Introducing . . . The 100 Scope Notes Read Aloud Hall of Fame!
You’re in the library. A group of kids is coming in 3 minutes. You have nothing planned.
What do you do?
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Hopefully, you wake up from this librarian nightmare and are safe and sound in your comfy bed.
But what if it isn’t a dream . . . but a reality???
First of all – why didn’t you plan anything? But I’ll scold you later. Right now you need a book. A can’t miss book. A read aloud that will cast a wide net and pull everyone in.
This is the thought process behind my new blog series, The 100 Scope Notes Read Aloud Hall of Fame.
Beginning next week and every week after that, I’ll share a read aloud that has never let me down.
Some will be obvious and popular. Others lesser-known. All will be story time gold.
Join me, and let’s end that librarian nightmare forever.
Filed under: Read Aloud Hall of Fame
About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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Hi Travis –
I’m so looking forward to this series. We do a lot of read alouds in our school library, and I’m generally prepared, but when there’s a surprise group, I reach for Milo’s Hat Trick by Jon Agee. A winner every time!
I really love Twelve Terrible Things by Marty Kelley. The group has to be small enough so everyone can see the pictures – but it’s such fun for slightly older kids!
This one is specific for Earth Day, but I’m using it now and my kids love it! I read Miss Fox’s Class Goes Green by Eileen Spinelli, but I change the names of the characters and the teacher so they match the names of the class I’m reading to. They love it!