End of the Year in the Library
ALL STUDENT BOOKS WILL BE DUE ON MAY 19th.
May 2-6 Grade 1 lesson and checkout. Plenty of time (but not unlimited) for lessons or activities so please let me know so that I can start getting things ready. Semi-fabulousness does not appear out of nowhere. ;) Takes planning.
May 9-13 Testing week so checkouts will be limited. Sort of have to play that one by ear.
May 16-18 (Mon-Wed) Check out will be limited to one book at a time.
Thurs, May 19 All student books due. I might be out that day. Haven't decided yet. Teacher books can be out a little longer.
Fri, May 20 Not sure where the volunteer luncheon is being held yet. If it's in here, sorry. No can do. If it's elsewhere we're open!
May 23-27 No more student book circulation ... time for lessons or maker (STEAM) activities or tech fun (coding, augmented reality, etc) so schedule your slot soon! Friday is early out schedule for clubs.
May 30 No School
Jun 1-2 Up to you all. I'm open to doing something if you want to get out of your rooms!
Activities to Schedule
Then we could do booktalks or add to Overdrive wish lists or make something related to a book (Star Wars Day, anyone? May the Fourth be With You? Or even cinco de mayo. Get back to my Spanish teaching roots). I'm pretty open to ideas! Or just set up stations like during #makermornings because not everyone can make it to that!
Read Aloud Suggestions
Crenshaw
Last Stop
A Wall Street Journal Best Children's Book of 2015, A New York Times Book Review Notable Children’s Book of 2015, An NPR Best Book of 2015, A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2015, A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2015, A 2015 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, A Horn Book Best Book of 2015, BookPage’s “2015’s First Must-Read Picture Book and guys, that is only the first half of the award list) and it's one that I think has a use in every single age classroom (empathy, haves and have nots, family, disability, word choice, point of view, description). They had a paperback at the bookfair in the spring so hopefully in the fall again. I wish we could just buy one for all of you! I say all this as one who actually DOESN'T often love award winning books.
LAST EVER PIGGIE AND ELEPHANT!
Woof
Roller Girl
- Roller Girl is a fun graphic novel ... you can decide if you want to try reading that aloud or not.. More 4th and 5th than lower as the main character is 12. Bluebonnet list nominee!
Nightmares
- Nightmares is a Hollywood book that is not terrible! (Quite often actors think they can write kids' books ... and let's be honest usually they cannot.) A fun slightly spooky one. Available in paperback if you want to get your own copy to have on hand in the classroom in October. Also on next year's Bluebonnet list.