Reading with Mrs. Boyd's Kindergarten Class
(Fall 2015)
Every Wednesday we visited Mrs. Boyd's students to share with them
our love of reading.
Projects
Visual Thinking
Brainpop Newspaper Reading Video
Happy Banned Books Week 2016!
September 26-October 1, 2016
Learn More...
Banning Books in the 21st Century video
"What if a Book Offends You?" video by Dave Pilkey (Captain Underpants author)
Celebrating the Freedom to Read
What banned book are you reading? video
Judy Blume loves banned books video
50 Books That Were Banned
Challenged Books from 2004-11
Virtual Read-Out Videos
Banned Books That Shaped America
Ideas for Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week Pinterest Ideas
2015 Banned Books Week Shredded Book Contest
2014 Banned Books Week Lobby Display
Flavorwire's Ultimate Literary Calendar
Thank you Hooked on Books for Kids!
Fall 2014
This organization generously donated fifty books of our choice for our classroom. Mrs. Post and five Reading Enrichment students volunteered to help them sort 40,000 books. It was fun and we got to pick any books we wanted for our classroom. Stop in and check out the new books.
Locker Posters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
All things Mockingjay
Welcome to District 12
Mockingjay Chapter 8 We Remember: Rue Mockingjay Propos Video
Fall 2014 Rec. Reading Banned Books Week front lobby display
Mockingjay Chapter 1, read by Suzanne Collins!
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Take the Aptitude Test.
Another good faction quiz. This site also gives really good explanations
of the factions.
Divergent Lexicon: Factions, Initiation Information, Movie Trailers, etc.
Take the Faction Simulation below.
Divergent Trailer
How and Why We Read video
Literature Matters: Why We Read
Why read for pleasure? Click here to find out.
How Fiction Can Change Reality video
Why do people read the newspaper? Click here to find out.
Find out about Reading Groups here.
Find out how to talk about books here.
63 Reasons to Read
Click here to see photos from our field trip to the public library.
Restaurant Review Checklist
2012-13 Block 3 Reading Enrichment Class
CNN Student News
Sound off on CNN Student News
"Clouds" song by Zach Sobiech
Fall 2012 Block 1 Novel Voki Summaries
Click here to view Micaela's Voki summary of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.
Click here to view Becca's Voki summary of Unwind by Neal Shusterman.
Click here to view Megan's Voki summary of Partials by Dan Wells.
Click here to view Zack's Voki summary of Ashfall by Mike Mullin.
Click here to view Isaiah's Voki summary of Partials by Dan Wells.
Click here to view Reba's Voki summary of Partials by Dan Wells.
Make your own Voki here.
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Do you have what it takes to be a runner? Find out. Click here to go on a mission in the maze.
View Hunger Games author, Suzanne Collins, talk about The Hunger Games trilogy.
Hunger Games Explorer
12 Best Hunger Games Parodies
Workshop 7 Your Brain Exposed
Workshop 7 Vocab Speedy Match Game
"Life with Half a Brain" (p.166-8)-Kacie Caves Update
Kaci's Celebration on Dateline
*Hemispherectomy Info from The Doctors TV Show 2008
Workshop 5 Money Matters
Workshop 5 Vocab Speedy Match Game
Could you survive on $1,000 for the month? Find out here.
Workshop 4 The Day the Music Died
Click here to find a current music article to summarize.
Look for one that is interesting to you. You will read your article many times and know it quite well by the time you turn in your summary.
Please choose an article that was published within the last three years, after 2008.
Please choose an article that was published within the last three years, after 2008.