Day 18 Going Bananas for Monkeys Picture Book Month #IMWAYR

 
Picture Book Month Day 18 theme: Monkeys
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Which is Round? Which is Bigger?

by Mineko Mamda

Readers compare pairs of objects and decide which one has the attribute the questions asks to be answered. This concept book is simple and fun but offers a cute twist at the end of the book. Bright, happy read. Lots of fun. 

Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett has been one of my favorite Read Aloud books this year. Imagine a book about counting monkeys but the book itself is missing the monkeys! This book includes kids in on a joke that grownups don't see. Love it!

This week was Recycle Week for our city so I invited the Recycling Education representative out to share a storytime and tips on how to reduce, re-use, and recycle. Our kids loved it and they each received a canvas bag to take to the store in order to reduce the amount of plastic waste in our community. Here were the two books Dawn Stubblefield read to students.

Dawn Stubblefield gave an excellent presentation. She really knows kids and even when one kid tried to show off a little she expertly drew him back into the lesson. She incorporated multi-media, mnemonic devices, and showmanship to deliver an rememberable lesson.

Every student and parents who attended were each given a canvas grocery shopping bag to use in order to reduce the amount of plastic waste in our community. 

Books I Read and Blogged about this Past Week:

Click on the image caption to see the review and activities for each book. 

The Sea

Robots are Taking Over the Library

Cats and Dogs

Magical World of Books

The Zoo!

Micez

Bears 

This week, we have been exploring the meaning of being thankful. Our good friend Bear helped us understand the concept of being thankful for friends, food, and home.

Below are some nice books to use for teaching Thankfulness

I also started reading YA Fiction Guitar Notes by Mary Amato. 

It is really good so far.

Have a great reading week.

Julee

Day 17: Robots are taking over the library!

Picture Book Month Day 17 theme: Robots

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Boy and Bot are alike in many ways. 

But when Bot accidently gets switched off, Boy thinks Bot is sick and tucks him in to rest.

When Bot is suddenly switched back on and discovers Boy asleep, he thinks Boy is malfunctioning. A clever inventor comes to everyone's rescue and helps solve the little misunderstanding.

Ame Dyckman is one of the nicest authors and people I have met on Twitter. She is a big supporter of libraries and librarians. We love her. VIsit her website here. 

We love Bot so much that we decided to include him in our Dot Day Celebration this year. 

I set up a Dot Day Celebration library center with paper circles, crayons, markers, and bits of yarn, stickers, and anything else I could find and the kids used the supplies to express their creativity on a dot. I saw some remarkably creative dots. We have many clever kids in our school. 

Let's Give Bot the Chicken Pox!
Step 1: Read Boy + Bot.

Step 2: Let kids decorate and cut out dots to put on Bot.

Step 3: Give Bot the Chicken Pox with dots.

Step 4: Have fun