Motivate your literature lovers with fun freebies and a special contest—plus scroll down to find out how to win an assortment of new children’s books for your classroom. Ready, set, read!
 March 20 is the first day of spring—and even better, it’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar Day! To plan your celebration of this perennial favorite, click here now to download free activities, worksheets, patterns, and much more. |
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 Jeff Kinney’s popular series Diary of a Wimpy Kid is about to become a movie. Win a special advance screening of the movie at your school with the author and the film’s cast. Plus 50 runners-up will win a complete set of the Wimpy Kid books. Hurry, this sweepstakes ends March 10, 2010. Enter today! |
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 Here’s something new from the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! program: the R.E.D. Zone, a new online portal for teachers and parents that stresses the importance of reading daily. Join the challenge to read for 20 minutes every day and get free activities, print reading-readiness worksheets and coloring pages, and more! |
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What book did you read to your students today? Post a comment on our blog for a chance to WIN a box of new children’s books. Comments posted by Monday, March 15, 2010, will be eligible for the drawing. Good luck! (Update: Congratulations to Laura Johnson, who won the box of books. Keep watching for more chances to WIN!)
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I am currently reading to my class “Because of Winn -Dixie”. this is the first time I have read it to a groups of students. I am pleased at how much they seem to enjoy the plot. It is a great opportunity to demonstrate reading with expression.
We read a lot of books today. We usually read about 5-10 books a day. I do family child care in my home and my children love to read and be read to. We read Green eggs and ham.
In first grade, we read every day!!! I have two teacher read aloud times, and a read on your own time. Once a week we do a book treasure…we read a book and I either give the students something or we make something that symbolizes the book. Retelling the book treasure book to their parents is their homework, and the parents have a form to write down their child’s responses. The students LOVE it!!! I enjoy reading what they recalled, and their insights into the story. Today we are reading The Wind Blew, A Visitor For Bear, Shark in the Dark, Moose Tracks, and What a Duck!
My students are going to read Clifford’s First Snow Day today! I love this story and have wanted to read it with them for a while now, but, ironically, snow days have made me keep pushing back my plans!!
Reading is a must in preschool. I teach a 2 and half hour long class even though the time is short we often read 2 books per day. Today we read Rainbow Eish and Smiley the Shark.
I often read the children a book but in order to further it I also do a art project based on the book. Another favorite of mine is to find a song that also furthers the book.
I am currently reading Matilda to my 4th graders.
They really enjoy Roald Dahl books.
I am reading the Carole Marsh Chocolate Town mystery to my 4th graders. We just finished studying the Northeast and the kids ate Hershey kisses as I read.
I am reading The Jacket by Andrew Clements to my 4th graders.
I am reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid to my 4th Graders. We are planning a field trip to see the movie.