I’m curious! Do you have a favorite read-aloud for the month of April? I’d sure like to hear what it is. I know that some of you may read several books to your kiddos during a single month (or day!); so if you can’t narrow your choice down to a single title, it’s perfectly fine to share two, three, or four. I can’t imagine anyone is going to complain about that!
Thanks for sharing!
Diane
Given that it is April and Poetry Month, I’ll share that one of my favorites is Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman and Eric Beddows.
I’m curious if anyone has used Partner Poems for Building Fluency: Grades 4-6: 40 Engaging Poems for Two Voices With Motivating Activities That Help Students Improve Their Fluency and Comprehension by Tim Rasinski, David Harrison and Gay Fawcett? I’m interested in purchasing it and am looking for input.
I love reading The Golden Egg Book by Margaret Wise Brown to my four year olds. We all love the illustrations and the story holds their attention.
I like “The Rain Came Down”.
In April, I make sure to read “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein and “The Runaway Garden” by Jeffrey Schatzer.
My students were begging me to read “The Runaway Garden” to them again today. They really enjoy that book.
I always include Little Rabbit Foo Foo. Kids never tire of the illustrations and the moral of the story. Hare Today and Goon tomorrow.
Yes!! I read “It Looked Like Spilt Milk”,”The April
Rabbits”,”The Cloud Book”,and “Cloudy With a Chance of
Meatballs”….plus lots of bunny books!
Junie B, First Grader Dumb Bunny. Also, A group of books that are from different points of view for Easter. The Proud Tree, The Thornbush, Duncan Carries a King, The Easter Swallows.
It looked like spilt milk
One Rainy Day
The Great Kapok Tree (we do a rainforest theme for earth day – which we had to do the week before cause next week is Easter)
Jan Bretts The Easter Egg and The Umbrella
The Golden Easter Egg
The very hungry caterpillar
It is really to hard to pick – I try to put lit centers together with books even if we don’t get to read them all because alot of what we may read they already know the stories from home.
Given that April 22nd is Earth Day and many teachers and kids will be talking about recycling (I know we will), we used a new book called “Where Do Recyclable Materials Go?” by Sabbithry Persad(http://www.garbologykids.com) which covered everything you need to know about where stuff goes when you put them out to the curb for recycling pickup. It even had activities at the back of the book and helpful information for teachers.