{"id":999,"date":"2022-02-03T19:01:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T19:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learn71.ca\/wood-tech\/?p=999"},"modified":"2022-02-03T19:03:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T19:03:55","slug":"linus-the-little-yellow-pencil-by-scott-magoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/highland-wood-tech\/2022\/02\/03\/linus-the-little-yellow-pencil-by-scott-magoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Linus the Little Yellow Pencil by Scott Magoon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let me introduce you to&nbsp;<em>Linus&nbsp;the Little Yellow Pencil<\/em>! Hot off the presses, this book is a delightful and powerful read!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linus&nbsp;and his eraser Ernie aren&#8217;t always on the same page.&nbsp;Linus&nbsp;tries his best, but when his lines are crooked, Ernie offers a tough critique. To win the family art show, they must learn to listen to each other and work together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an excellent story for talking about collaboration and working as a team. But, even more, this book is a powerful reminder of how to overcome the negative voices around\/inside us. This brilliantly illustrated story exhorts readers to &#8220;find your path by drawing it&#8221;, to let go of the critiques of others and to follow your inspiration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grade<\/strong>: primary&#8230;but always a fun read for the bigger kids!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Curricular Connections<\/strong>:&nbsp;Core Competencies &#8211; Creative and Critical Thinking, Positive Personal Identity, Personal Awareness &amp; Responsibility<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/wood-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/board-1030x509.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1000\" width=\"1030\" height=\"509\"\/><figcaption><strong>Inspiring Ideas:&nbsp;<\/strong>\u200bLinus&nbsp;and Ernie work together to strategically draw and erase to make something beautiful. Check out what we did with Ms.Nye&#8217;s class in the Learning Commons!&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/wood-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/ink_drawing-1030x586.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1001\"\/><figcaption>This book also sparks conversation about each of us doing what we do best: try exploring how pens\/pencils\/brushes\/crayons\/pencil crayons each create different effects in art, invite students to explore the remarkable differences each tool can make in their art.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/wood-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/mosaic-1030x579.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1002\"\/><figcaption>Use this fantastic image to inspire your own class mosaics.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me introduce you to&nbsp;Linus&nbsp;the Little Yellow Pencil! Hot off the presses, this book is a delightful and powerful read! Linus&nbsp;and his eraser Ernie aren&#8217;t always on the same page.&nbsp;Linus&nbsp;tries his best, but when his lines are crooked, Ernie offers a tough critique. To win the family art show, they must learn to listen to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/highland-wood-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/highland-wood-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/highland-wood-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/highland-wood-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/highland-wood-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=999"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/highland-wood-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1005,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/highland-wood-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions\/1005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/highland-wood-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/highland-wood-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/highland-wood-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}