Sunday, November 9, 2014

Monkey Fun! It's Monday, What are You Reading? November 10, 2014


   


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




Picture Book Month Day 10 theme:  Numbers                   View the calendar here  

Picture Book Month is an international literacy initiative that celebrates the print picture book during the month of November. Visit the Picture Book Month website    

Count the Monkeys is all sorts of fun and children and adults alike love the surprises on every page and most especially the ending. What a delightful book. Counting couldn't be more fun! 


Count the Monkeys on this page
Count the Monkey Ideas on Pinterest


These are a few of the books I have been working with students with this past week.

First a book with no pictures and then books with no words.

Writer B. J. Novak has created a book kids love to hear read aloud. Students from three years old to sixth grade students have begged for me to re-read this book again and again. I even enlisted the art teacher so they could hear another adult's reading performance. The book literally has no pictures but its filled with humorous text instructing the reader to read precisely what is written. Those are the rules, you must read the text exactly as it is written. 






We also explored several wordless picture books with students reading together in small groups and sharing their interpretations.

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

Simply beautifully illustrated.







Chicken and Cat Clean Up by Sara Varon

My students are big fans of Sara Varon's books. Bake Sale, Chicken and Cat, Rabbit and Robot, and  Odd Duck.

Mr. Wuffles by David Wiesner 

One of my favorite books. It's so cool to try to figure out the alien language in this wonderful nearly wordless book. 

Unspoken by Henry Cole

This is a beautifully illustrated wordless picture book and the story is so clearly evident in every page. I find it incredibly rewarding to use this book with students because they really get into the story and their interpretation of the illustrations.


 YA Books I am reading this week:

 Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier                                 If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Happy Reading!




4 comments:

  1. You're sharing so many wonderful books! ARGH, can't wait to read The Book with no pictures... soon enough. Happy reading week to you, hooray for picture book!

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    1. Thank you. The Book With No Pictures is fantastically fun.

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  2. Such beautiful picture books. I love Count The Monkeys (so much fun to share) I agree that The Lion and Mouse is a stunning wordless story. I haven't seen Chicken and Cat Clean Up, but I loved Her other books so this one is definitely going on my to purchase list!

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    1. Thank you Cheriee. Picture Book Month has been a lot of fun.

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