The book this week is The Bad Seed, by Jory John! I love a book with a message, and this one does not disappoint! First Person Narration This book is written as though the main character is the one who is telling the story. It's a good example of using first person narration to tell a story. Some of our learners may have trouble using pronouns like 'I, me, we, you, he, she, him, her' in a way that grammatically makes sense for their sentences. Reading books that model first p

This week's book is called This Book Just Ate My Dog! and it's by Richard Byrne. I love an interactive book! Richard Byrne is a go-to when I'm looking for a book that will draw kids in and get them involved. In This Book Just Ate My Dog!, a spunky little girl is taking her dog for a walk across the page, but the dog vanishes at the middle crease. Things keep going awry as other friends and community helpers also are unable to make it past the middle crease, and the reader is

Welcome to our Book Talk series! In this series, I'll post a picture book every week and highlight some of the learning opportunities that you can leverage while reading with your learner(s). My recommendation that will always stay the same for every Book Talk is: Repeat Read!! (I put two exclamation points to show you how important this is) Please, for the love of literacy, read picture books that are engaging over and over again with your learner. This stands for at-home li