How about:
Chicken Cheeks by Michael Ian Black and Kevin Hawkes good for
building vocabualry chicken cheeks, penguin patootie, polar bear
derriere (first 3 pages)
Any wordless boook by Barbara Lehman My Favorite is Sidewalk Circus
Balls by Michael J Rosen is a non fiction book about balls
I discovered the "Marley and Me" picture books last year. I think there are 4
of them now. I had a 2nd grade special ed class for enrichment. They loved
the first book of the series which we did as an interactive read aloud. They
were so full of life, made tons of connections and predictio
I love the Pigeon books, as well. I use them for persuasive text. My
school added that as a new unit last year, and I had much success with that
pigeon! The books are great to start a pro con conversation. Kids as young
as grade 2 have a ball adding their comments and opinions! I am so gl
Shannon wrote:
I'd also be curious to know if people
would like to share a couple of their "newer" or "just discovered"
books and how they use them in their classroom.
I discovered this series I will use this year to build build classroom
community and positive behaviors. The books are simpl
Shannon
I love the Mo Willems series of Pigeon books: Don't let the Pigeon Drive
the Bus, Pigeon finds a Hot Dog. They are very amusing and good for inferring
and predicting. I have used them K-5. Fifth graders love them as much as
the K kids.
Jennifer
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