Read In Week 2015

One of my classes I'm taking now is a combined undergraduate and graduate course. This means there are both undergrad students and master's candidates. A lot of these candidates are full-time teachers, part-time teachers, retired teachers, consultants, etc.! It's awesome as they have an immense amount of teaching knowledge that I look forward in learning and continue to make more professional connections! 

With that, one of my classmates invited me into her classroom to read to her grade 4's! Of course, I said YES. I love reading; I love picture books, and sometimes I forget how exciting it is to see these kiddo's faces when I read such interesting stories. Plus, I've read to billions of kids, so a class of 26, I have it down. It also makes me miss being in a classroom. 

I love the purpose of Read In Week and having guest readers come into school classrooms. I can't wait when it's my time asking favors for allllllllll my friends. *cough cough*

Who knows, maybe I'll do a Picture Book Friday on these stories! I'm for sure going to bring it back, but with school, volunteering and work, I'm struggling to find time to blog even. Sometimes I wish I have more hours in the day, seriously. Check out the stories that I brought down below!

    

Picture Book Friday: Grace For President

Grace For President is written by Kelly DiPucchio and pictures created by LeUyen Pham.

First off, look at the cover! It shows hope, joy, happiness and ready for change. I mean, look at those children's faces! 

I've chosen this book because regardless of sex, religion, age, or gender (just like in this story), there should be nothing that is stopping you in achieving your dreams. A brief synopsis of the story is Grace, the protagonist, is shocked that there were no female presidents of the US. She is appalled by it, thus decides to run for President herself. Her teacher runs a presidential class debate between Grace and another candidate. Throughout this story, the two candidates put up posters, talk to other students, ultimately getting their classmates to vote for them. 

Here is my favorite picture from the book! Look at how hard Grace is working for those votes! 

This is a great story to read to Division 1 students, however it can work with any elementary grade, of course. Also, of course this wouldn't work best with USA references, but it can be a good introduction in the social studies curriculum. The author says this book can teach students about "the value of hard work, courage, and independent thought -- and offers an inspiring example of how to choose our leaders."

I won't say I highly recommend you check out this book because all my selected books for Picture Book Fridays are ones I hope you guys will check it out.

To end off PBF, I'll always link it up for you in places you can check out this book. Click here for the Amazon link and here to check it out at SCL! 

PBF Posts Starting Tomorrow

What could PBF mean?! Well, I have this brilliant idea that starting tomorrow (Friday), for the rest of the summer I'll be posting Picture Book Fridays. What this entails is I'll showcase, an excellent book, in my opinion, to read to or with children, or even use in the classroom for whatever reason. I believe that reading and early literacy are essential skills to introduce to children at the early stages of life. Using picture books as a transition to love reading are the best tools out there -- especially at libraries (since they're free)!

I have booklists made via the EPL website, so you can check them out at the top of my page. However, there are beautiful and amazing picture books that not a lot of people are aware. With PBF Posts starting tomorrow (hopefully), I'll be able to shine some light on children's literature that isn't as widely recognized. Plus, this also gives me an opportunity to explore more books at my giant summer workplace. To end of, be on the look-out for that and a Weekly Recap 2!