Monday, May 29, 2006

Highlights and Lowlights of 2005-2006 School Year


MY BOOK HIGHLIGHTS

Vanity Fair By William Thackery
Middlesex by Jeffery Euginides
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
The Crimson Petal and the White
Dumbing Down Our Kids
Developing Mathematical Talent: A Guide for Challenging and Educating Gifted Students by Susan Assouline
Math Power by Patricia Clark Kenschaft
Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley

MY BOOK LOWLIGHTS

Catholic Education, Homeward Bound
What Your_____Grader Needs To Know Series


BEDTIME READ-ALOUD HIGHLIGHTS

The Phantom Tollbooth
Five Children and It
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning

BEDTIME READ-ALOUD LOWLIGHTS

Mr Popper's Penguins

SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS


Mythology and Civilization of the_______Series
Barnes and Noble 100 Things You should Know About Ancient ____ Series
Galen and the Gateway to Medicine
Famous Men of Ancient Rome
It's Disgusting and We Ate It: True Food Facts from Around the World and Throughout History
Mathematicians Are People, Too
The Children's Homer
Gilgamesh The King Series
Story of Science Series
Archimedes and the Door to Science



SCHOOL LOWLIGHTS

101 Celtic Read-Aloud Myths and Legends
Galen:My Life in Imperial Rome



DODO'S INDEPENDENT READING HIGHLIGHTS

The Golden Book of Fairy Tales
Ring of Tricksters by Virginis Hamilton
The Pot of Wisdom: Anansi Stories
The Aesop for Children
A Collection of Rudyard Kippling's Just So Stories
The Children's Book of Myths and Legends:Extraordinary Stories from Around the World
A Children's Treasury of Mythology
Series of Unfortunate Events Series
Time Warp Trio Series
Apples, Snakes and Bellyaches
Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
I'm Still Here in the Bathtub by Alan Katz

DODO'S INDEPENDENT READING LOWLIGHTS

The Hundred Dresses by Elenor Estes

DODO"S FAVORITE PICTURE BOOKS

Berenstain Bears Series
Pigs by Robert Munsch
Cinderlily
The Three Bears
Farmer Duck
The Story about Ping
The Wolf who Cried Boy
The Princess and the Pea



SCOTE's INDEPENDENT READING HIGHLIGHTS

Bears on Wheels
The Complete Adventures of Curious George
Bob Books
See Otto
Simply Science: Now I'm Reading
More Spaghetti I Say
A Wocket in My Pocket
The Cat in the Hat
Dick and Jane Treasuries
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
Snow
Dr Suess's ABC


SCOTE"S INDEPENDENT READING LOWLIGHTS

Fat Cat on a Mat
Happy Birthday, Moon

SCOTE'S PICTURE BOOK READ-ALOUD HIGHLIGHTSS
Caps for Sale
Gingerbread Man
No David!
David Gets in Trouble
Anything and everything by Leo Leonni, Eric Carle, Robert Munsch, and Tomie D'Paula

UGHABUGHA'S FAVORITE READ-ALOUDS

Mouse Paint
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Caps For Sale
Cats
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Teletubbies
No David! Series


CURRICULUM HIGHLIGHTS

Primarily Problem Solving from Prufrock Press
Mindbenders Warm-up, and A1-A3
Challenge Math Primary
Mastering Mathematics
ThinkAnalogies Software from Critical Thinking Press
Handwriting Without Tears PreK-Cursive Sucess
Story of the World + Activity Guide
Reading Skills 1 from Harcourt Family
Miquon math
Rosetta Stone
Prima Latina
Scholastic's Mental Math Kids Can't Resist
Dr Funster's Thinkaminutes
Child-sized Masterpieces
Drawing With Children
Rummy Roots
Audio Memory's Capitals Songs

THE JURY'S STILL OUT

Draw Write Now boxed set
Saxon Math
Building Thinking Skills Primary
Tops Lentil Science

NO GO

Writing Strands 3

Mapping the World by Heart

Primarily Reference Skills & Primarily Research

Red Hot Root Words



SOFTWARE HIGHLIGHTS

The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis

Learn to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster

Writing Blaster

Kid PIX

ThinkAnalogies

FIELD TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

Disneyland

White Sands

Elephant Butte (Dam and manmade lake)

Wilderness Trails & Museum of Archeology

El Paso Zoo

FIELD TRIP LOWLIGHTS

Insights Science Museum (SEE: "The Science Museum from a Third-World Country Post)




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