Monday, June 6, 2016

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #IMWAYR 6/6/16


It's Monday! What are you reading? was started by Sheila at Book Journey and was adapted for children's books from picture books through YA by Jen of Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee of Unleashing Readers. You can visit either site for a round up of blogs sharing their weekly readings and thoughts or search Twitter for #IMWAYR.



Last Weeks' Posts

  • June on the Logonauts. A monthly wrap-up post where I feature posts from previous years published during the same month.

Picture Books



Inside This Book (Are Three Books) (2015) by Barney Saltzberg. This quirky picture book is actually a collection of smaller and smaller picture books written by three siblings. The oldest brother shares his book of observations, story ideas, and a comic; the middle sister writes an ode to poetry and poems; and the youngest brother illustrates a story about his family (and a dinosaur).

I shared this book with my students this week on our last day of school before presenting them each with their own end-of-year gift: a blank book! (Last summer, on a tip from another teacher, I started stalking the dollar deals section at Target, where I was able to get 32-page blank books for $3 per 3-pack. Amazon has comparably priced 16-page blank books.)

Do you have a favorite book-ish end of year routine?

7 comments:

  1. Tom Gates has been really popular, and I just like to read the books for the description of British cookies! If you're interested in the 48 Hour Book Challenge for next year, let me know! http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2016/06/sic-transit-gloria-mundi-48-hour-book.html

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  2. The blank book idea is so sweet, what a great way to encourage creativity over the summer.

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  3. Wow! This sounds like a fabulous book to share at the end of the year. What a wonderful text to inspire summer writing

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  4. Wow! This sounds like a fabulous book to share at the end of the year. What a wonderful text to inspire summer writing

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  5. This year I have been reading Mo Willem's The Thank You book. I'm also retiring so I'm contemplating reading I wish you more at the year end assembly.

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    1. Those are both great ideas! I LOVE I wish you more? Did you know you can buy personalized copies that incorporate a child's name? I bought one for my nephew for Christmas.

      Congratulations on your retirement! (More time for reading!)

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  6. Have you read Jesse Klausmeier and Suzy Lee's Open This Little Book - great book to pair with this one.

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