The Soda Bottle School: A True Story of Recycling, Teamwork, and One Crazy Idea
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (779 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0884483711 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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The incredible teamwork and ingenuity of the students at this Guatemalan school inspired her to write this book. Laura Kutner is the real-life Seño Laura in The Soda Bottle School. Suzanne Slade is the award-winning author of 100 nonfiction books for children. She wrote this book because she wanted to inspire young readers to believe in themselves and to work together to make the
In a Guatemalan village, students squished into their tiny schoolhouse, two grades to a classroom. Until they got a wonderful, crazy idea: Why not use soda bottles, which were scattered all around, to form the cores of the walls? Sometimes thinking outside the box or inside the bottle leads to the perfect solution.. The villagers had tried expanding the school, but the money ran out before the project was finished. No money meant no wall materials, and that meant no more room for the students
” (School Library Journal)“Recommended.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books) . “This true story celebrates both the value of teamwork and a triumph of ingenious recycling.” (Kirkus Reviews)“ This account offers plenty of content for character education lessons, from themes of cooperation to perseverance to ingenuity
Great green story What a great way to recycle, clean the neighborhood, and provide space for everyone. Amazing what working together can accomplish.JodI. Wayne S. Walker said cute and warm story. How can one crazy, little idea solve a couple of very big problems? It is "cute and warm story" according to Wayne S. Walker. How can one crazy, little idea solve a couple of very big problems? It is 2007, and Fernando Jose lives in the small Guatemalan village of Granados, under the shadow of the mighty Tuncaj Volcano with his Mama, Abuela, and Abuelo. He is a fourth grader, and his favorite teacher is Seno Laura. However, Granados has two big problems. First, the school is unfinished and too small, housing 200 students with two grades in each classroom and two children at each desk. Second, now that products in fancy packages have started arriving from other countrie. 007, and Fernando Jose lives in the small Guatemalan village of Granados, under the shadow of the mighty Tuncaj Volcano with his Mama, Abuela, and Abuelo. He is a fourth grader, and his favorite teacher is Seno Laura. However, Granados has two big problems. First, the school is unfinished and too small, housing "cute and warm story" according to Wayne S. Walker. How can one crazy, little idea solve a couple of very big problems? It is 2007, and Fernando Jose lives in the small Guatemalan village of Granados, under the shadow of the mighty Tuncaj Volcano with his Mama, Abuela, and Abuelo. He is a fourth grader, and his favorite teacher is Seno Laura. However, Granados has two big problems. First, the school is unfinished and too small, housing 200 students with two grades in each classroom and two children at each desk. Second, now that products in fancy packages have started arriving from other countrie. 00 students with two grades in each classroom and two children at each desk. Second, now that products in fancy packages have started arriving from other countrie. Dan Miller said True story about bottle classroom. Very cute and inspiring story. It shows what a child can do with an idea that he is excited about. He asked others to help him collect bottles and full them and it became a community project. Graphics great too. It's a true story , so very exciting !