men bond despite the difference in their skin color during the Civil War when Pinkus Aylee rescues Sheldon Curtis, who had deserted his troops. Pinkus brings Sheldon to his burnt plantation home where his mother nurtures them back to health. Marauders kill Pinkus’ mother and soon they are tracked, captured and separated in one of the worst Confederate camps.
The Story of Ferdinand. (E LEA)
Leaf, Munro. Puffin, 1977.
From the start Ferdinand the bull was unlike the other frolicking, fighting bulls, but content to sit peacefully under a shady tree and smell the flowers. When five men arrived one day to find the fiercest bull to fight in the bull fights in Madrid, Ferdinand happened to be stung by a bee. True to form Ferdinand simply sat and smelled the ladies flowers in their hats in the bull fight ring unwilling to fight.
The Sign of the Beaver. (F SPE)
Speare, Elizabeth. Yearling, 1983.
“Left alone to guard the family’s wilderness home in 18th century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.”
Check out these books! We know our students LOVE to read! :) Enjoy!
The Hundred Penny Box. (E MAT)
Mathis, Sharon. Scholastic Inc., 1989.
Michael has a close and special relationship with his great-great aunt Dew who is a hundred years old. Worried that his mother doesn’t understand the importance of Aunt Dew’s hundred-penny box Michael carefully protects this magical box filled with one hundred years of memories freely shared between his great-great aunt and Michael as he repeatedly counts the contents.
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie de Paola (E DEP)
These are the childhood memories of Tomie de Paola as he lovingly recreates a time when he was four years old and had a 94 year old grandmother who lived upstairs and a younger grandmother living downstairs and they all shared the same house. Appreciation, Respect
Pink and Say. (E POL)
Polacco, Patricia.Scholastic Inc., 1995.
Two young men bond despite the difference in their skin color during the Civil War when Pinkus Aylee rescues Sheldon Curtis, who had deserted his troops. Pinkus brings Sheldon to his burnt plantation home where his mother nurtures them back to health. Marauders kill Pinkus’ mother and soon they are tracked, captured and separated in one of the worst Confederate camps.
The Story of Ferdinand. (E LEA)
Leaf, Munro. Puffin, 1977.
From the start Ferdinand the bull was unlike the other frolicking, fighting bulls, but content to sit peacefully under a shady tree and smell the flowers. When five men arrived one day to find the fiercest bull to fight in the bull fights in Madrid, Ferdinand happened to be stung by a bee. True to form Ferdinand simply sat and smelled the ladies flowers in their hats in the bull fight ring unwilling to fight.
The Sign of the Beaver. (F SPE)
Speare, Elizabeth. Yearling, 1983.
“Left alone to guard the family’s wilderness home in 18th century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.”
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