New Books

We have a cart in the library displaying beautiful new books.  The books came in boxes in January and Mrs. Wheeler and I have worked hard on getting them processed and into the library system.  Now it is your turn to explore them.  We have many new titles by popular authors such as Jane O'Connor (Fancy Nancy) and Mo Willems (Pigeon, Piggie, and Knuffle Bunny).  Here is a preview of just a FEW of our new titles. Take time to come and check out the cart for a full look-see.

Nightsong by Ari Beck and Loren Long (2012) tells the story of Little Chiro, a bat, who takes flight and ventures away from his mother.  He flies high and away and finds the pond filled with lovely bugs to eat but then he decides to go just a little bit further...read it to find out how his adventure ends.  Perfect readaloud for animal and science time.

Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett; illustrated by Jon Klassen (2012).  This is a warm-hearted tale of sharing.  Annabelle finds a box of yarn in assorted colors in the cold of winter.  She takes the box home and knits herself a sweater.  With the "extra yarn" she knits her dog a little coat.  Nate makes fun of Annabelle until she knits something for him.  Luckily she keeps coming up with extra yarn and she spreads love all over town even when after the archduke comes to visit.  This title is on several award lists for this year.  Spread some love in your class by reading this one aloud.

Dragons love tacos by Adam Rubin; illustrated by Daniel Salmieri (2012).  "Hey Kid! Did you know that dragons love tacos?  They love beef tacos and chicken tacos.  They love really big gigantic tacos and tiny little baby tacos as well."  Kids will LOVE this story and teachers should use it to illustrate story structure.  What if we wrote a book about tacos and dragons?  What an idea!  This great read-aloud will have students cracking up and ready to do some writing! 

Look for more new titles in another blog post soon!

1st Graders and penguins

As we learn more about cold places like Antartica and the penguins these videos will help us. and this one: