Author: Eve Bunting
Illustrator: Ronald Himler
Genre: Historical Fiction
Annotation
A little boy and his father have come from far away to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. The father and boy began searching for his grandfather's name until finally the father puts his finger on it. This is a good story that is about Memorial Day, Veterans Day, or any other day when children and grown ups are thinking about war and its consequences.
A little boy and his father have come from far away to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. The father and boy began searching for his grandfather's name until finally the father puts his finger on it. This is a good story that is about Memorial Day, Veterans Day, or any other day when children and grown ups are thinking about war and its consequences.
ELA Content Standards
Craft and Structure- Grade 1
4.) Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggests feelings or appeal to the senses.
4.) Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggests feelings or appeal to the senses.
How it Connects:
Students can discuss the feelings of the boy and his father as they are visiting the wall and talking about the war that the grandfather died in.
Key Ideas and Details- Grade 1
3.) Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
3.) Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
How it Connects: Students can discuss where the story takes place, where the son and father go to visit the wall, and what they learn about the war through the story. This would be a good intro book when trying to bring up the topic of war to children.
Tier 3 Vocabulary
consequences, fighter, strong, fearless
Classroom Usage
Centers: Students can split up into four groups (more or less depending on the amount of students) and discuss the topic of the book, if anyone knows someone who is in the army, navy, exc. and ask questions as a class for the teacher to answer.
Differentiation
This book would definitely be good for ELL because it is a more advanced text, and it involves a sensitive topic. This helps the reader learn information about a topic that they may have never been introduced to before, and works on their comprehension.
This book would definitely be good for ELL because it is a more advanced text, and it involves a sensitive topic. This helps the reader learn information about a topic that they may have never been introduced to before, and works on their comprehension.
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