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Rain School
by James Rumsford
Kids Wings Award Book
American
Boy 1: Every year I go to school in a big building standing
tall.
Thomas: Every year I go back to where
there is no school at all.
American Girl 1: I carry my notebook, colors, and paper
to get a happy start.
Thomas: I hope they give me a pencil
and paper so I can do my part.
American Boys: When we get there, we turn on the lights.
American Girl 2: Air conditioning keeps us cool.
Tomas: When I get there, our teacher
shows us where to start building our school.
American Boy 2: We exercise and play games in the gym. It’s
really lots of fun!
Thomas:
First, we learn how to make mud bricks and dry them in the
sun.
American
Girls: We read books about fairies and sports.
American Girl 1: I want to read them ALL!
Thomas: When the bricks have dried,
we stack them up to make each strong mud wall.
Continued
in the Kids Wings Literature Guide...
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Rain
School by James Rumsford carries the reader to the African
country of Chad where summer rains have melted the mud walls
and mud desks that they had built the year before. Now,
students and teachers gather in the fall to rebuild the
school before learning can begin. Written by a Peace Corp
volunteer, this book offers a sharp contrast to the fancy,
air conditioned schools of America where our floors shine
brightly, places we take for granted.
Rain School takes
readers to a whole new world.
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Rain
School by James Rumsford
Author
and Illustrator, James Rumsford
Children
of Chad
Africa
Child's Page
Africa
Lessons
Traditional
African Children's Games
World
Vision
Interactive
Image Map of Africa
Map
of Africa
Map of South Africa
Vacation
in Africa
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Cows for America by
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Circle Unbroken by
Margot Theis Raven
For
You Are a Kenyan Child
by Kelly Cunnane
One
Child, One Seed by
Kathryn Cave
Jungle
Drums by Graeham Base
The
Kids Wings activity guide for Rain
School
provides
fun and learning, perfect for lesson planning and
printed handouts or for projection on your SmartBoard!
Activities (see screen shots below) include:
Prereading Discussion Cards
Readers Theater Script
Do I Understand? Multiple Choice Comprehension
Story Sequence Wheel
Analogies and Other Puzzles
Math
Map Activities
Answer Page
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School by James Rumsford
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Music: With special thanks to the talented Just
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for allowing us to use his original composition, "Rain"
as our background music.
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