Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Let's Talk About Down Syndrome: What is it all about?

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Let's Talk About Down Syndrome
By: Melanie Apel Gordon
Publisher: New York : PowerKids Press
Copyright: 1999

Genre: Special Needs, Nonfiction

Grade Level: 2nd or 3rd

Brief Synopsis: Describes what causes Down syndrome and how it affects those children who have it, stressing how they can be helped to lead happy lives.

About the Author:
Melanie Apel Gordon is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Melanie Apel Gordon include Let's Talk About Dyslexia, Let's Talk About Head Lice (Let's Talk Library), Let's Talk About When Kids Have Cancer (Let's Talk Library), and Living with Adversity (Let's Talk Library).

Themes: - Learning about down syndrome
- Diagnosing and Testing for down syndrome
- Growing up with Down Syndrome

Pre-Reading Activities:
- Have the students do a book walk and explain to a partner what they see, and how they see the book is set up.
Post Reading Activities:
- Have the students each get a Chapter to focus on.  They are responsible for reporting back to the class about what they read.
- Students will make a poster about Down Syndrome after having heard all of the presentations and information.
Reflection: This book is very informational for those that do not know what down syndrome is.  It is very simple writing and is easy for all ages to understand.  It puts the important terms in bold so while reading it is easy to pick out the words that are new. This book would be great for a classroom who needs to understand this Disorder.

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