Curriculum Guide 2Nd & 3Rd Grades

Curriculum Guide 2nd & 3rd Grades

In a Nutshell:the Worlds of Maurice Sendak is on display jan 4 - feb 24, 2012 l main library l 301 york street

In a Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak was organized by the Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia, and developed by Nextbook, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Jewish literature, culture, and ideas, and the American Library Association Public Programs Office. The national tour of the exhibit has been made possible by grants from the Charles H. Revson Foundation, the Righteous Persons Foundation, the David Berg Foundation, and an anonymous donor, with additional support from Tablet Magazine: A New Read on Jewish Life. About the Exhibit About Maurice Sendak

will be held at the Main Library, 301 York St., downtown, January 4th to February 24th, 2012.

Popular children’s author Maurice Sendak’s typically American childhood in New York City inspired many of his most beloved books, such as Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen. Illustrations in those works are populated with friends, family, and the sights, sounds and smells of New York in the 1930s. But Sendak was also drawn to photos of ancestors, and he developed a fascination with the shtetl world of European Jews. This exhibit, curated by Patrick Rodgers of the Rosenbach Museum & Library Maurice Sendak comes from Brooklyn, New York. in Philadelphia, reveals the push and pull of New and Old He was born in 1928, the youngest of three children. Worlds in Sendak’s work and shows how Sendak’s artistic journey has led him deeper into his own family’s history and His parents were poor Polish immigrants who came to the his Jewish identity. United States before World War I. Many of the family’s relatives in Poland died in the Holocaust during World War II. His family suffered greatly over their lost family The exhibit was developed by Nextbook, Inc., a nonprofit members. To add to their concerns, Maurice himself was organization for the support of Jewish literature, culture, and sickly as a child. His mother worried constantly about ideas, and the ALA Public Programs Office. The written his health and safety. You will see that most of his books text of the exhibit focuses prominently on Sendak’s artistic have a moon somewhere in the picture watching over the inspiration, ranging from his Jewish identity to social and scene. The moon is his mother peaking out the window political events of his time. The large panel displays of at him when he was a child to be sure that he was alright! Sendak’s incredible illustrations from Where the Wild Things

Are, In the Night Kitchen, and other picture books, make Maurice Sendak loved to have his father read aloud to him at the display appropriate and appealing to a primary school night before bedtime. He didn’t like school much and wasn’t audience. We have listed a number of pre-visit and post-visit good at sports, but he loved to read and often asked his sister activities for the classroom to enhance student experience, to get him books from the library. His sister gave him his first including corresponding tie-ins to content standards. book, Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper. He loved that book and still has it today.

As a young adult, he liked great super--duper adventure stories by authors such as Herman Melville and his books, Typee and Moby Dick. He began his work as an illustrator while he was still in high school. He helped in drawing the pictures from the comic strip, Mutt and Jeff into comic books. He went to art school at the Art Students’ League to continue his education. He co-authored his very first book, Atomics for the Millions that was published in 1947. He was just nineteen years old! Since then he has given us many, many wonderful books.

Maurice Sendak is a man of many talents. He designed wooden toys with his brother. He did the lyrics for an animated film for television called Really Rosie, which is from his books, the Nutshell Library. He has written the words (called libretto) for an opera, Where the Wild Things Are, based on his Caldecott winning children’s book. He greatly enjoys designing sets and costumes for operas as well.

from KidsRead.com Primary Lesson Plan for Maurice Sendak Exhibit Grades 2 and 3 Introducing Author/ Illustrator Maurice Sendak

Pre-visit materials – please use these to prepare Curriculum standards support: your students for the exhibit. KY Reading Standards – 1. Talk to students about the work of authors and Integration of Knowledge and Ideas illustrators. Introduce Maurice Sendak using a Grade 2 biography for kids.(page 2) 1. Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate un- 2. Read selection of three picture books with students derstanding of its characters, setting, or plot. asking them to look at how the pictures help tell the story. Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Grade 3 Kitchen, and Bears! written by Ruth Krauss, illus- 1. Explain how specific aspects of a texts illustra- trated by Sendak are the suggested read-alouds. tions contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g. create mood, emphasize aspects of Questions to ask students about illustrations: character or setting.)

