MESSY TECH - Books!

It's Back to School We Go!: First Day Stories From Around the Worldby Ellen Jackson and Jan Davey Ellis | Aug 1, 2003

7/30/2023

This book tells about different children around the world and what their first day of school looks like. For each student, I can think of an activity to do with my class.

For one, they each have a greeting we can use for our morning meetings. Secondly, we will locate their homes on a map.

Other examples include but are not limited to:
Achieng, for Kenya: Try using a ball of rags tied together for a soccer ball.

Anton from Kazakhstan: Show a video of the instrument dombra to hear how it sounds.

Kendi from Nunavut, Canada: Play the blanket game (similar to our parachute game in America).

Jessica for Australia: Look up the different Australian animals and vote on favorites.

There are also a lot of opportunities to try new foods!

School Peopleby Lee Bennett Hopkins and Ellen Shi | Feb 13, 2018

7/30/2023

This is a MUST READ for the beginning of the year. Get your students to start understanding all the work that goes into running a school and all the important people in a school.

Hello World!by Kelly Corrigan and Stacy Ebert | Apr 20, 2021

7/30/2023

A hardy YES! to this book! In the line of "The Places you will Go" it talks about life's adventures! 5 thumbs up!

Hippopposites (A Grammar Zoo Book)by Janik Coat | May 1, 2012

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Why do I adore this book? It is very lighthearted, but has depth. This is a wonderful book to SPRING off of at the beginning of the year. What is happiness for you?

I'm New Hereby Anne Sibley O'Brien | Jun 19, 2018

7/30/2023

This book is a wonderful way to build empathy for students who are new to your class and coming from a different country.

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This is a pattern book. I am going to use it to get writing going at the beginning of the year. Here is the pattern:
Here comes ___ (nature).
Time to _ (action).
I (verb) _________.

Roar Like a Dandelionby Ruth Krauss and Sergio Ruzzier | Oct 1, 2019

7/30/2023

Great book for similes!

Listenby Holly M. McGhee and Pascal Lemaitre | Sep 3, 2019

7/30/2023

This book goes through our "5" senses, but it is so much more! The author writes, "Listen with your heart. It is your ears, your eyes, your nose, your mouth, your hands. Your heart can hear everything, see everything, smell everything, taste everything, touch everything..."

One of my self-chosen foci for this year is OBSERVING. This book fits into that theme personally and I will be using this at the beginning of the year.

This book would also lend itself to a discussion about sensory details.