It's Monday! What are you Reading is a meme began by Sheila at Book Journeys as
a way to share what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and what
is in store for the upcoming week. It's also a great chance to see what
others are reading. I first learned about it from Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki of Unleashing Readers and have become a regular linked up blog. Thanks #PLN
We are really focusing on book care in our library lessons because I am seeing some signs of book neglect just two weeks into book circulation. I really like using What Happened to Marion's Book because kids can relate to Marion's neglectful book care habits and can offer wise suggestions for how to better handle books while reading.
Prekinder three year old students have begun to settle down into a daily school routine and no longer spend half the day crying for mommies. They are learning how to share, take turns, and listen to their teachers. It was time to introduce
No, David! by David Shannon. They laughed and laughed and especially laughed at naked butt David running down the street.
In continuing our reading and creating of dots for Dot Day, I read
Press Here by Herve Tullet and made a humungous mistake by uttering the phrase "Viola! each time the dots changed. It was actually quite funny. Little 4 year olds would shout Viola for every little thing that happened and later in the school hallways when I would walk by "Viola!" I can just picture how they went home and tortured their parents over and over with Viola!
Another favorite book for Dot Day is
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes. The endpapers are similar to Press Here in that they are covered in dots. In the story, kitten notices a little bowl of milk up in the sky (the moon) and tried many attempts to get to that tasty looking milk. Finally after landing into a pond she sadly heads home sad and soaking wet to discover a bowl of milk on the porch waiting for her. It is so sweet.
14 Cows for America is one of my favorite books in our school library. I read it to library classes on Patriot Day/Sept. 11th day. Paired with glowing earth toned illustrations is a story of compassion and friendship between two countries brought together from the pain and sadness experienced on September 11, 2001. (author Carmen Agra Deedy)
This was a 2010 Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee and here is my Bluebonnet Book Club lesson.
I am still reading Rebel McKenzie by Candice Ranson for my Bluebonnet Book Club and so far I really like it.
