Mountain Shadows Elementary

Title:   When a Monster is Born 
Author:   Sean Taylor
Age:  K-2
Topic:   Choices
Comments:  The second grade classes really enjoyed the story.  Little challenging for first and kindergarten.  Students always like the monster stories.

Terra Linda

Title: Library Mouse
Author: Daniel Kirk
Age: K-3
Topic: Joy of reading and writing books
Comments: This book got our kids excited about writing and illustrating their own books.  We even had a class take this idea back to their classroom to make their own books.  They were really excited to be their own author and illustrator!

Title: Captain Abdul's Pirate School
Author: Colin McNaughton
Age: All Grades
Topic: Pirates/Adventure
Comments: The kids really liked the swashbuckling talk of the pirates and how the kid's in the book didn't have to mind their manners just like the pirates.  Has a surprise ending.

 

Oquirrh Elementary

Title: Why Bear Has a Short Tail
Author: Retold by Cass Hollander
Age: K-3
Topic: Folklore       
Comments: The week before reading this book we read Sea Snakes, a non-fiction book. We compared fiction to non-fiction. The younger students are doing a great job determining the difference.

Susan's Post

Title:  Suddenly Alligator

Author:  Rick Walton

Age: k-3

Topic:  Adverbs

Comments:  It was so fun to read this book to all the wee ones.  After reading the book I had one of them stand up and jump and said she jumped "Enthusiastically",which is an adverb.  Then I had one stand up and touch her head.  I told the class she was touching her head "gently".  Then I had one twirl and ask the class to pick a word ending in "ly" that described how she was twirling.  They said, quickly... an adverb.  All the kids seem to enjoy the story and the funny voices I used on each page.

Hayden Peak

 

Title - Pair & Share: The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri

        Squirrels by Emilie Lepthien

Age: all grades
Topic: Squirrels
Comments: The Busy Little Squirrel is a new book with great illustrations.  We used "Squirrels" to show real photos.  We also set up a squirrel display in the media center.