January 18-22, 2010 RABs

Kindergarten: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
This is a really fun book!  Have a look at interviews with this author as well as videos of his books on you tube.  Really neat!  Inspiring!


Grade 1: Brady Brady and the Great Rink by Mary Shaw
Boys and girls alike enjoy these hockey books. Great for reading aloud.

Grade 2: Treasure for Lunch by Shenaaz Nanji
One of my enduring favourites.


Grade 3: The Best Skater in the Whole Wide World by Linda Bailey
This story has a great ending.  Well developed and fun to read aloud.


Grade 4: The Hockey Tree by David Ward
A new favourite.


Grade 5: Black and White by David Macaulay
For this book, when it came time to read the parts of the train station announcements, I used a children's microphone on a cheap keyboard- it distorted my voice perfectly!  The students thought it was fun.  Students really struggled, however, to understand how the different stories in the book worked together.  Unexpectedly mysterious story.

RABS January 11-15, 2009

Kindergarten: Mrs. Toggle’s Zipper by Robin Pulver

Grade 1: Brady Brady and the Twirlin’ Torpedo by Mary Shaw

Grade 2: Snowed in at the Pokeweed Public School by John Bianchi

Grade 3: The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World by Linda Bailey

Grade 4: The Hockey Card by Jack Siemiatycki

Grade 5: Testing Miss Malarkey by Judy Finchler

RABS January 4-8, 2010

Kindergarten: Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton

Grade 1: Emma’s Cold Day by Margriet Ruurs

Grade 2: Champions of Hockey by John Bianchi

Grade 3: The Farm Team by Linda Bailey

Grade 4: The Moccasin Goalie by William Roy Brownridge

Grade 5: Do Not Open This Book! By Michaela Muntean

RABS December 14-18, 2009

Kindergarten: The Stable that Bob Built by Cindy Kenney (Veggie Tales).


Grade 1: The Little Fir Tree by Margaret Wise Brown.

Grade 2: The Christmas Cobwebs by Odds Bodkin.

Grade 3: The Runaway Driedel by Leslea Newman

Grade 4: When Mother was Eleven-Foot-Four by Jerry Camery-Hoggart

Grade 5: PART TWO: Christmas Tapestry by Patricia Polacco.

RABS December 7-11, 2009

Kindergarten: Gingerbread Mouse by Katy Bratun. A mouse loses her home and finds a new dwelling inside a gingerbread house.


Grade 1: Silent Night, Holy Night: The story behind our favorite Christmas Carol by Myrna Strasser.

Grade 2: Sorry, Miss! By Jo Furtado and Frederic Joos. A series of minor tragedies befalls a boy’s library book as he gets overdue notices every month for a year.

Grade 3: Countdown to Christmas by Bill Peet. Santa goes on a modern kick; he repaints his sleigh with untraditional colors, hints that he’ll get a jet engine next year (to the dismay of the reindeer) and throws out his old, well worn gift sack with terrible yet hysterical results.

Grade 4: It’s Christmas by Jack Prelutsky. A collection of poems and stories about the “ups and downs of Christmas”.

Grade 5: PART ONE: Christmas Tapestry by Patricia Polacco. A heartwarming story adapted from presentations by Dr. Clarence Riedenbach and heard on the “Hour of Power” with Robert Schuller. In the story, a tapestry brings together a couple that was separated by war.

RABS November 30-December 4, 2009

Kindergarten: Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field; Catfish by Jill Newton. After reading these two, we compared the illustrations as a class.


Grade 1: May I Bring a Friend? By Beatrice Schenk De Regniers.

Grade 2: May I Bring a Friend? By Beatrice Schenk De Regniers. After reading this book with grades 1 and 2 classes, we discussed why authors would want their book to win awards (such as the Caldecott Medal or Honor).

Some reasons:

1. For popularity, can sell other books that the author has written

2. Can sell lots of books as they are featured, higher demands by libraries and readers so publishers to reprints

3. Books get translated around the world

4. More ideas?

Grade 2’s were very excited to find out what the medals mean and their value. Allowed them to vote by show of hands if they thought this book deserved the Caldecott Medal award- all said yes!

Grade 3: Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires (first half) Introduction to comic style illustrations in this humorous story of a cat with a lot of imagination. A great time to share our graphic novel style Bible books.

Grade 4: African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways- Poems by Avis Harley. This is just an awesome book with terrific photography and clever poems. Discussed use of photography as illustrations in book making. Fits in with Grade 4 poetry unit.

Grade 5: African Acrostics by Avis Harley.

RABS November 23-27, 2009

Kindergarten: McDuff’s Christmas by Rosemary Wells


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Grade 2: Paddington Bear and the Christmas Surprise by Michael Bond

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RABS November 16-20, 2009

Kindergarten: All Aboard the Dino Train by Deb Lund


Grade 1: It Happens to Everyone by Bernice Myers

Grade 2: Sven’s Bridge by Anita Lobel

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RABS November 9-13, 2009

Kindergarten: The Silence in the Mountains by Liz Rosenberg


Grade 1: A Bear in War by Stephanie Innes (Last half)

Grade 2: A Bear in War by Stephanie Innes (Last half)

Grade 3: A Bear in War by Stephanie Innes (Last half)

Grade 4: A Bear in War by Stephanie Innes (Last half)

Grade 5: Sadako by Eleanor Coerr (Last half)

RABs NOVEMBER 2-6, 2009

Kindergarten:


Grade 1: A Bear in War by Stephanie Innes (First half)

Grade 2: A Bear in War by Stephanie Innes (First half)

Grade 3: A Bear in War by Stephanie Innes (First half)

Grade 4: A Bear in War by Stephanie Innes (First half)

Grade 5: Sadako by Eleanor Coerr (First half)

RABS October 26-30, 2009

Kindergarten: Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine


Grade 1: Tiger Can’t Sleep by S.J. Fore

Grade 2: The Library by Sarah Stewart

Grade 3: Wild about Books by Judy Sierra/A turkey for Thanksgiving Eve Bunting.

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Grade 5: