wordless picture books

If your kids are tired of reading this summer, it might be time to change things up a little.  There are lots of wordless picture books with great stories.  Reading won't feel like a chore.  The reader tells the story instead of having to decode the words.  Books pictured above are The Girl and the Bicycle by Mark Pett, Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day, I Walk with Vanessa by Kerascoet, Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie dePaola, Rainstorm by Barbara Lehman, and The Secret Box by Barbara Lehman.  A few others that my students or I really like are Hank Finds an Egg by Rebecca Dudley, The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney, Rosie's Glasses by David Whamond and Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson.

I Love to Read month

February is I Love to Read month at my school.  This year I came up with a new idea to help kids find reading interesting.  I collected a bunch of used picture books.  Then I wrapped each book.  Each time a group comes, one student gets to choose a book to unwrap.  I read the story aloud, and then another student's name is chosen.  That student gets to take the book home to keep.  By the end of the month, everyone will have at least one chance to open a book, as well as take a book home.