Jenny

Abilene’s cloudy journey, A tale of a cloud and courage is a great book for 1st and 2nd graders that teachers/parents can use to cover a variety of subject areas. I enjoy how the story covers many ou sound digraph words. It’s a great way children can see how to apply those words after reviewing the ou sounds. The book also has many great vocabulary words to lengthen children’s language skills. In previous years in the classroom, children daily reviewed the weather chart, this book is a great tool to help children expand their meteorology skills. The book uses different types of clouds as a metaphor to describe emotions and characteristics in people. And as a bonus, the story deals with bullying. It encourages the victim to stand up for self and the bystanders to support the person who is being victimized. Great tool for teachers/parents to use to introduce a discussion about what to do when you are dealing with an inappropriate social setting.