What emotions does Max, the bears, the boy in the 2. Compare and contrast themes, settings and plots of night kitchen convey? stories written by the same author about the same Are the wild things scary, funny, sad? or similar characters (e.g. in books from a series) Where do the wild things live?

3. Ask students to vote on which book was their KY Speaking and Listening Standards - Comprehension favorite. Graph the results on poster. and Collaboration Grade 2&3 4. Hold a discussion about the similarities and differ- 1. Participate in collaborative conversations with ences between the books. diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and in large groups. Did the characters look the same? a. Follow agreed upon rules for discussion. (e.g. Where did the stories take place, setting? gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time.) Which were funny? Why or why not? 2. Recount or describe key ideas or details from a 5. Have students design a poster about their favorite text read aloud or information presented orally or Maurice Sendak book, including their name, name through other media. of the book, and a sentence about why it was their favorite. Final drawing for Really Rosie: Starring the Nutshell Kids, © 1975 by Maurice Sendak, all rights reserved. Writing Prompts:

1. What would you do if you were king of the Wild Things? ______

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2. If your dreams could take you to another place, where would you go? Describe the place in detail. ______

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3. Tell about a time that you got in trouble like Max in Where the Wild Things Are. ______

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4. What would you have done if you were Max’s parents? ______

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5. Write a letter to Maurice Sendak telling him, which book of his is your favorite and why. ______

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6. Write a story about meeting Max from the perspective of a wild thing. ______

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7. Choose one of Sendak’s panels and answer one of the following questions: a. What do you think is the most important part of the story and why? b. Describe what you think is happening in the scene. c. What happened just before the action in the painting? d. What will happen just after the action in the painting?

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______KY Writing Standards Grades 2 &3 Post-Activities for Sendak Exhibit

1. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experi- Writing: ences or events using effective technique, descrip- • Immigrants and people new to any country might tive details, and clear event sequence. feel different or out-of-place. Have you ever felt like this? When? What helped you feel more a. Establish a situation and introduce a narrator comfortable? and characters: organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally, • What event has had an influence on your life? How do you remember feeling when it occurred? b. Use dialogue an descriptions of actions, How are you different now because of it? thoughts and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters • You have been to see the exhibit of Maurice to situations. Sendak’s art. What were some of the themes you remember seeing in several of the art pieces? What c. Use temporal words and phrases to signal do you think influenced Mr. Sendak? event order. • Before Maurice Sendak, lots of children’s books d. Provide a sense of closure. were about good children doing good things. He was one of the first authors to show kids showing emotions like anger, frustration, and loneliness. Is Text Types and Purposes there a character in a book that you have shared the Grade 2 same emotions? Give an example and explain. 1. Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book that they are writing about, state an • In the exhibit guide, it quotes Maurice Sendak: opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g. because and also) to con- “She planted me in front of the Sunshine Bak- nect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding ers,” Sendak remembers, “and I stood there statement or section. and this aroma came out of the building . . . and the smell of biscuit and cake and flour and 2. Write informative/ explanatory texts in which milk. It was better than anything in the whole they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to world! And I just sat there sniffing . . . develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section. Can you think of a time that you really remember a smell? Describe it and how it made you feel. 3. Write narratives in which they recount a well-elab- orated event or short sequence of events, include Activities: details to describe actions, thoughts and feelings, • Have a wild rumpus party! (Where the Wild Things use temporal words to signal event order, and pro- Are). Create your own crowns, claws, ears, tails, vide a sense of closure. feet, scepters, etc. and let your inner wild thing out!

