Read Across America Linky!

Happy Snowy Monday!

It's a snow day here!!!!!!!

Even better, school was canceled before I fell asleep last night. 

I woke up bright & early on an organization mission! Project basement is set to be completely (re)done by the end of Spring Break (which is not until April, sadly).

Please follow me @ Instagram to see my progress :)

I'm linking up with Primary Chalkboard (♥) all week!

I really had to think about my favorite children's author and books. Because I work with struggling readers, I pretty much love ANYTHING that they read or enjoying listening to. Whether it be Zac the Rat, an Open Court decodable, or a biography from our nonfiction unit. Because I teach intervention the majority of my day, we sadly don't take a lot of time to enjoy read alouds.

 I commit to changing that! 

I do like the There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed...books (my students laugh like crazy!) and anything by Laura Numeroff and Mo Willems. When I was young, I devoured ALL books, especially by Beverly Cleary, Mercer Mayer, and Dr. Seuss. 

The 1st grade team is making a BIG push for independent reading. This weekend I picked up two dozen fiction Step Into Reading Level One books and National Geographic nonfiction books (Level Pre-Reader and One). With characters and topics including Frozen, Marvel Comics, Trains, and Safari, my students will  (hopefully) persevere to tackle those tougher words. I can't wait to show them!

Does anyone have any additional ideas for more readers at the lower levels (Guided Reading B-C)? I seem to "collect" printable mini-books and decodables (I literally have hundreds!), so I'm always looking out for actual books. We do read from Leveled Literacy almost every day and I have a few sets of the Scholastic mini-books. I'm eyeing Phonics Tales for my next Donor's Choose project!

Please leave a comment or link up to share your favorites!

See you tomorrow for all things Seuss!