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Last stop on market street activities4/30/2024 I want to live on Market Street, a testament to the beauty, amid the “dirt,” that its creators witnessed there. Rogers’ Neighborhood (and Sesame Street)–celebrations of vibrant city life and loving communities. This book made me think of Ezra Jack Keats’ The Snowy Day, another beautiful story about a simple day, as well as Mr. Narration features rhymes and rhythms that float across pages like improvisational jazz, perfectly suited for reading aloud again and again. The language conveys CJ’s and Nana’s voices in realistic, imperfect syntax, capturing spoken word. Simple shapes, gestures, and details convey surprising depths of emotion with what appear to be a few strokes. The mixed-media art looks like cut paper layered and painted or colored to create a bright, textured cityscape. Answer key included.The Last Stop on Market Street Word Search highlights these important words from the text:CJNanacitybutterfliesMr. With 15 key words relevant to the text, it would be fun as a bell ringer, early finisher, or post-reading activity. “Sometimes when you’re surrounded by dirt, CJ, you’re a better witness for what’s beautiful.” This is a FREE word search for the picture book Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena. My favorite line comes after CJ asks about “crumbling sidewalks and broken-down doors, / graffiti-tagged windows and boarded-up stores.” The illustrations show a cityscape, but a flock of grey and black pigeons flying across the front of buildings and a fence prepare for Nana’s answer: He wondered how his nana always found beautiful where he never even thought to look. On the bus, CJ and his Nana interact with a variety of people, and Nana sees the beauty in each person. Dennis the bus driver has a magic trick for CJ.) In the illustration, the bus has the image of a fire-breathing dragon along its side, merging imagination with reality the way young children do. Dennis, who always has a trick for you.” (Sure enough, Mr. His grandmother answers with grace: “We got a bus that breathes fire, and old Mr. Along the way, CJ asks his grandmother questions like “How come we gotta wait for the bus in all this wet?” and “Nana, how come we don’t got a car?” This deceptively simple story, with equally deceptively simple pictures by Christian Robinson, chronicles the journey of a little boy, CJ, and his grandmother across town by bus. Apparently, some commentators think that diversity can’t exist simultaneously with quality. With 35 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Of course, even with a book this lovely, there’s controversy. This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the read-aloud book Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña. If you haven’t, pick it up, because it’s gorgeous. Have you read Last Stop on Market Street yet? It’s the first picture book AND the first Latino author, Matt de la Pena, to ever win the Newberry medal.
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