The President's Stuck in the Bathtub is a children's poetry book about the presidents. It was written by Susan Katz and illustrated by Robert Neubecker in 2012. This particular book contains a plethora of information and it is one that I wish I had stumbled upon prior to completing my unit for my second grade class in regards to social studies. A unique aspect about this book is that every page is broken down into separate poems that depict each president's uniqueness to serving the country. This picture book serves as a current and up to date resource to use in the classroom as it covers every single President of the United States from George Washington through our current president Barack Obama. Each poem within the text is individualized to portray characteristics and fun facts about each president that encourages readers to giggle and become engaged in the text. Many of the facts about the presidents I myself did not even know so this book served as a great refresher for myself to learn more facts about each president. In extending children's knowledge even further, this text serves a great resource to encourage students to apply their prior knowledge while reading the poems about each president as many of the poems infer to historical elements such as the poem about George Washington and how he lived everywhere except the White House because it had not been built yet. Each poem within the text is also unique as they all follow various rhyme schemes. Some poems are free verse, some are ABAB, and some follow an even loser rhyming pattern. The poems present within this story serve as an excellent way for teachers to integrate ELA in to the social studies curriculum as well.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
The President's Stuck in the Bathtub
The President's Stuck in the Bathtub is a children's poetry book about the presidents. It was written by Susan Katz and illustrated by Robert Neubecker in 2012. This particular book contains a plethora of information and it is one that I wish I had stumbled upon prior to completing my unit for my second grade class in regards to social studies. A unique aspect about this book is that every page is broken down into separate poems that depict each president's uniqueness to serving the country. This picture book serves as a current and up to date resource to use in the classroom as it covers every single President of the United States from George Washington through our current president Barack Obama. Each poem within the text is individualized to portray characteristics and fun facts about each president that encourages readers to giggle and become engaged in the text. Many of the facts about the presidents I myself did not even know so this book served as a great refresher for myself to learn more facts about each president. In extending children's knowledge even further, this text serves a great resource to encourage students to apply their prior knowledge while reading the poems about each president as many of the poems infer to historical elements such as the poem about George Washington and how he lived everywhere except the White House because it had not been built yet. Each poem within the text is also unique as they all follow various rhyme schemes. Some poems are free verse, some are ABAB, and some follow an even loser rhyming pattern. The poems present within this story serve as an excellent way for teachers to integrate ELA in to the social studies curriculum as well.
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