For World Read Aloud Day, I'm planning on reading aloud...

Nothing....I won't be reading anything aloud, but...my students will!

They are reading:

They will be connecting with other readers and learners in Germany, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Texas and Minnesota!

Our school superintendent is stopping by to read aloud and...we are also connecting with amazing author/illustrators' Peter H. Reynolds, Jarrett Krosozka and Ame Dyckman! WOW!  We will be sending copies of their books to LitWorld and hope they are loved as much by other reads as they are by us.

Also, this week, every classroom will read Plant a Kiss, written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds.  This book has beautiful messages about caring and sharing. See how this book inspired some of my students to Plant it Forward. We will then Read It Forward by sending this class copy to LitWorld.  We hope these books will travel far and wide! 

At home, families will be recording the number of minutes spent reading aloud.  We'll be doing some math at school on Thursday!  The students are also each decorating a bookmark at home with a family member. We'll be sending these bookmarks to LitWorld as well. 

More about our World Read Aloud Day celebration later.  Sound fun?  It's not too late!  Get involved. Connect with someone in your school.  Visit the LitWorld Website for activity suggestions and more information.

Jamming with PUNK FARM

Today we read,

by author and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka!

Our LibraryPals in Minnesota sent us Punk Farm.  Here is Jarrett Krosoczka signing the book for us when he visited them. Thank you Parkview Readers!

This short video shows how much we loved reading Punk Farm:

This book trailer for Punk Farm really gives you a great sense of the book and it will help you sing with the band!

The students really enjoyed watching this illustration of a Punk Farm character unfold.


We visited a few parts of Jarrett Krosoczka's Webpage.  Jarrett started making books when he was in elementary school. Our favorite is Nightmare on Eat Street. In the fun category (not that all of this was not fun) we also learned how to pronounce Krosoczka. 
There are too many great things to mention them all here, but I will be back to this Website with my third graders.  I cannot wait to show them some of the video clips where Jarrett shares his writing process.  They are incredibly wonderful and inspiring.

A note about reading this book, I have an audio system in my library and let me just say, the microphone came in very handy today...