What Are You Reading Good? (11/18/2011)

I'm sorry our slideshow is so late this week! I was sick on Friday and didn't get a chance to post this. Kids are off for Thanksgiving this week - I hope there is lots of reading going on!

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Balloons Over Broadway

This week students will be reading Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet. It's a wonderfully written and illustrated picture book about the history behind the giant balloons that can be seen during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thanksgiving Day. The parade will be on NBC at 9:00 a.m. Our family always watches the parade and I have always been fascinated by the fanciful balloons. I hope you talk to your families about this bit of our country's history and then watch the parade to see the balloons on Thanksgiving Day! Then you can come back and let us know which was your favorite balloon!

What Are You Reading Good? (11/11/11)

I hope everyone enjoyed Veteran's Day today! It's nice to remember everyone who has helped to protect our country.

This week a couple of kids are reading the 39 Clues series. It's a great series about a brother and sister who are sent on a scavenger hunt around the world as they follow clues left for them by their recently deceased grandmother. It's such a fun series for anyone who likes adventure!

I'm almost done with Liesl and Po which I have been reading all week. It's a completely different kind of adventure book with some ghosts and magic thrown in. Please share what you are reading!

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What Are You Reading Good? (11/04/11)

It's already Friday again! I love looking back at what we have been reading this week. I was excited to read I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen with a few students. It has a very unexpected ending! I hope everyone had a great week of reading! Tell us more about what you read in the comment section! Go Team Read!

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Inking Our Thinking

I have challenged my students to be inking their thinking while they are reading. We practice using good strategies as we read because we are good readers. After we practice together, I ask students to take sticky notes and try to ink their thinking while they are reading at home.

Sometimes students read but miss some of the details or even some big ideas from what they are reading. Inking their thinking is supposed to help them slow down and really think about what they are reading by using the good strategies we have been talking about when we work together.

I'm excited to see what students were thinking about while they were reading at home. I love hearing what students are reading about and now I'll get to hear more specifically what they are thinking about as they read!

Here's an example of some of our inking your thinking notes after Jodie put them into her Team Read reader's journal. Who's going to be the next person to bring me the inking of their thinking!?! Great job Jodie!