First graders are off to a great start in library. Many of them reported that they had attended or participated in a wedding over the summer, so we shared the book Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding. We compared some of the traditions in Lenore Look's story (bridesmaids demanding cartwheels, songs and money before allowing the groom and his friends to see the bride and take her to the ceremony, red dresses, pouring tea, children jumping on a bed covered in candy, changing into different outfits) with the girls' experiences.
We then began our Cynthia Rylant unit. We read one each from the Poppleton, Mr. Putter and Tabby, Henry and Mudge, and Annie and Snowball series. Many girls checked out other books in theses series (we have baskets full of each). Ask your daughter what Cynthia Rylant likes to include in her stories. Brownie and Pearl is another newer series by Rylant, and The Lighthouse Children an older series, for those who just can't enough of her.
The tradition of the First Grade Shelf books continues. Each week or so a group of books is displayed on the high shelf facing the first grade corner. The books all have something in common. Everyone tries to figure out the theme. Last week all the titles were questions. This week's group includes:
Runaway Radish
Green is a Chile Pepper, a Book of Colors
The Potato Man
Sophie's Squash
Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth
The Princess and the Pea
Creepy Carrots!
Clarice Bean, That's Me
Corn Chowder Poems
I Heard it from Alice Zucchini
