Best Teacher in Second Grade (I Can Read Book Series: Level 2)

by Katharine Kenah, Abby Carter (Illustrator)

Overview

This heartfelt story shows the difference a good teacher can make in a student’s life!

Luna has the best teacher in second grade. Mr. Hopper loves the midnight sky almost as much as Luna does, but the rest of the class isn’t on the same page. They won’t listen to her ideas for the Family Night program—until something goes unexpectedly wrong! With a nudge from Mr. Hopper, Luna shares her plan, which just might save the show.

From the team that wrote and illustrated The Best Seat in Second Grade and The Best Chef in Second Grade, this appealing story will appeal to all second graders, as well as their parents, caregivers, and, especially, teachers!

This Level Two I Can Read is geared toward kids who read on their own but still need a little help. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the engaging stories, longer sentences, and language play of Level Two books are proven to help kids take their next steps toward reading success.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062038494
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	06/28/2011
Series:	I Can Read Book 2 Series
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
Lexile:	560L (what's this?)
File size:	34 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Katharine Kenah's Family Favorite is her grandmother's grandmother's brownies. The recipe for these delicious, fudgy-rich treats has been passed down for generations. Besides these delightful easy readers about Room 75, Katharine has written The Dream Shop, Eggs Over Easy, and many exciting nonfiction books for children. She lives with her family in Granville, Ohio.

Abby Carter loves to bake—especially blueberry pie, her Family Favorite. When she's not making a racket in the kitchen, she stays busy illustrating many beautiful picture books and early readers. Abby lives with her family in Connecticut.

Editorial Reviews

K-Gr 2-Mr. Hopper's class is planning for Family Night, and Luna suggests a Midnight Circus, a celebration perfectly attuned to her own passion for planets and stars. Instead, her classmates embrace the idea of a traditional circus, dividing into groups of lions, tigers, and bears, while Luna grows even more single-minded in her celestial fascination. As a new student, she has experienced some anxiety; now her adjustment is further compromised as classmates are confused by her obsession. When the second graders are forced to make a sudden program change, Mr. Hopper rallies the children around Luna's creative idea to bring the Midnight Circus to Room 75. On Family Night Luna is beaming, her sense of validation and acceptance reflected back to her wise and gentle teacher. By clearly evoking the discomfort and quirky behavior of the new kid in class, this story offers great discussion possibilities. It is a typical leveled reader with short sentences and chapters and an ample number of engaging cartoon drawings. However, the character development and opportunity for inferential thinking make it more substantial than many books of this type.-Gloria Koster, West School, New Canaan, CT Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

This Level 2 reader in the I Can Read series reinvigorates the theme of travail and triumph for the new kid in class. Luna loves stars and planets, but her initial elation with the like-minded Mr. Hopper turns to despondence: Her new classmates find her passion for astronomy odd. During class planning for Family Night, Luna suggests a show about the night sky, since (with shooting comets and animal-shaped constellations) it's "like a midnight circus." The kids are enthusiastic instead about a circus theme: Luna's "good idea had come and gone, just like a shooting star." A lunch-line conversation reveals-horrors!-that Mrs. Mudlark's class is also busy planning a circus. Luna's notion is revived, and after the successful show, she "beamed like the sun." Kenah makes a sparkling array of similes and metaphors accessible to primary students, a nifty feat within the constraints of the reader format. Carter's cheery watercolors extend the apt school details, depicting a multicultural classroom with several biracial children, including Luna herself. A school story that shines. (Easy reader. 5-8)

Kirkus Reviews

Carter’s colorful illustrations show the classroom play with the best teacher there in the background.” — ALA Booklist

“Kenah makes a sparkling array of similes and metaphors accessible to primary students...a school story that shines.” — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

Carter’s colorful illustrations show the classroom play with the best teacher there in the background.

ALA Booklist