Children's+Book

__**Children's Book**__ The fantastic tale of a young Indian girl and her journey. This is a Native American tale that is parallel to our version of Cinderella. The young lady has sisters that are mean, and cruel to her. They each try to become the finance of the Invisible Being (a.k.a Prince Charming), but have no success. Then of course, lastly, the young 'rough-face' girl comes and he reveals himself to her. While this story parallels Cinderella, it has more emphasis placed on value of inner beauty. This has always been one of my favorite children books because it was more then a pretty girl putting on a pretty dress which gets the boy to notice her. This is an excellent book to help students realize that beauty if more then just what you look like on the outside. A great lesson for young children to learn!

//Martin, R. (1992). The rough-face girl. New York, NY: The Putnam & Grosset Group.//

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This story examines beauty, check out this Storybird created to examine what makes a student beautiful!

An online journal for the Rough-Face Girl, a great way to extend from the text!

Here is a word cloud about the theme of the book, true beauty...make you own here!

__Technology Strategies Used __ Used || Suggested Grade Level || Pros  || Cons || || Any Grade can view them Creating one: 3rd & up || # Can be used with the theme of a story 3. Allows students to express themselves with the help of illustrations || # Many choices may overwhelm some students || 3rd grade & up || # Excellent tool to help students extend a character from the text || 1st - 3rd with much guidance 4th & up independently or groups || # VERY user friendly version of word clouds (better then others) If you want to know more in depth about each of the strategies, please read this short paper about them!
 * Strategy
 * StoryBird
 * 1) Students could create their own to reflect theme, or create a similar story
 * 1) Can only use one theme in each story
 * 2) Word cloud of subjects can be hard to go through, but search is better ||
 * Penzu
 * 1) Pictures can be added to entries to help add dimension
 * 2) Very user friendly, can be emailed to share with others || # Customizable features only with pro
 * text is basic
 * background is unchangeable ||
 * ABCya
 * 1) Can be saved to computer as a JPEG file
 * 2) Simple interface, but offers creative choices || # No control over word size
 * 3) Not as many layout options as other programs
 * 4) Limited font styles ||