Tomie dePaola

Tomie dePaola was born on September 15,1934, in Meriden, Connecticut.He is one of the important people in the children’s book stories. He’s is very famous from writing and illustrating children’s books. Tomie grew up with his family, Joseph(father) and Florence(Downey)DePaola, and his brother and sisters Joseph Jr.,Judie, and Maureen. Tomie developed love for books because his mother loved books and read to all of his siblings and also him too.At the age four he told everybody that he wanted to

Tomie dePaola was born on September 15,1934 in Meriden, Connecticut.He is a very important person in the children’s book stories.He is very famous from illustrating a science book after he graduated from college . He grew up with his father and mother, Joseph and Florence(Downey)DePaola, and his brother and sisters Joseph Jr.,Judie, and Maureen.He developed love for books because his mother loved books and read to all of his siblings and also him too.At the age four he told everybody that he wanted

and paper bag dress, she knows that there will be no happily ever after in her story. Your little one will admire the story of this novel princess who is anything but a damsel in distress. 4. Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books Age - 4 to 8 Years Tomie dePaola retells the story of the Magic Porridge Pot in his Caldecott winning book, Strega Nona. Strega Nona or Grandma Witch has a magic pasta pot that cooks a generous amount of pasta when she sings a special song. Her

Have you ever wondered why fairy tales are always in vogue, even with their gory violence, shallow characters and unbelievable storylines? Look closely at them, you can find some sort of wisdom hidden underneath all that magic and drama. So don't fret when your child goes gaga over a perfect princess or takes after a naughty troll. Just help your child decipher the hidden values from such tales. These tales do not have any grey areas - the demarcation between right and wrong is crystal clear, so

The central focus and purpose of teaching this learning segment is to educate students about other holidays and cultures, but specifically focusing on Christmas in Italy. While this unit is essentially literacy based, it is also linked to Social Studies when students use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of themes, traditions, and stories in different countries. This unit supports diversity within the classroom and it will expose students to the different ways of

1. Video: “The Relevance of the U.S. Constitution” o https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/videos/teaching-content/relevance-us-constitution/ o Former President Obama discusses the relevance of the U.S. Constitution with the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps. The students ask the President a variety of questions and he discusses the importance of the constitution and how the government has to withhold certain rules, freedoms, and rights of the people in today’s society. o I love this video because the

When the students first enter the classroom each morning, they should expect a predictable set of tasks to be awaiting for them as they arrive this will set the tone for the entire day. 8.30 a.m.: As the students walk through the door, I will stand tall and straight in the doorway using lots of body language warmly greet each child by name as they walk in I may point out a particular color the child may be wearing this will make the students feel appreciated as they walk through the door. I will

“Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything.”, said Tomie DePaola. Some book may have thing in them that someone people may think that it is not appropriate for some kids. Books and novels teach important lessons to kids even if they might have some bad content. Kids are able to access the internet wherever they go and they could be exposed to many things that are far worse than bad words written on a page. When someone reads

I choose to read Stage Struck by Tomie DePaola to a kindergarten class. The book Stage Struck was about a kindergarten class putting a play on for the school. The play was Peter Rabbit and the main character wanted to be the star of the play like he was in the last play they put on. He was so excited about the play that he could not focus on his work and kept talking to his friends about the play. The teacher told him to stop talking and when he did not stop, she told him he will not the lead star

That story turned into my favorite book of all time, right next to Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola. I am such a, excuse my french, headass for racism and I can only ever properly articulate my words when I write about discrimination. Other honorable mentions are Sirens of Titan, which I had to learn by myself because it wasn’t on Sparknotes*