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Watermelon Seed
Watermelon Seed | Greg Pizzoli
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With perfect comic pacing, Greg Pizzoli introduces us to one funny crocodile who has one big fear: swallowing a watermelon seed. Will vines sprout out his ears? Will his skin turn pink? This crocodile has a wild imagination that kids will love, and the new board-book format makes this hilarious romp the perfect pick for preschoolers. Praise for The Watermelon Seed Winner of the 2014 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award "Pizzoli legitimizes childish anxieties but also slyly exaggerates each worry to highlight the humor." -New York Times* "It's an expert debut..." -"Publishers Weekly," starred review * "Children will love this hilarious book...The story has broad appeal, making it a great first purchase." -"School Library Journal," starred review "The illustrations, done in a graphic, flat-color style with simple linework, recall the cheerful stylings of Ed Emberley and Roger Hargreaves. While Pizzoli uses the computer to arrange his compositions, he takes extra care to hand print the pieces. Done in a three-color printing, the silk screen offers a toothiness to the page, giving fruit, animal and emotions more substance." -"Kirkus Reviews" "With a sharp graphic sensibility, vibrant design, and adept characterization, Pizzoli spins the simple premise into a sweet confection, ripe with broad humor."-"Booklist Online" Praise for Number One Sam "Pizzoli's zingy ice-pop colors and dramatically varied page compositions take home the blue ribbon." -New York Times * "[A] class act." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review * "[A]nother winner from Pizzoli." -"Publishers Weekly," starred review * "'[A] popular choice at storytimes." -"School Library Journal" "Pizzoli's talent with color, easy-to-read words, and humor is something to behold . . . This one does it all." -"Horn Book""[T]his will zoom off shelves." -Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Praise for Templeton Gets His Wish "Cheerful entertainment, with just a touch of snark." -Publishers Weekly "" "The story's exuberance is catching and reassuring . . . Templeton is a celebration of independence, and of our complex feelings about those we love." -Horn Book "Templeton...conveys intense emotion with a few simple lines and very bright colors, as his tale reflects the endearing aspects of a small child's struggles to behave." -Booklist
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Gracehake

“I can feel it growing inside me!”

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Gracehake

This story follows a color scheme which makes the illustration seem very uniform and flow together. The illustrations are not too complex and easy to interpret, which would be great for younger grades. It is very cute and entertaining

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Gracehake
Mehso-so

This book is about a crocodile that loves watermelon and eats it for every meal of every day. Then the crocodile realizes that it swallowed a watermelon seed and thinks a watermelon will grow inside of its stomach and it will turn into a watermelon. The crocodile then burns up the seed and says it will never eat any again, maybe just a little bite though. This story is very cute but seems to be more for the younger elementary audience.

Gracehake Theodore Seuss Geisel Award 2y
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DinoMom
Watermelon Seed | Greg Pizzoli
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I completely forgot to snap a picture of the #sliceofsummerswap package I sent out today. So here is a picture of some yummy watermelon, which for me is the perfect summer treat❤️🍉

@Catsandbooks thanks for hosting.

Catsandbooks Fantastic! ☀️🍋 3y
Meshell1313 @DinoMom package received! Now the waiting to open begins!!! Sending out yours soon! Will post pic! 🤗🇺🇸🇨🇦#sliceofsummer 2y
DinoMom @Meshell1313 that was quick! 🍉🍉 2y
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Viviannef
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Who else thought they would grow a watermelon in their stomach if they accidentally swallowed a seed? I know I did! The watermelon seed by Greg Pizzoli is a fun MF story about a crocodile who loved to eat watermelon… suddenly he swallowed a seed... he begins to imagine the worst! Will his stomach grow? Will vines grow out of his ears? Will he eat watermelon again? Check out this Geisel Award-winning book to find out! #ucflae3414su20

Viviannef I would use this story as an RT for young readers to promote fluency and it‘s a funny story that the children will love! UDL principle 5.3 Build fluencies with graduated levels of support for practice and performance and ESOL strategy 16 Integrate speaking, listening, reading, and writing activities. Using the story as an RT will help with reading with expression. 4y
Viviannef This resource provides great ideas for teachers to use in their classrooms using this book! The teacher may use the story in a reader‘s theatre and emphasizing the exclamation points to read with expression. The resource also provides fun activities such as storytelling, discussion questions, and the idea of a melon tasting party! http://www.theclassroombookshelf.com/2014/02/2013-geisel-award-winner-the-waterm... 4y
Ameyer32 Love the text-to-self connection. I remember my brother cried because he thought he would grow a watermelon in his belly. RT is a good choice for this book as well as ST. 4y
DrSpalding Universal design principle 5.3 is perfect for readers theater. This Geisel award winner would be a wonderful addition to your primary classroom. 4y
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Mwinship
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The Watermelon Seed is a cute, humorous picture book about a crocodile who loves watermelons but is fearful of swallowing a watermelon seed. This F, Theodor Suess Geisel award winning book is written and illustrated by Greg Pizzoli.
This book would be great for a RA because of its humorous storyline, it will have students entertained. Here is a link for a RA that students can follow along with: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp9F50QzRa0

