Wrapping up our Global Read Aloud Experience

What a great time we've had in our K-2 library media classes participating in the 2015 Global Read Aloud.  We began our adventure in the last week of September/ first week of October learning about Amy Krouse Rosenthal and reading her book Chopsticks.  Since that week, we have read Duck! Rabbit, It's Not Fair, Exclamation Mark!, and The OK Book.

Through these weeks, we have been making connections with other classes across the country who have also been reading these books.  A few classes have had Skype and Google Hangout experiences with classes in Vermont and Illinois.  Most classes have shared to Padlet walls with classes across our school and all over the US and Canada.    We have had opportunities to follow Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrators Scott Magoon and Tom Lichtenheld on Twitter as they've answered questions about their books and their creative process.  Second grade students are still writing postcards to send to schools participating in a Global Read Aloud postcard exchange.  We've already received our first postcard from a school in Wisconsin!  Some of our kindergarten, first and second grade students have chosen to share their favorite book on this Padlet wall:

Created with Padlet

Participating in the Global Read Aloud has been a great experience.  We look forward to joining in the fun again next year!   

Kindergarten, first and second grade classes are beginning their rotation in technology classes starting tomorrow.  I still hope to see them often in the library checking out their favorite Amy Krouse Rosenthal books and all of the other great books they want to read this year!