Jon ScieszkaBy: Erin Menear and Brittany Hoyt

Background

Born September 8, 1954Grew up in Flint, Michigan Second oldest of six boysAttended a Catholic School from 1st Grade

through 9th GradeBecame a Wolf Scout at 8 years oldAttended Culver Military Academy with

Older Brother in IndianaPublished his first book in 1989, The True

Story of the 3 Little Pigs

Major Accomplishment

Scieszka was awarded the Caldecott Honor Award for his 1992 book called, The Stinky Cheese Man: And Other Fairly Stupid Tales.

The True Story of the 3

Little Pigs!This was Scieszka’s

first book that he ever wrote. It was published in 1989 after a change

in the title from A Wolf’s Tale after it was

rejected from publishing. (JS

Worldwide)

How does Scieszka write?

Many are in the form of a comic book/ graphic novel

Some are new takes on older books that many children are very familiar with, such as The Stinky Cheese Man

How does Scieszka write?

His collection of Time Warp Trio books consists of 16 out of the 46 published books.

These books also comprised a lot of the fantasy fiction genre out of the rest of his books.

Scieszka’s Writing StyleJon writes in a manner that no matter the

subject, there is always a hint of comedy involved.

Scieszka writes in a humorous and imaginative style, in which he allows his readers to come up with their own idea of what is really going on.

More Books! (Slight in comparison to total number published)

Math Curse? As you are to begin

teaching Math, you can use this book as a way to show where and how math can be used in a normal day.

You could use it to begin teaching how to divide and multiply as a way to get kids interested in the subject with the humorous manner of writing.

More about that math curse…

Here are some Competency Goals and Standards for Math in Grade 3:◦ 1.03     Develop fluency with multiplication from 1x1 to 12x12 and

division up to two-digit by one-digit numbers using: Strategies for multiplying and dividing numbers. Estimation of products and quotients in appropriate situations. Relationships between operations.

◦ 1.05     Use area or region models and set models of fractions to explore part-whole relationships .Represent fractions concretely and symbolically (halves, fourths, thirds,

sixths, eighths). Compare and order fractions (halves, fourths, thirds, sixths, eighths) using

models and benchmark numbers (zero, one-half, one); describe comparisons. Model and describe common equivalents, especially relationships among

halves, fourths, and eighths, and thirds and sixths. Understand that the fractional relationships that occur between zero and one

also occur between every two consecutive whole numbers. Understand and use mixed numbers and their equivalent fraction forms.

More boring things (resources) Scieszka, J. (2008). Knuckleheads. NY: Viking Juvenile. "Jon Scieszka (1954-)." Something about the Author. Vol.

199. Detroit: Gale, 2009. 120-129. Something About The Author Online. Gale. Appalachian State University - Belk Library. 8 October 2011 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SATA_Online/boon41269/BH2177995069>.

Scieszka, J. (2007). Jon scieszka worldwide. Retrieved from http://www.jsworldwide.com/

NC Standard Course Of Study. (2008) http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/mathematics/scos/2003/k-8/21grade3

The End….. well maybe!