Day 1. Bees have arrived!#beekeeping

When you find just the right book for that kid in your class.

Read this important book aloud to my class and had a great discussion about censorship. Thank you @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social for creating this.

Nothing better on the day before break than a visit from our #mockcaldecott winner @deborahfreedman.net to chat with my fourth graders about her books, her process, and Partly Cloudy. They were thrilled to meet you. ❤️❤️❤️

Our #mockcaldecott award went to Partly Cloudy @deborahfreedman.net
with honors to Yellow Bus and Home in a Lunchbox! Congratulations! Well deserved. #kidlit #pb

#mockcaldecott vote set to go for tomorrow? Who will win? #kidlit #pb

#mockcaldecott day 5 . They loved the message and sweeping brush strokes in Touch the Sky. Fourth graders like to retitle every book. So alt title for this one is Keep Trying.
@grubreport.bsky.social
#kidlit

#mockcaldecott day 4. Fourth graders loved loved loved this. Lots of theories about the illustrator choices, and several connections to Stuart Little. #kiit #picturebooks

#mockcaldecott day 3 with a fun pairing. They loved the different art methods merging. And could relate to coaxing a parent to join in the imaginative play. They are really noticing a lot of illustration choices!
#kidlit
@brendanwenzel.bsky.social

Day 2 of #mockcaldecott . Great reactions to the end of Pretty Ugly (IYKYK). And fourth graders loved the progression of angry letters in I’m Sorry You Got Mad.
@juliekwon.bsky.social
#kidlit
#picturebooks

First of our #mockcaldecott reads. Fourth graders loved it and changed the title to The Journey of Yellow Bus. Lots of great ideas about what a bus can provide.

Lots of smiling faces behind these books from #NCTE with my fourth graders.
@lynnekelly.bsky.social
@katemessner.bsky.social
@carriekruck.bsky.social
@lindsayncurrie.bsky.social
@dansantat.bsky.social
@kariallenwrites.bsky.social
And too many others. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Trying to decide what workshops to go to at #NCTE in Boston is making my head hurt. Lots of great choices.