Throughout the year, we've been using this little chalkboard in Mrs. Viall's room to keep track of the number of books we've read together. It's great practice for reviewing math skills -- we are adding higher and higher, we practice writing the numbers, and we locate the number on our 100's chart -- but it's also just plain fun to watch the total increase every day. Back in November, one little boy said, "We should have a party when we get to 100!" And thus the idea of a book party was born!
I asked the students what kinds of things they wanted to do at the party, and their ideas were fabulous. They wanted to bring in their favorite books from home, have older kids come and read to them, and -- randomly -- dance to "Zero the Hero," a math song about counting by 10's. It was easy to incorporate all of their requests, and on Friday we had the (hopefully) first annual K5 book party!
I was most excited to see the books they'd bring in as their favorites, and there was quite a variety! From sticker books to nonfiction to a book with no pictures (literally ... it was called The Book With No Pictures) to a classic that had belonged to a parent, we had tons of great books brought in! Before the big kids came in to read with us, the kindergartners took turns sitting in the sharing chair to tell us about their books.
A Peppa Pig book with stickers!
Violet the Pilot, about a girl inventor.
This one was a hit with all the boys!
Kindergartners love fairy tales!
This book, The Fourteen Bears, belonged to her mom!
This boy is obsessed with all things Halloween, so it made sense that he'd bring in a mummy book.
How cool is this book, with each page a different mouth?!?
The Llama Llama book series is the best!
There weren't pictures, but there were some funny words.
Opening the book to his favorite page. Aren't boys hilarious?
When show and tell was over, the third graders came in and spent about 20 minutes reading with us. They read each child's favorite book to them, and then we had a little time to swap and share other students' favorites.
Finally, we enjoyed a special treat -- book cookies!
