Marjorie Priceman, the whimsical, masterful illustrator of Elsa Okon Rael's When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street and Jack Prelutsky's For Laughing Out Loud, won a Caldecott Honor Award for this swirling, twirling, colorful musical world worthy of thunderous applause and a standing ovation. Moss should be congratulated for creating a playful, musical stream of rhyming couplets that seamlessly, slyly teaches the names of myriad musical groups. We move on! A chamber group of ten! And the orchestra is ready to begin. The flute that "sends our soul a-shiver" makes a sextet, and "with steely keys that softly click," a sleek, black, woody clarinet slips the group into a septet. A trumpet sings and stings along, forming a duo, then a fine French horn joins in, "TWO, now THREE-O, what a TRIO!" The mellow cello ups it to a quartet, then ZIN! ZIN! ZIN! a violin soars high and moves in to make a quintet. It's what we go to concerts for." In this exuberant tribute to classical music and the passionate, eccentric musicians who play it, author Lloyd Moss begins with the mournful moan and silken tone of one trombone. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: nar. An excellent book about orchestras and musical instruments. "The STRINGS all soar, the REEDS implore, / The BRASSES roar with notes galore. A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the poetry / music mentor text picture book Zin Zin Zin a Violin by Lloyd Moss and Marjorie Priceman.
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