Book Tasting Football Style

Motivating kids about books is a must! Many times kids need help and guidance in selecting good books and finding books that they love. They also need our help branching out and trying other genres. I decided to host a Book Tasting with a sport theme. It was a HUGE hit! It helped several reluctant find some new books to try as well as sparking great book conversations. It was a lot to pull together, but was worth every single second!

Invitation that was posted to build excitement in the days before!

Each child filled out a brochure about 5 books. They have kept these to help them remember books that they would like to read. 3 months later and I still see kids referencing them. The best part is it has spread to groups of kids making lists of what they plan to read and the order.

Developing a Love of Poetry

We all know that poetry is not a genre our kids typically choose to read and becomes tricky for them when they begin to analyze it. I blame myself for that. Do I expose my kids to enough poetry? Do I let a passion for poetry shine through as I teach it?

I want to improve in this area and help my kids foster a love and understanding for poetry. I am digging to find more diverse texts to share with my kids. Here are a few that I can not wait to share this year.

What are some great mentor texts that you use for poetry?

Awesome Readers for Beginning Readers

I am so excited to share this wonderful new site!  Unite for Literacy has an amazing collection of picture book readers for beginning readers.  All of the books are online and they are FREE!  They are of high quality and can even be read aloud.  Not only is this an excellent resource for teachers but for home as well especially with summer quickly approaching. 
Go check it out!
Unite for Literacy