Our Gracie Aunt is written by Jacqueline Woodson, that is the author I am doing my author study on. It is a good book with great illustrations but it covers a kind of difficult topic. BeeBee and Johnson's mom has to go away because she cannot take care of them so they have to go stay with their Gracie Aunt. At first they are not happy about this but once they realize that their Gracie Aunt can take care of them they way they are supposed to be taken care of they love her. This is a book about home, finding where you belong, safety, and love. However this maybe a book children do not understand or it is a tough topic for them to read about.
I think that I would only read this book to students who are going through situations like this because it is such a difficult topic. So if I had a student who is in the foster care system I would read this book to them, talk about how they feel about what we read, and see if they have any similarities with BeeBee or Johnson. Then I would have students write a journal entry or draw a picture about how they feel. This is a book I will have in my classroom library.
No comments:
Post a Comment