It's been SO long! After attending the VSLA Conference in Roanoke, VA, last week, I had time to sit down, without responsibilities, and reflect on what I've been reading to my students lately. I have an extensive classroom library and try to be very intentional with the books I read and am always looking for new books and/or ways to engage with my students to, hopefully!, read more on their own. So, with March Madness coming soon, I wanted to do a picture book edition and make Book Madness happen for my second graders.
I know that some teachers use books that they've already read to their students, but I knew I had SO many I still wanted to read before the end of the year, so I gathered 16 picture books that I hadn't yet read and made sure there was a mix of literary and informational texts.
Here's the books I came up with ...
and then how I matched them up ...
4 silly books
4 library books
4 spring themed books
and 4 books about inventors.
I then grabbed cover images and made them into 2 sizes - 1 for the first round and then a larger size for the next rounds ... and I have a "books we've read" wall that I clip up a book image with every book we read throughout the year so I used this size for 2 places.
Click on the image above or HERE to get a copy of the board to print and use in your classroom!
Be sure to follow to see which books make it to the next round! Until then, happy reading!
