This morning, we looked at our new Reading Passports. These will help us think about why we choose books and also give our “opinion”. We know that an opinion is what we think of something. (We have given our opinion on school lunches and Mrs Stevenson’s clothes!)
Here we are with some of the books we chose last week on our trips to Waterstones in Livingston.
We are looking forward to reading more books in our group times.
Thanks in huge amount to wonderful Waterstones in Livingston for having our groups there on Thursday. We were made so welcome. We had a tour of the bookshop so that the children were able to find the books that they would be interested in. We have a varied selection of books now for our area libraries and for The Cool Kids and The Fantastics.
The excellent behaviour of the children was commented on by customers in the cafe. Well done!
Thanks to Mrs Parience for organising this grand day out.
Here we are in our world of books.
The Cool Kids and The Fantastics had a trip to Broxburn Library on Wednesday. Some of the children are already members of the library, and others had the opportunity to join. Diane showed the children how to find different books and then they settled down for a read. Here are our fantastic and cool readers!
Let’s make the most of World Book Day being a snow day!
What are you going to read today? Who are you going to read with? Where are you going to read?
I would love to see what books you have been reading – please come and see me when we get back to school, and bring your books with you. I want to hear all about them.
What did you like about the book? Who was your favourite character? Was there someone in the book you didn’t like, and if so, why did you not like that person? Would you change the ending of the book?
Could you set up a library or a book shop at home and have some customers? Some of us did that in school last week, so think about how to describe books, and ask questions about them.
Can you redesign the front cover? For example, I have been reading a book about Mindfulness, and I think my new book cover for that would show Poppy lying in front of the fire as she is looking very calm and relaxed at the moment!
Here is the link to the World Book Day website which might give you some more ideas.
Enjoy your book activities, and I am looking forward to hearing about them when we get back to school.
It is very, very snowy here in Edinburgh boys and girls!
I thought you might like to try some of the activities for World Book Day.
There are some great ideas here :
One of the ideas is to read to your pet. I have tried this with Poppy and I think she quite enjoyed it!
You might like to try this as well, if you have a printer. I used to love getting Book Tokens as presents when I was your age.
Can you make a snow mind map showing some describing words or things to do in the snow?
Hopefully we will be back at school soon and you can show me what you have been up to.
Keep warm and safe, and happy reading.
Mrs Sutherland (and Poppy)
