“Summary: This is a non-fictional book with facts about how people lived in Ancient Egypt, mummies, and other cool facts about that time period and place. It is interactive book with flaps and ties and other unique book features that make kids just want to get into it!
Reason I Chose the Book: I chose this book because it has unique features and innovative ways to present information to students. My mentor teacher had it in her classroom, and one day when I was looking through it, multiple students came up to me and asked me what it was and said that they wanted to read it. It’s creative and unique style makes kids want to touch it and interact with it, and it make them learn as they do.
Use in the Classroom: This is a book that I would keep in my classroom library. When we were learning about Egypt, I would introduce it to the class and show them some of it’s cool features and facts and encourage them to interact with it on their own time. Throughout the unit, as we learn about different parts of the lifestyle and culture, we could refer back to the book and see what information it has about that particular topic. We would be able to use it as a fun reference book as a class, and the kids would still be interested in looking at it later because they can interact with it, as they didn’t necessarily get to while I was showing it to the class. It shows them that reading is really fun, and that you can gain really cool information from books in a different way.
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