This is an important aspect because the "who", "what", "Where" are just symbols but the "why" is an action and signifies that you are making a connection to something in the book.

I think this is a good thing, that the boys were able to recognize family members in the story because then they would be more likely to want to read the story and make more of a connection to it.

I think this is very important.When I was younger I read the American Girl doll books and I learned a lot about the different time periods the girls were born in because of the stories. It is important that the time periods are accurate.

I think that this is an interesting point that this article makes. If someone in a story is going through the same stuff as the reader is then they can learn from the character and not be afraid to read about the topic.

I think it important for students to be able to use their imagination while they read and this genre of reading allows them to do that.

I do not think that Mythology is of long dead stories. There have been books published such as the Percy Jackson Mount Olypus series that makes middle school aged children want to learn about myths and the gods and goddesses.

I think this is a interesting point. Normally we learn the moral of the story is to not be dishonest but this time the moral is to not jump to conclusions.

I believe that it is the opposite. While it may be true that older children enjoy the "black and white" thinking it is only because they have grown up being taught that there is a right and a wrong answer. Young children enjoy being creative and they learn by using their imagination, that is why almost every preschool classroom has a dramatic play area for the children to use their imagination.

Students are connected to people that are similar to themselves. So it makes sense as to why students would want to find "themselves" in the books they are reading. They need books in their school library that has different religions, races and different types of families and occupations.

I do not understand why more classrooms do not have books on all different cultures and for all diversity. When children look at books they want to read books about children just like them especially for children who are African American, so they can see that they have something to aspire to and achieve.

This is an important point because starting from when children are very little they watch tv and they learn about what is acceptable and what is not, and if a child is different than a character on a tv show then they may feel sad and withdraw.

I think that this point is very interesting because some people do not believe that children can learn about complex things until they have reached the Abstract stage of development. Children are like little sponges and can learn about anything we want to teach them.

This is knowledge because the students have to know what the meaning, tone and beauty of a text means and it is also a skill because then they have to be able to write about it

This is both knowledge and a skill because it is knowledge because the children have to know what summarize means and it is a skill because they have to be able to summarize the story or poem.

This is knowledge because they need to know different traits and feelings of people and it is also a skill because they need to remember the trait and be able to write about it.

This would be a skill because they would have to pick out the message and lesson from the story.

This would be a knowledge because the students need to know about different cultures and what their traditions are like

this is a skill for children in first grade because they need to be able to pick out words that connect to their 5 senses. A good example of this would be a book called Dog's Colorful Day because it talks about food and colors which pertain to the senses of sight and taste.

This is a skills that kindergarteners need to know. You could give them the story of the three little pigs and hey Dittle Dittle and ask them to tell you which one is the story.

This would be what the student needs to do. They need to pick out the author and illustrator of the story. a good example of this might be a story by Dr. Suess because a lot of children have read his books

A kindergarten student needs to be able to identify who wrote the book and who drew the pictures. This would be knowledge.

This shows that even Walt Whitman cares about what people think back in 1855 just as people care what people think now.