Hi,It was late when I wrote the previous email and just realized we were talking about chapter books and not picture books - sorry...So here is a new favorite of mine that I will be using at the beginning of the year is: OBI Gerbil on the Loose! by Michael Delaney This book has wonderful word choice/vocabulary, highly engaging, and the first chapter is perfect for teaching inferring. For those of you in Florida it is on the 4th grade battle of the books list this year. The books is about a gerbil called OBI (named after Obi-Wan Kenobi) the family of the house goes on vacation --leaving the pets at home of course. A neighbor comes by to feed the pets but does not realize where Obi is, and Obi is left unfed! Obi must escape his cage and search for food. She travels the house meeting the other pets and adventure abounds!
Rosa > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:36:24 -0400 > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] back to school read alouds > > > One of my favorites is:Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners by Laurie > KellerIt is based on the Golden Rule and very amusing! > Another one I enjoy is an oldie:Miss Nelson is MissingI read them the book on > the first day of school and discuss how their teacher can be Miss Nelson or > Miss Viola Swamp - of course they want Miss Nelson so we start an anchor > chart titled KEEP OUT MISS VIOLA SWAMP!!!Then I have the students focus on > positive things we can do to keep her out - from this our classroom rules are > created. I have done this in both 2nd and 3rd grade and the students always > remember it. > 'The OK Book' is a great book to teach that it is OK to be OK at something - > I have the kids draw a picture of something they are an expert at and then > after we read the story they draw a picture of something they are just OK at. > I have a few more but I can't seem to remember them right now... > > Rosa > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
