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Suppose the Wolf Were an Octopus

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What a wonderful book! I have been looking for ways to increase the thinking skills of my students. This books incorporates beautifully Bloom's hiearchy of skills. Vocabulary, creating ideas and good writing all increase but in a very exciting and challenging way. The lessons really encourage the students to think. So many times we stop at the knowledge level of Bloom's Taxonomy, we stunt the creative writing and thinking process. Suppose the Wolf Were an Octopus can help to correct that problem. It was recommended to me and now I recommend it to you.

The "If the Wolf Were an Octopus" books are wonderful tools for involving students in answering questions from Bloom's taxonomy, including: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation. This particular book for Grades 5 to 6 lists questions for book titles for those (give or take) grade levels. However, the majority of my students will not have read most of these books: The Secret of Poplar Island, Taking Control, Kipton & Gruff, The Dragon Charmer, Harly Weaver and the Race Across America, For the Love of Gold, They Would Never be Friends, Make Me Disappear, Stray Cat, Ben and Me, etc. I was looking for the "Wolf/Octopus" book containing questions for nursery rhymes such as "Hansel and Gretel".