Grade 3 • Listen to different styles of music – how do you 2. Write opinion pieces on topics or text supporting a think a wild rumpus would sound? point of view with reasons. • Talk about foreground, middle-ground, and a. Introduce the topic or text they are writing background in art. Have students create a three about, state an opinion, and create an organiza- dimensional landscape in which they use these tional structure that lists reasons. three elements.

b. Provide reasons that support the opinion. • Take a picture of each student and print out an 8 ½ x 11 copy. Have the students make themselves into c. Use linking words and phrases (e.g. because, wild things using markers, shapes, paint, etc. therefore, since, for example) to connect opin- ions and reasons. • As a child, Mr. Sendak was influenced heavily by stories and photos of relatives killed during the d. Provide a concluding statement or section. holocaust. Put yourselves in the shoes of some- one growing up in the middle of a war. Think of three emotions you would feel, and create an im- age for each one, using color to convey feeling. mauriceMaurice sendakSendak WildWild WordWord Search search

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1. Find a picture of a boy driving an airplane made of bread. _____

2. Find a picture of Max with a staff in his hand. _____

3. Find a picture of a wild thing with two horns. _____

4. Find a picture of Maurice Sendak’s family. _____

5. Find a picture of a Hanukah book Mr. Sendak illustrated. ______

6. Find a picture of Rosie, a character he based on his neighbor. ______

7. Find a picture that looks like bullying. _____ 8. Find a picture with a little girl blowing a French horn. ______

9. Find a picture of the Jewish “Old World.” ______

10. Find a picture of two girls dressed in orange.______

11. Find a picture of people wearing newspapers. ______

12. Find a picture of a man playing an organ grinder. ______

13. Find a picture of a wild thing reading a book. ______

14. Find a picture of the other book cover for Where the Wild Things Are. ______Maurice Sendak Bibliography Author & Illustrator Kenny’s Window New York: Harper & Bros. ,1956. Very Far Away Harper & Bros., 1957. The Sign on Rosie’s Door New York; Evanston; London: Harper & Row, 1960. The Nutshell Library New York: Harper & Row, 1962. o Alligators All Around: An Alphabet o Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months o One Was Johnny: A Counting Book o Pierre: A Cautionary Tale Where the Wild Things Are New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Higglety Pigglety Pop!, Or: There Must Be More to Life New York: Harper &Row, 1967. In the Night Kitchen Harper & Row, 1970. Fantasy Sketches Philadelphia: Rosenbach, 1970. Ten Little Rabbits: A Counting Book with Mino the Magician Philadelphia: Rosenbach,1970. Sendak, Maurice.; Margolis, Matthew.; Some Swell Pup or Are You Sure You Want a Dog? New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. Seven Little Monsters New York: Harper & Row, 1977. Outside Over There New York: Harper & Row, 1981. Caldecott and Co: Notes on Books and Pictures New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux,1988. We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy New York: Harper Collins, 1993. Maurice Sendak’s Christmas Mystery 1995. Mommy? New York: Scholastic, 2006.

