Do you struggle with how to get started? Writer's Workshop in kindergarten and first grade classrooms is one of the most powerful components. In Writing Workshop in kindergarten and first grade, students are encoding words that come from their thoughts and feelings, which is a much easier skill than decoding. Successful writers become successful readers! So, how do you get started? The answer is simple. Just jump right in!! I usually start at the beginning of the ... continue reading...
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Book Talk Tuesday: The Book with No Pictures
B.J. Novak from The Office fame has branched out as an author of a children’s books. And his first book is a book with no pictures. A book with NO PICTURES? YES! And it is hilarious! Your kids will want you to read it again and again. Novak is trying to teach your children what reading is really about. It’s about words on the page, and your students are forced to rely on you (the reading-aloud adult) for entertainment. True to its title Novak’s book features no illustrations, just words in ... continue reading...
Book Talk Tuesday: The Nuts Bedtime at the Nut House
It's Book Talk Tuesday... errr...Wednesday! {sorry...I'm a day late} Today's book is SO stinkin' CUTE!!!! The Nuts Bedtime at the Nut House is a book that every mamma can relate to. It's bedtime at the Nut house and Mamma Nut is trying to get her little nuts, Hazel and Wally Nut (do you see what he did here? :) to bed but they want to keep on playing so they resist going to bed. Hazel and Wally ignore Mama and keep playing and singing their song: 'We're Nuts! We're Nuts! We're ... continue reading...
Book Talk Tuesday: Nonfiction books and Jack Hartmann!!!
Before we get to Book Talk Tuesday I have some EXCITING news. Jack Hartmann has been working with me to create songs and videos for some of my units. How cool is that? We just added his new Frog Life Cycle video to my Frog unit. So if you are one of the sweet people who have already purchased the unit head on over and download the video that goes with it. It shows actual real life footage of a frog's life cycle. You can click on the cover below to check it out. He is ... continue reading...
Book Talk Tuesday: Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too
What do you do when you have a big box? In this heartwarming story Nelly Gnu and her dad make a beautiful playhouse out of the box. This beautiful book takes you through the process step by step as Nelly and her daddy make the playhouse. (this would be a great mentor text for procedural writing) When Nellie and her dad go to the store to buy paint for the playhouse she gets lost. Uh-oh! Thankfully Daddy Gnu is right there to ... continue reading...
Book Talk Tuesday: Crash Course
For book talk Tuesday I wanted to come back and share a few more of my favorite quotes from this inspiring book, Crash Course. It is a must read as many of you are gearing up to go back to school soon. Here are two quotes from the book that can help you create a classroom where students not only learn the content but learn how to be better people in the process. Positive and Negative thinking are both contagious. Be careful what you spread. This would be a great way to start the day. Sit ... continue reading...
Let’s Talk about Books: Give Up, Gecko! Linky
Hey y'all! I love books! I hope you'll join me every Tuesday as I share a new book with you. Hopefully I will pick some that you've never heard of before. :) I recently purchased this book and read it to my grandbabies who are 5 and 7 and they both LOVED it. You know a book is a hit when they ask you to read it again and again! Give Up, Gecko! is a Folktale from Uganda that is retold by Margaret Read MacDonald Y'all this is the PERFECT book to add to your back to school collection ... continue reading...
Pumpkin Read Alouds: Book Talk Tuesday
From Seed to Pumpkin Pumpkins can be baked in a pie, carved into jack-o'-lanterns, and roasted for a healthy snack. But how does a tiny seed turn into a big pumpkin? With clear text and detailed, colorful illustrations, this book explains what a pumpkin seed needs to help it grow! This book also includes delicious pumpkin recipes and easy experiments to do with pumpkin seeds. How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? Here is an adorable picture book for curious kids, which ... continue reading...
Phoneme Segmentation! Make and Take Freebie and Book Talk Tuesday
Segmenting words is an important skill that we work on throughout the year. Kids need a variety of hands on ways to work on this skill in order to make it more concrete. We use a variety of manipulatives to work on phoneme segmentation. Building words with unifix cubes as we say each sound, stretching the words with a slinky, sliding a pony bead for each sound and using our stretchy the word stretcher (as seen above). To make the word stretchers you need the template (below) ... continue reading...
Let’s Talk About Books! Reading with Meaning
Thanks to everyone who linked up. I'm enjoying reading all of the wonderful posts. Congratulations to Kelly McCarthy for winning the giveaway last week! This week I chose one of my favorite PD books of all time to talk about. If you've followed my blog or attended one of my presentations then you know that I LOVE Debbie Miller. Reading one of her books is so easy because if truly feels like you are having a conversation with an old friend. Reading with Meaning is the first book I ... continue reading...
Book Talk Tuesday: Wiggles First Day at School
Teaching little ones the rules and procedures in the classroom is sometimes a tricky process. Wiggles First Day at School makes it much easier! Wiggles the dog came to school but he doesn't know the rules. Talking {barking} while the teacher is talking, not sharing and running inside are just a few of the problems that Wiggles has to work through as he learns the procedures. These are the procedures that are introduced in the book. 1: Back Pack placement 2: ... continue reading...
Book Talk Tuesday: The Very Ugly Bug
Have you ever wished you could change how you look? Do you sometimes wish you looked more like your friends? That's the problem with the Very Ugly Bug. She isn't happy with how she looks and she wishes that she looked more like the grasshopper with his smooth green back, the shiny blue bug with his big fluttery wings or like the spotty red bug with her teeny tiny eyes. She thinks about how their characteristics help them hide from birds and she decides that she wants to look more like ... continue reading...
Book Talk Tuesday: Rub-a-Dub Sub
Hey Y'all! Summer is almost over so I thought I'd share one of my favorite ocean themed books before the school craze sets in. My class loves this adorable rhyming book, Rub-a-Dub Sub. A little boy goes on an undersea adventure in his submarine... and describes all of the animals he encounters using higher level vocabulary and rhyme. All is well on his underwater adventure until he meets a SHARK!!!!!! The kids made their own subs and ocean animal they ... continue reading...
Book Talk Tuesday: I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More!
OOPS! So sorry y'all! I am in New Orleans for a conference and all day long I kept thinking today was Monday! Yes... with trying to pack and rush out of the house it has been one of those days. :) This is absolutely one of my favorite books of all time. I know I say that a lot but I am serious. I Ain't Gonna Paint No More.IS.my.FAVORITE!! The illustrations and the rhythm and rhyme of this book make it so much fun to read and the kids HOWL with laughter. {especially on the last ... continue reading...
Get Ready! Book Talk Tuesday starts next week!
Starting next Tuesday and every Tuesday after that it's a new linky series.... We LOVE Books! Each Tuesday I will introduce you to a book that I really love. If you are a blogger I hope that you will consider linking up and sharing books with us as well. The books can be children's books, PD books, or an adult read that you are enjoying. No limits! Just use the button above to link back to my blog and get ready to link up. :) I LOVE books! Books of all kinds. Children's books, ... continue reading...
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