What a great first week it has been. A bit like a wild roller coaster ride for some students and staff but we've weathered the worst and will continue to make improvements! I've welcomed most classes to the library and we've discussed our expectations (theirs and mine) for library time. In helping students this week I discovered two new books hiding in the shelves.
Cesar takes a break by Susan Collins Thoms (2008) is about a helpful class iguana. The iguana journals for us his adventures while the students are on Spring Break! Who knew class pets had so many fun while we are out of the building! This story is pure fun, great writing and would help students think about writing themselves, after all it is Cesar's journal we are reading!
Dog and Bear; Two friends-three stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a great tale of the simpliest form. Dog wants attention and bear wants to read=they work it out. Dog wants to change his name and comes up with many alternative, typical dog names. Each little vignette has friends working together. Try this one as a read-aloud in your classroom. It focuses on dialogue between the two characters; there is no narrator.
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