Illustrator Hector Protector and as I went over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes New York: Harper & Row, 1965. Anderson, H.C. Seven Tales by H.C. Anderson trans. By Eva LeGallienne New York: Harper & Row, 1959. Aymé, Marcel. The Wonderful Farm New York: Harper, 1951. Bond, Gladys Baker. Seven Little Stories on Big Subjects New York : Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, 1955. Chanover, Hyman & Alice. Happy Hanukah Everybody New York: United Synagogue Commision on Jewish Education, 1954. Dejong, Meindert. Little Cow and Turtle New York: Harper, 1955. Dejong, Meindert. Along came a Dog New York: Harper, 1958. Dejong, Meindert. The Singing Hill New York: Harper, 1962. Garvey, Robert. Good Shabbos Everybody New York United Synagogue Commission on Jewish Education, 1951. Graves, Robert. The Big Green Book New York : Crowell-Collier, 1962. Grimm, Brothers. The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. Grimm, Brothers. King Grisly-Beard New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. Grimm, Willhelm. Dear Mili New York : Michael di Capua Books : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. Hauff, Wilhelm. Dwarf Long-Nose New York: Random House, 1960. Jarrell, Randall. The Animal Family New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965. Jarrell, Randall. Fly by Night New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976. Joslin. Sesyle. What do you Say, Dear? New York : Young Scott Books, 1958 Keeshan, Robert. She Loves Me… She Loves Me Not… New York: Harper Collins, 1963. Krauss, Ruth. Bears! New York: Harper, 1948. Krauss, Ruth. A Hole is to Dig: A First Book of Definitions New York : Harper & Row, 1952. Krauss, Ruth. A Very Special House New York : Harper & Row, 1953. Krauss, Ruth. The Birthday Party New York : Harper & Row, 1953. Krauss, Ruth. I’ll Be you and You be Me New York : Harper & Row, 1954. Krauss, Ruth. Charlotte and the White Horse New York : Harper & Bros., 1955. Krauss, Ruth. I want to Paint my Bathroom Blue New York : Harper & Row, 1956. Krauss, Ruth. Open House for Butterflies New York : Harper & Bros., 1960. Minarik, Else Holmelund. No Fighting, No Biting! New York : HarperCollins, 1958. Minarik, Else Holmelund. Little Bear series of five New York: Harper & Bros. 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1968. Schenck de Regniers, Beatrice. The Giant Story New York: Harper, 1953. Schenck de Regniers, Beatrice. What Can You Do with a Shoe? New York : M.K. McElderry Books, 1997. Stockton, Frank R. The Griffin and the Minor Canon New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1963. Stockton, Frank R. The Bee-Man of Orn New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1964. Udry, Janice May. Moon Jumpers New York: Harper & Row, 1959. Vogel, Amos. How Little Lori Visited Times Square. New York: Harper Collins, 1963. Maurice Sendak - Biography/Interviews

Becoming Maurice Sendak: A Children’s Author Grows Up by Shannon Firth, 3-25-11 INTERVIEW : http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/entertainment/2009/october/Becoming-Maurice-Sendak--A-Children-s-Author- Grows-Up.html#1

Maurice Sendak Biography and Timeline – Rosenbach Museum and Library BIO & TIMELINE : http://www.rosenbach.org/maurice-sendak-biography-and-timeline

On the Phone with Maurice Sendak by Pamela Paul- NY Times – 9-16-2011 INTERVIEW http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/on-the-phone-with-maurice- sendak/?ref=booksupdate&nl=books&emc=booksupdateemb8

This pig wants to party – Maurice Sendak’s Latest Book-NPR Podcast–Fresh Air-9-20-11 THIS PIG WANTS TO PARTY http://www.npr.org/2011/09/20/140435330/this-pig-wants-to-party-maurice-sendaks-latest

Art Wild Thing: The Art of Maurice Sendak ART http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/5aa/5aa307.htm

The Jewish Experience in Picture Books: a Mini Documentary by Hilary Jacqmin VIMEO http://vimeo.com/23273311

A Slideshow of some of Sendak’s most Influential Prints National Gallery of Australia’s Kenneth Tyler Printmaking Collection SLIDESHOW http://www.nga.gov.au/InternationalPrints/Tyler/Default.cfm?MnuID=3&ArtistIRN=20545&List=True&CREIRN=20545&ORDER_ SELECT=13&VIEW_SELECT=5&GrpNam=12&TNOTES=TRUE

Curriculum Connection Lesson Plans: Wild Things Art for Kids WILD THING ART http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/early/Jeryl-Wild.htm

A Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust: Elementary Lesson Plans. LESSON PLANS http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/activity/Intermed.htm

Jewish History/Culture Jewish American Heritage Month FAMOUS JEWISH AMERICANS http://www.jewishamericanheritagemonth.us/index.aspx

Jews in America – Timeline and Cultural History JEWS IN AMERICA http://www.jewsinamerica.org/

Judaism for Kids – Information on the Jewish religion JEWISH RELIGION http://www.bje.org.au/learning/judaism/kids/index.html

Jewish Food and Recipes JEWISH FOOD http://www.jewfaq.org/food.htm