CASLS+Newsletter+Vol.2+N.9


 * RONDA'S CORNER**


 * New Sylvan Dells Books available online and in print from the Professional Library!**

//**Ten For Me**//
 * //Animalogy: Animal Analogies//**
 * //Big Cat, Little Kitty//**
 * //Deep in the Desert//**
 * //The Glaciers are Melting//**
 * //Habitat Spy//**
 * //Hey Diddle Diddle: A Food Chain Tale//**
 * //Meet the Planets//**
 * //Multiply on the Fly//**
 * //Prairie Storms//**
 * Remember Marc Aronson and a Nonfiction Vendor Fair - December 14, 2011 [[file:Marc Aronson.pdf]]**


 * MARY ANN'S MEANDERINGS **

[] **webinar archives**

The seasons are quickly changing. To learn more about the changing seasons in the prairie region of the US, read our featured eBook for November, //[|Prairie Storms].// Cozy up with //Prairie Storms// and learn all about a year of ever-changing prairie weather. Learn how animals in these grasslands adapt and survive in such a harsh climate. Told in lyrical prose, this story is a celebration of the great American prairies. Use this interactive eBook with smartboards, projection in the classroom, or in a computer lab setting. Please encourage the families to access from home with siblings. Large screen display and the ability for children throughout the classroom to actually see the text and make the audio-to-word connection is changing storytime into reading time, and we think that can help improve literacy and encourage reading. (And as much we believe in eBooks in the classroom, we still love our hardcover and paperback books!!) Either way, use the following pre-made activities and quizzes to make your life easier and to help children learn more about the season:[|For Creative Minds]: (6 pg educational section found in the back of the book) Grassland Habitat Facts, Grasslands around the World, Weather or Season?, Animals, Weather, and Seasonal Changes: True or False?[|Teaching Activities]: (52 pg cross-curricular supplement) which includes: Edible Sorting and Classifying Activity, Classifying Animals, Animal Chart and Sorting Cards, The Grasses We Eat!, Bison Map Activity, and Coloring Pages. [|Classroom Teachers and School Librarians]: check out [|state standards alignments], interactive quizzes, and more to make your life easier and time efficient.You will always find these supplemental materials for each of our 65 titles plus other helpful teacher tools, news, events, and more on our website: [|www.SylvanDellPublishing.com]. We hope you enjoy our latest offerings!Best, Kelly McGinty Sylvan Dell books are aligned to all CORE Curriculum standards and the [|searchable database] has been updated to include our newest titles. **Monthly Featured eBook:** Read //Prairie Storms// FREE (linked to the right and from our homepage) all month long during November! Next up for December, [|//A Day on the Mountain//]//.// ||  ||
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Use Sylvan Dell books to celebrate December's Special Days! **Dec. 11: Apollo 17 Lands on the Moon** Celebrate with: //How the Moon Regained Her Shape// **Dec. 13-14: Geminids Meteor Shower** Celebrate with: //Pieces of Another World// **Dec. 14: Monkey Day** Celebrate with: //ABC Safari// **Dec. 18: Bake Cookies Day** Celebrate with: //The Rainforest Grew All Around, Pieces of Another World// (both books have cookie recipes on the back!) **Dec. 24: Christmas Eve** Celebrate with: //Christmas Eve Blizzard// **Dec. 28: Endangered Species Act Enacted:** Celebrate with: //Carolina's Story, One Wolf Howls, Turtle Summer, Where Should Turtle Be?, Astro the Steller Sea Lion, What's the Difference?, Felina's New Home, Pandas' Earthquake Escape, Big Cat, Little Kitty// ||  ||
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