It’s Monday! What are you Reading? is a weekly blog hop hosted by Kellee and Ricki of Unleashing Readers. The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date.
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Hello there! Is is okay to say I have NOT been reading, other than for organizing materials during summer school? Yes, I’m teaching summer school with 3rd graders who did not pass the IRead3 state test in the spring. Students have a chance to attend summer school and retake the test at the end of June. It’s a high-stakes effort, but I like teaching again. Here are some titles we are reading together:
My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth Peete, and illustrated by Shane W. Evans. (Scholastic, 2010)
Exclamation Mark (!) by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld. (Scholastic, 2013)
If the World Were a Village: A Book About the World’s People by David J. Smith and Shelagh Armstrong. (Kids Can Press, 2002).
My Magic Breath: Finding Calm Through Mindful Breathing by Nick Ortner and Alison Taylor, and illustrated by Michelle Polizzi. (Harper Collins, 2018)
We will celebrate Juneteenth this Thursday with a day off school, but that doesn’t mean we won’t talk about the holiday this week. Sharing important topics, especially holidays, with children is one of my favorite things to do. Juneteenth for Mazie is one of my favorite titles, written by one of my favorite authors, Floyd Cooper (Oh, how I miss his magic!).
I love reading aloud to students! These books have become a daily practice for listening, predicting, questioning, summarizing, and finding pleasure in the reading classroom. I’m studying reading aloud as an intervention for my own research purposes, too; what a fascinating topic!
Other than teaching summer school, my husband and I have been walking our crazy boxer around the neighborhood in the evenings. This week will be hot, but I’m determined to move and stay healthy, so ask me next week if I’m still at it. The dog is about done with the heat already.
It’s Monday! What are YOU reading?
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