This book is so cute! It includes numerous funny, good ol’ poetry pieces that will leave your students belly laughing! There are many great writing lessons you can use from this book. For example, small quick writes on “tiny topics” to teach the ideas trait and of course choosing topics for poetry while studying the various topics modeled in this book! I loved it and look forward to using this again in the classroom.
Wow! This is a great read and I really couldn’t put it down. As I was reading, I was thinking about the appropriateness of age-level for my students. I would like for my students to read firsthand about the hard times people went through to make minimal money. I think this would evoke many emotions from my students and they would feel feelings of empathy and gratefulness. I think this book would fit well with grade levels 5-up. I think it may be too difficult for my third graders to read on their own in a literature circle, but would be a great read aloud! This book made me sad and depressed but that is what is fabulous about wonderful books; the ability to evoke emotions!!
