Top 20 Books of 2018

Every year Amazon puts out a list of their top 20 picture books of the year.  In our class we start at number 20 and read our way to number 1.  The kids love to see what the next book will be!  At the end, the students pick their favorite to write up a review to encourage someone else to check out our favorites!  There were many favorites on our list!

Practicing Reading Fluency with Piggie and Elephant

In 2nd grade reading fluency is a skill that really begins to develop as decoding smooths out and the students are able to read with more automaticity. Reading fluency isn't just automatically recognizing words though.  It also includes reading with expression.  Imagining what the character might be feeling and expressing that with our words makes our oral reading so much fun!  What better way to practice this skill than with the hilarious pair- Piggie and Gerald!  Pairs of students chose a book from this series to practice and read for the class.  We kicked if off with Mason coming in to demonstrate this skill by reading "Today I Will Fly!" with me.  We had a blast with this!