Friday, January 31, 2014

Weather Rainbow


BOOK CHALLENGE:  WEATHER RAINBOW

This book challenge will have you reading a rainbow of books about weather!  Here are fifteen books that go along with this theme.  To meet the challenge you must read three weather books and they each must have a different color.  Here are fifteen suggested books, but you can read other books on this theme too:


Red:  Snowy Weather Days (Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers) by Katie Marsico (available on Bookflix)
Red:  Rainy Weather Days (Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers) by Pam Rosenberg (available on Bookflix)
Red:  Clouds (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) by Anne Rockwell
Red:  The Cloud Book by Tomie dePaola
Orange:  Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Orange:  Super Storms That Rocked the World by Mark Shulman
Orange:  The Man Who Named the Clouds by Julia Hanna
Yellow:  What Will The Weather Be by Lynda DeWitt
Green:  Cloud Dance by Thomas Locker
Blue:  Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse (available on Bookflix)
Blue:  Thunkercake by Patricia Polacco
Blue:  Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Blue:  The Rain Came Down by David Shannon
Purple:  Blizzard of the Blue Moon by Mary Pope Osborne
Purple:  Twister on Tuesday by Mary Pope Osborne

You can read these books at home or in class.  Just remember to put them on your reading log!  Almost all of these books can be found in either the Morris Plains or the Morris County Library and many of them are available in our classroom.  

Use the comments section to make comments, ask questions, or tell us other great weather books you've read.
Happy reading,
Miss Kramer

Friday, January 24, 2014

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

A Book Review by Shannon

Ramadan

A Book Review by Elvis

A Color of His Own

A Book Review by Sophia

Just Another Ordinary Day

A Book Review by Taylor

Dragons Love Tacos

A Book Review by Nate

Miss Nelson Is Missing

A Book Review by Kate

My First American Friend

A Book Review by Cora

Giggle, Giggle, Quack

A Book Review by Lily

The Mitten

A Book Review by Kaitlyn

Click, Clack, Splish, Splash

A Book Review by Anuva

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Jan Brett

Visit Jan Brett online!

Jan Brett wrote and illustrated one of my favorite stories to read in January, The Mitten.  


Want to learn more about her and her books?  Visit her website:
Check out the activities, coloring pages, and even her blog!  If you want to write to her make sure you click on the comments button on HER blog, not ours!