Our preschoolers read a lesser-known Mo Willems book called Cat the Cat, Who is That? I love the Cat the Cat books and they are perfect for preschool age kids! The other books in the series are even better than this one--I need to order them for Prairie Hill!
AK students listened to If You Give a Dog a Donut and If You Give a Cat a Cupcake. They had heard If You Give a Mouse a Cookie before, but not these two. I forget how wacky the books get later in the series.
Kindergarteners listened to one of the new Caldecott honor books, Leave Me Alone by Vera Brosgal. It is a funny story about an old grandma who is trying to find some peace and quiet to do her knitting. She meets up with some funny characters and travels to some strange places. The kids have been focusing on characters & setting, so this book fit right in!
After reading, students used Chatterpix to tell about the woman in the story and all of the places she traveled.
First graders loved listening to Sam & Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett. It is another one of the Iowa Goldfinch Award nominees. After reading, we again drew some pictures using Seesaw.
I'm working on introducing second graders to some chapter book series to get them hooked on, while also talking about genres and how books fit into different genres. This week, we read Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo. Every Mercy book quickly got checked out!
Third graders learned about copyright, plagairism, and writing citations. We watched this video and then talked about how copyright protects anyone's original work. We used examples in music and movies and artwork, and how students would feel if someone took their work and used it without asking or giving credit. At the end, they wrote a citation for the book they'd been using for their biography research. In 3rd grade, we only require the title, author, and date of publication.
Fourth graders have begun recording their audio for their book trailer! We're almost there!
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