Last year Margie Myers-Culver joined me in my first ever Mock Caldecott unit. It was amazing!
We picked a little over twenty books, the kids read them and discussed them,
talked about the Caldecott criteria, and then we voted on which book should
win. Once each of our three classes had a list of winners, we joined classes
via Skype to tell what we loved about the books.
This year we’re beginning a
bit earlier to be able to celebrate these books during Picture Book Month,
which is celebrated in November each year. These are the books we’ve selected
to study:
I’m so
excited to begin studying these books with my students. I’m going to try to
combine the study of these books with some lessons I’m taking from Chris Lehman
and Kate Roberts wonderful new book, Falling in Love with Close Reading.
I think it could be a great way to examine each text.
Have you
read any of these titles? Any favorites for you or your students? I’ll report
back when we’re done with our unit as to the favorites from our students.
