Several of our grade levels are participating in their classrooms and every year I choose one grade level to participate in the Global Read Aloud picture book study during library time. This year, I chose second grade and both classes are reading picture books by author/illustrator Yuyi Morales.
After introducing Global Read Aloud to our students, each class created a video to send to our Global Read Aloud partner classes in Canada. The video tells our new friends about our school and our community. I used Adobe Spark Video to create both videos because it is so simple to use! One of our partner classes posted a video on Twitter showing their students watching and reacting to our video and it was so much fun to see!
Then, we jumped right in and read the first book: Dreamers. This beautiful book is about the author's experience immigrating to the United States from Mexico. She shows how important the public library was when they were first learning to navigate their new country. After reading the book, we discussed why Ms. Morales named the book Dreamers. Finally, students used Flipgrid to record videos introducing themselves to our partner classes and telling what they dream about. One of our partner classes responded back with their own videos!
This week, the students in Mrs. Gieseke's class connected live with their partner classes! We used Zoom to video chat while talking about our schools, our communities, and the book Dreamers. It was so much fun!
Sadly, one of our two partner classes has backed out of the program. Instead of connecting live, the students in Mrs. Hermann's class heard the author, Yuyi Morales, read her book Just a Minute. Going forward, this class will participate by joining other group projects.
We can't wait to read the rest of the picture books and connect with others about the books!
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