It was this very concept that brought together an unlikely collaboration between myself, a language arts teacher, and my colleague at Crestview Middle School in Ellisville, Missouri, math teacher Liz Buesteton.Īs soon as Liz and I learned about novel engineering in a professional development session at our middle school, we wanted to bring our classes together. Novel engineering brings imagination to life by giving students the opportunity to identify a problem in the story and design a solution using everyday objects.
She and her colleague Liz Buesteton received a mini-grant from the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation to implement novel engineering.Ī good book lets us imagine ourselves in the story- befriend the main character, explore the setting, and consider what we would do in any given event. 简单的故事却传神地展现出儿童的天真、好奇、幽默和创意。 By Ezra Jack Keats, Hardcover, Simplified or Traditional Chinese characters with Zhuyin, 32 pages, 8"x8.Kristin Hancock teaches eighth grade language arts at Crestview Middle School in Ellisville, Missouri. It's as unique and special as a snowflake. According to Horn Book magazine, The Snowy Day was "the very first full-color picture book to feature a small black hero"-yet another reason to add this classic to your shelves. The book is notable not only for its lovely artwork and tone, but also for its importance as a trailblazer. Awakening to a winter wonderland is an ageless, ever-magical experience, and one made nearly visceral by Keats's gentle tribute. The little boy celebrates the snow-draped city with a day of humble adventures-experimenting with footprints, knocking snow from a tree, creating snow angels, and trying to save a snowball for the next day. The tranquil story mirrors the calm presence of the paintings, and both exude the silence of a freshly snow-covered landscape. The illustrations, using cut-outs, watercolors, and collage, are strikingly beautiful in their understated color and composition. The Snowy Day, a 1963 Caldecott Medal winner, is the simple tale of a boy waking up to discover that snow has fallen during the night.
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