{"id":268614,"date":"2010-02-03T00:15:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T05:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2324"},"modified":"2010-02-03T00:15:07","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T05:15:07","slug":"teaching-civics-with-children%e2%80%99-literature-grody%e2%80%99s-not-so-golden-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/268614","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Civics with Children\u2019 Literature: Grody\u2019s Not So Golden Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2010\/02\/grody.jpg\" title=\"grody.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2010\/02\/grody.jpg\" title=\"grody.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2010\/02\/grody.jpg\" alt=\"grody.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><em>Introduction and Summary<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0152162410?tag=openlibr-20\">Grody&#8217;s Not So Golden Rules<\/a>, written and illustrated by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicolerubel.com\/\">Nicole Rubel<\/a>, is a funny story of a boy\/dog who imagines what life would be like if he followed his own set of rules. As Grody lists his rules, the reader is clearly shown the consequences of such bad behavior. The creative, hilarious illustrations make this a fun read for kids, while cleverly promoting core values. By the end of the story, the children will see the reasons behind the rules we have at school and at home.Grades K-2 would really enjoy this book!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Curriculum Connections!\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 SOLs K.8 and 1.10\u00a0<\/strong>are covered by this book.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>Respect, responsibility<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>rules<\/em>\u00a0are the three &#8220;R&#8221;s that Grody reveals the importance of throughout the story. This is necessary knowledge for good behavior in and out of the classroom.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Additional Resources!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Activity:<\/strong>\u00a0Have the students make a table where they can write each of Grody&#8217;s rules, the consequences of that rule, and what the students believe to be the right thing to do!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0These four lessons are complete a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.in.gov\/publications\/pdf_citizenship\/ctzgrade00.pdf\">unit on Respect<\/a>\u00a0for Kindergartners! Great ideas and lots of activities!<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Here&#8217;s a Kindergarten-level\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sed\/caec\/files\/stbooklistk.htm\">Character Education book list<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0This is a corny, but fun video that raps some\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eV-OZc9jcWc\">Rules of the Classroom<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>General Information!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Book:\u00a0<em>Grody&#8217;s Not So Golden Rules<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Author: Nicole Rubel<\/p>\n<p>Illustrator: Nicole Rubel<\/p>\n<p>Publisher: Harcourt Books<\/p>\n<p>Publication Date: 2003<\/p>\n<p>Pages: 30<\/p>\n<p>Grade Range: K-2<\/p>\n<p>ISBN: 0-15-216241-0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Introduction and Summary Grody&#8217;s Not So Golden Rules, written and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}