Parent Newsletter: Award

Winning Book
The Funny Little Woman, by Arlene Mosel, is a
great book! It is about a woman, who lives in
Japan, loves to laugh and is on a journey in
search for her runaway dumpling. We will be
using this book to guide our learning for the next
two weeks. The students will use their
imagination and the descriptions from the book
to draw Oni from their perspective (troll/ogre in
Japanese folk tales). We will also be creating
origami. We will solve addition and subtraction
problems written about dumplings. Lastly, we will
be writing about the book journey through the
Book Awards Online Literacy Resources
1973 Caldecott Medal 1. Readwritethink.org is a great website for your
The Horn Book Fanfare child to learn outside of school. The tab “Parent
Child Study Association and Afterschool Resources” has access to tips,
Book of the Year printouts, activities, games, and other tools!
ALA Notable Children’s
Book 2. Mad Libs (App)
Book Resources
Youtube.com has access to
options for a read aloud of
the book! All you need to
do is search up the title and
author of this book. 3. Wonderopolis.com is an interactive website
that posts daily wonders about diverse topics
There is a pdf version of the for families to explore. Wonder #2369 is about
book online at Samurai!
www.arvindguptatoys.com.
When searching for the pdf
I typed “The Funny Little
Woman pdf” on the google
search engine and clicked
the first link.
Community Resource
For a physical copy of the
book you can shop at most The Houston Museum of Fine Arts
local bookstores (Barnes & - The Carolyn Weis Law Building provides
Nobles)! beautiful art! The Indonesian Gold Exhibit
on the ground floor displays Japanese art.
- Admission to the museum is free on
Thursdays!