Pecan Pie Baby

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Yummy by Lucy Cousins

Our first book is going to be Yummy Lucy Cousins.

I choose this book because every classroom needs a great book of fairy tales and this one came highly recommended by Peggy Sharp.

Ideas to use for this book:
1. Recipes- have students choose a recipe to go with a fairy tale. Kids can write a how to with pictures. Make something YUMMY in class together. Create a class cookbook.
2. Circle Map on things that are yummy.
3. Tree Map of story elements.
4. Plot diagram.
5. Paper bag book.

What's New in Children's Lit Fall 2010 Edition

Welcome back to another fabulous Fall of reading more and LOVING it!


Fall class dates:
Nov. 8, 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6, 13

Class Activity: Beginning, Middle, End Summary Wallet

Student Engagement- What motivates kids to read?


First homework assignment:
Use an ebook in your class room!

Here are some resources:

Tumblebooks

Children's International Library

MISD Digital Library

The Underwear Salesman

I have to say that I love this book and i LOVE poetry! What a great way to work on reading and language! This would be a great book for college week. I want to be a bubble bath tester when I grow up......

Boogie Knights

What did you think of this book? Of course, you could use it for the obvious: words that sound the same but are spelled differently. What did your kids think? How can you use it to support the curriculum?

Button Up

I realized that I did too many poetry books during this staff development, but there are so many good ones out there! I fell in love with this book when I read it to my middle son Austin. The illustrations are so cute! I can't wait to share this with my classes next week in the library!!! I LOVE new books!

Into the Volcano

Don't be scared of this graphic novel! Don Wood spent 10 years illustrating this book. It has won numerous literary awards. Graphic novels fly off the shelf in almost all libraries. So why do teachers dislike them so much? Why do kids like them so much? How can you use this to draw in reluctant readers? How can you use this in content areas?