Good fit books

This past week my students worked hard to make sure they filled their book bins with good fit books! We spent all week practicing and reading those good fit books. My kids have quickly fallen in love with read to self and we make sure we get our 15 minutes in each day. Here is how we learned how to find our good fit books: First, we read the book, "Goldie Socks and the Three Librarians." In the book it talks about how Goldie Socks found her good fit book and it just so happened to be the…

If you are working toward implementing The Daily Five in your classroom or if you are reviewing in preparation for next year, I would like to remind you about three important mini lessons to cover with your students during the first week (or so) of launching Read to Self. It's important to begin Read to Self right way, because it sets the tone and the routine for all of the other components of The Daily Five. The authors, Gail Boushey and Joan Moser, recommend the following three lessons to…

Awesome Mentor Text and Bookmark Freebie for teaching students how to choose Good Fit Books! #reading #goodfitbooks #bestresourceever

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So many of my followers told me that they say "You Get What You Get and You Don't Throw a Fit!" after reading my post " You Get What You ...

Old books on the shelf.

I downloaded the original poster from Zeek's Zoo, zeekszoo.blogspot.com/2012/03/anchor-charts.html. Then I realized that the color ink was low. This poster will be put in a less viewed area of the library.