Mwinship #UCFLAE3414F19
The EL strategy 16 about integrating speaking and listening activities and UDL guideline 5.3 about building fluencies with support align with this book and RA.
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DrSpalding This award winner is perfect for your emergent readers. If you teach kindergarten or first grade, this should be utilized in your lesson plans. 5y
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alexblanco
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The author and illustrator of Watermelon Seed is Greg Pizzoli. This book is very light humored and fun. It‘s about a crocodile who loves watermelon, ate a seed, and thought he was going to turn into a watermelon tree, turn pink, and be put in a fruit salad. After he burped it out he said he‘d never eat it again and then ate watermelon right after. It‘s super vibrant and the colors are bold so it definitely would attract kids. #ucflae3414f19

alexblanco The genre is realistic fiction and it won the Theodore Seuss Geisel Award in 2014. A teaching strategy I‘d use for
This book would be RA. It seems like an entertaining book to read and use good intonation to capture the students attention.
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alexblanco The standard I‘d use would be the one that follows: https://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewStandard/Preview/5678. It deals with describing the relationship between the illustrations and the story which I thought would be great for this book because there‘s so many illustrations that help form the story line. 5y
alexblanco An EL strategy I would use is to promote cooperation (small groups) because other students can help them if they are having a hard time. A UDL strategy I‘d use is to guide appropriate goal setting. This is important because some kids might get off task with such a fun story but it is significant to ensure that they have a set goal and achieve it. 5y
DrSpalding I agree the front cover would attract students to this award winner! Promoting cooperation and guiding appropriate goal setting can work well with many read aloud selections. 5y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
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I admit, I LOL‘d. 🤣🤣🤣

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Myiab
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Uhh ohh... crocodile accidentally swallowed the watermelon seed! *GASP* what is going to happen? This extraordinary book could be used in the classroom to enhance students critical thinking skills! This MF book is written and illustrated by Greg Pizzoli. #ucflae3414su19

Myiab UDL 1.3 Offer alternatives for visual information and EL 17 Provide contextual support through audio visuals, models,
demonstrations, realia, body language and facial expressions. https://events.oncraze.com/post/the-watermelon-seed-173653
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DezireeLara Reading your caption was so fun and now made me want to read this cute little book for my own students! Great link too! 5y
Stephanie5 Great book I would love to buy to read to my students. I think students would really love this too. 5y
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carlenerubin What a creative book! This looks so cute! I will totally be checking this out because I have never heard of it! 5y
DawnS This sounds like a hilarious read and I think every kid has been concerned about a watermelon seed in their tummy . 5y
DrSpalding And it won the Theodore Seuss Geisel award! Use this in your classroom. 5y
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Bmelendez92
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F / Geisel Award / DR
• This book is about a crocodile who loves watermelon, however one day he swallows a seed and he imagines the worst
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/201617_Picture_book_reso...
#UCFSU19
• UDL 3.1
• EL: this book how bright expressive illustrations

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NicoleCumbo
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The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli is a modern fantasy picture book that has won the Theodore Seuss Geisel award. This book is about a crocodile who is scared to swallow a watermelon seed, so he thinks of all the things that can happen if he does! A UDL strategy that goes along with this story is strategy 3.1 (activate or supply background knowledge) and an EL strategy is strategy 4 (link lesson topic to students prior knowledge).

NicoleCumbo Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Q4x-NrZac brings you to a read aloud for this book that you can share with your classroom. #ucflae3414sp18 7y
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jackilynn
Watermelon Seed | Greg Pizzoli
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We are learning the letter W this week in PreK as well as making Watermelon handprint art for our ABC book so of course I had to wear my watermelon socks. I love wearing fun socks to work.

ReadingOver50 Super cute socks 7y
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mayahearn
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The Watermelon Seed is a picture book written and illustrated by Greg Pizzoli and is classified as MF. It won the Geisel award and could be used in the classroom as a great RA book. https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=37288 has many different lesson plans pertaining to the book. UDL: 6.3- optimize relevance, value, and authenticity, EL: reinforce the key ideas you present again and again. #UCFLAE3414F17

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MakenzieT
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The Watermelon Seed is an adorable and funny F book written and illustrated by Greg Pizzoli. It won the Geisel award and would be a wonderful book to use for RT. You could even use some of the resources at https://thesmilelines.com/the-watermelon-seed-activities/ to do a RT
EL-36 Asked numerous questions which require higher level thinking responses
UDL-8.4 Increase mastery-oriented feedback
#UCFLAE3414F17

DrSpalding I love readers theater and this would be a simple story for students to feel very successful especially in the area of fluency. 7y
mayahearn This book is such a fun and easy read and the kids would love it because it‘s so fun and silly! 7y
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