Book Companion Theme Week: THINK POSITIVE- A-Book-A-Day Reading Challenge

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Easily engage your students and meet your A Book A Day challenge with these no prep book companion resources focused on encouraging kids to think positive!

WHAT TITLES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE?

• The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds

• Ish by Peter H. Reynolds

• Giraffe Problems by Jory John

• Penguin Problems by Jory John

• After the Fall by Dan Santat

WHAT IS THE FOCUS OF THIS GROUP OF BOOKS?

These texts were grouped because they are all great books about choosing to think positively. Students will discuss how thinking positive is a choice that can make you happier and more successful.

WHAT IS INCLUDED WITH THIS RESOURCE?

• Mini-Lesson PowerPoint

• PDF printable resources

• Response slides in Google Classroom

• Response slides formatted for Microsoft Teams

• Bitmoji Classroom Library with links to online read alouds

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN EACH MINI LESSON POWERPOINT?

• 3 “Before Reading” slides to introduce the text, get the students thinking, and set a purpose for reading

• Link to an online read aloud

• 3 “After Reading” slides including a discussion question, writing prompt, and 5 open-ended comprehension questions from the text

• Closure slide to reiterate the lesson or purpose of the read aloud

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PDF?

• Teacher Guide

• Book spines for book a day display

• Bookshelf decor item for bookshelf display

• Book covers for book a day display

• Graphic Organizer

• Story Retell Sheet

• Book Recommendation Sheet

• 5 open-ended question comprehension check

WHY A BOOK A DAY?

The #abookaday challenge was created by Donalyn Miller, author of The Book Whisperer.

For the past two years I have committed to reading aloud a book a day to my students and the impact has been great. In the past two years (more so than the seven before) my class became a group of learners that valued reading. If an early dismissal or assembly altered our schedule, I would have to find another time to squeeze in the read aloud because the kids were not willing to take a day off.

WHY I CREATED THIS RESOURCE

I created this resource to help teachers fulfill their #abookaday challenge in a meaningful and simple way without compromising consistency or depth.

I try to plan my read alouds a unit at a time so that I am not scrambling, but I was still winging it through unless I had set aside time to come up with discussion questions and extension opportunities for eager kids or for when we had extra time. I started created mini PowerPoints for the read alouds so that everything would be in one place when I sat down to read the book of the day. Those PowerPoints have been combined and polished to create this resource that I hope will help other teachers implement a book a day in an easier and more consistent way.