I’m a student intern at a high school in an occupational course of study class. I’m teaching several thematic lessons on 5 of the human body systems: skeletal, circulatory, respiratory, nervous, and digestive. I’m teaching these lessons for a Children’s Literature course, so every lesson has to incorporate children’s books. I have to have a math, science, and social studies lesson about one theme. I chose body systems for the theme because it related to what the students were learning that week. SO, I was wondering if anyone could help me out and provide some children’s book titles…
- For the math lesson, I need a children’s book that shows the numeral (ex:1) and word (ex:one) for various numbers. The book doesn’t necessarily have to deal with the human body. It just needs to show numerals and the words for several numbers. I’m trying to satisfy the standard: 1.01 Read and write word names for numbers to 1,000. I’m going to have the students “go on a scavenger hunt” using the internet and reference books to find how many ribs they have, how many bones are in their legs, how many chambers make up their heart, etc. I’m going to have the students record the numbers in word format (ex. 1 = one)
- For the social studies lesson, I’m trying to satisfy the standard: 1.01 Identify universal human needs and characteristics: physical needs, safety needs, psychological needs, self-actualization needs. I’m basically looking for a children’s book that deals with ANY of those needs. (I can easily tie that standard in with the human body).
- For the science lesson, I need a children’s book that discusses the 5 systems that I’m covering: skeletal, circulatory, respiratory, nervous, and digestive.
I know that I can search Amazon for children’s books dealing with what I’m looking for, but I don’t want to miss out on any really good books that I might not find there.I really appreciate any kind of help!! Thanks!!