Sunday, July 22, 2012

Must Have Picture Books

The Teacher Wife

I'm linking up with a bunch of teachers with my Top 5 6 must have picture books.
Well here goes!

1. My Mouth is a volcano My Favorite Social and Emotional Learning Books  This book is great if you have students who can't stop calling out!  I love it!!!!!!!!!  It teaches kids to take a deep breathe, blow out the words, and then breathe them back in when they are called on.  It's Fabulous!

2. The Judge: An Untrue Tale   This was the First book I bought as a teacher. My college Reading Professor Mrs. Voelker introduced me to it. I actually need to buy another one, because one of my students loved it even more than I did.  Anyway the thing I love about this book is it has a repetitive rhyme: "Please let me go Judge, I didn't know Judge, that what I did was against the law, I just said what I saw"  (see I have it memorized :0)  It's a great way to get kids to Choral read!

3.   The Keeping Quilt            Patricia Polacco!  Enough said.  She is amazing and awesome and wonderful.  I love her illustrations.  After I read this book, I like to encourage my students to try and illustrate with pencil and only make the important items in color.  Here's a peek at the inside of this book.
 
4. Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum! I love reading this story for the first week of school. It is a great way to teach your class, that everyone is different and you shouldn't tease anyone because of it.  I also love how the Teacher is the hero of the story, and makes the girls realize that just because Chrysanthemum has a long name doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it. I love doing the voices of the whiny girls in this story--the kids love it!


And now a little known book called


The Tale of Meshka the Kvetch The Tale of Meshka the Kvetch
I found this book when my school was closing and the librarian was giving away all of her older, much loved books.  I quickly scooped up this little gem. First of all my grandmother was Jewish and would always tell me to stop "kvetching"  (complaining).  Now, I was raised in a Christian home, but my roots are in the yiddish/Jewish world. (I was Yenta in my 4th grade play of Fiddler on the Roof) But I digress, I love this book (Wait, I think I have said that about every book)  First of all it teaches a lesson--STOP COMPLAINING! or you will get the Kvetch's itch!  Your tongue will begin to itch, and low and behold everything will begin to come true.  I usually break this book out when the kids have had enough of each other and can't stop tattling.  No One wants an itchy tongue.

I have one more ( I know it's supposed to be 5, but I can't help it)
6. Stone Soup (see my post from March) I use all 3 versions, plus a reader's theater!  Text to Text here we come!
Stone Soup     Stone Soup (Favorites on CD)


                                                Happy Reading,

                                                  Jessica



6 comments:

  1. I love Patricia Polacco! She actually came to our school for an author visit!! She was amazing! Thanks for stopping by my blog! I am now your newest follower!!

    Christa
    sweetlifeofsecondgrade

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  2. Stone Soup is such a wonderful book! I love all of the different versions and the various skills that you can teach with the book.


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    2ndgradesnapshots.blogspot.com

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  3. Oh gosh, thanks for sharing the book, My Mouth is a Volcano! I haven't heard of this before, but it sounds like a great one for me to get! Thanks!

    kellybrown28021@gmail.com

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  4. LOVE your blog!!! Can't wait to read "Meshka" to my K's here in Providence, Rhode Island!!!!

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  5. Great books! Going to Amazon to check out My Mouth is a Volcano!

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