Grades 4 & 5
We watched book trailers for some of the 2018 Bluestem Award books. The Bluestem Award is the children's choice award for students in Illinois in grades 3-5. While watching the trailers, we discussed elements of book trailers that make them effective. Eventually, our students in fifth grade will be creating their own book trailers in the library. Students discovered many new books that they are interested in reading after watching the book trailers! We will watch the rest next week. Here is the link to the presentation with all of the 2018 Bluestem Award book trailers:
Bluestem Book Trailers
Grade 3
In third grade, we read School's 1st Day of School. This is a book written from the school's perspective about a brand new school that is worried to start a new year. We learned that just like the school, people have different feelings at the beginning of the school year as well. After reading the book, we discussed different objects that we could write stories about from their point of view.
Grades 1 & 2
Students in first and second grade heard the story Interrupting Chicken. In this funny story, little chicken keeps interrupting her father while he reads her favorite bedtime stories because she wants to change the endings. Students had fun predicting what was going to happen next! We also practiced using the shelf markers again so that our books stay in their "homes".
Kindergarten & PK
In kindergarten and preK, we read Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes and Curious George Visits the Library. Afterwards, we talked about how important it is to take good care of our library books so that others can enjoy them.
Battle of the Books won't officially begin until December but our book lists are set!
3rd Grade
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4th & 5th Grade
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6th, 7th & 8th Grade
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Andy Shane and the Barn Sale by Jacobson, J
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Among the Hidden by Haddix, M
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Don’t Turn Around by Gagnon, M
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Clementine by Pennypacker, S
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Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to not Reading by Greenwald, T
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Drowned City by Brown, D
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Hilo Book 1 by Winick, J
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Crenshaw by Applegate, K
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False Prince by Nielsen, J
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Houdini Box by Selznick, B
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Escape: Story of Houdini by Fleischman, S
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Final Four by Volponi, P
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How to Steal a Dog by O’Connor, B
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Oggie Cooder by Weeks, S
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Guitar Notes by Amato, M
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Lemonade War by Davies, J
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Roller Girl by Jamieson, V
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House Arrest by Holt, K
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Little Wolf’s Book of Badness by Whybrow, I
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Secret Science Alliance by Davis, E
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Insignia by Kincaid, S
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Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Levy, D
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Swindle by Korman, G
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I Will Always Write Back by Alifirenka, C
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One and Only Ivan by Applegate, K
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The Terrible Two by Barnett, M
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Night Divided by Nielsen, J
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Stick Dog by Watson, T
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The Thing About Georgie by Graff, L
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Raft by Bodeen, S
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Our book fair begins next week! Enjoy the long weekend and happy reading!
