Check out these new picture books released in October 2024!  Each of these books make a great read aloud for the classroom.  It's hard to choose which October 2024 picture book to read first!

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📚 OCTOBER PICTURE BOOKS:
- Quiet Karima
- Tamales for Christmas
- Where to Hide a Star
- Elmore the Christmas Moose
- Bea’s Bad Day
- The Brighter I Shine
- My Hair is My Friend
- How to Sing a Song
- I am We
- Papa’s Butter Chicken
- The Home We Make
- Amy Wu and the Lantern Festival
- Knight Owl and the Early Bird

📝 Check out the show notes for New Picture Books October 2024

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Sara :)

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We are adding some awesome books to the Colorful Apple Book Club this month!  Check out these brand new lessons for reading, writing, science, social studies and SEL.  I'm sharing how you can use each book in your classroom to teach different lessons.

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📚 OCTOBER PICTURE BOOKS:
- Gustavo the Shy Ghost
- Spookley the Square Pumpkin
- Room on the Broom
- The Moon Book
- What Do Authors Do?
- Vote for Our Future!

📝 Check out the show notes for the New Book Club October 2024

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Sara :)

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Check out these new picture books released in September 2024!  Each of these books make a great read aloud for the classroom.  It's hard to choose which September 2024 picture book to read first!

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📝 Check out the show notes for the New Picture Books September 2024

📚 NEW SEPTEMBER PICTURE BOOKS:
- This is How We Play
- Fail-a-Bration
- We are the Builders!
- The Idea in You
- Leo’s First Vote!
- I Want to Read ALL the Books!
- Pockets of Love
- The Boldest White
- The Greatest
- Stacey Speaks Up
- Chang'e Moon

📝 Check out the show notes for New Picture Books September 2024

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Sara :)

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I got some books in the mail to share with you!  Thank you to Publisher Spotlight for sharing these with me.  Which one of these books are you going to share with your class first??

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📚NEW BOOKS:
- Eighteen Flowers for Grandma
- The Great Expedition
- Marvelous Margot
- The Light from My Menorah
- The Big Flappy Ears
- Color Makes the World Go Round
- Jelly-Boy
- Secret Gardeners
- Hank Goes Honk
- Griselda Snooks Spectacular Books
- Small Steps, Big Change
- My Book and Me
- Never, Ever, Ever Ask a Pirate to a Party
- Trains and Trainers
- The Language of Flowers
- Around the World with Friends
- This is My Treehouse
- Halima, Superhero Princess
- The Christmas Snow Globe

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Sara :)

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Check out these new picture books released in Summer 2024!  Each of these books make a great read aloud for the classroom.  It's hard to choose which Summer 2024 picture book to read first!

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📝 Check out the show notes for the New Picture Books: Summer 2024

📚 SUMMER PICTURE BOOKS:
- Zuni and the Memory Jar: https://amzn.to/4eqDH0Q
- I See Color: https://amzn.to/45t6ZYy
- A Song for Nolan: https://amzn.to/3VK4wWl
- Home in a Lunchbox: https://amzn.to/3VK4M7L
- Abuelo’s Flower Shop: https://amzn.to/4cnkuvk
- The Boy Who Found His Voice: https://amzn.to/4b6Ej8Q
- Beach Hair: https://amzn.to/4coWqYN
- Gorgeously Me!: https://amzn.to/3RwEmnP
- The Yellow Bus: https://amzn.to/4clUBMi
- Pete the Cat Screams for Ice Cream: https://amzn.to/3VVqUwp
- Dante Plays His Blues: https://amzn.to/3VJWixs
- Dare to Be Daring: https://amzn.to/4c3qb1G
- I am La Chiva! https://amzn.to/4b65TTO
- Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden: https://amzn.to/45rEISe
- Think a Thought: https://amzn.to/4b8nydu
- I am Jesse Owens: https://amzn.to/3VsLFxZ
- Saturdays at Harlem Grown: https://amzn.to/3VJ166s
- Boo the Library Ghost: https://amzn.to/4ckfuYa
- ¡Vamos! Let's Celebrate Halloween & Día de los Muertos: https://amzn.to/3xx66l8
- Author Vs. Illustrator: https://amzn.to/3KKJ6SG
- One Small Spark - https://amzn.to/3XdY89q
- Who’s In Charge? - https://amzn.to/3Mv7glb
- World Wonder - https://amzn.to/4gdWg9B
- I’m Sorry You Got Mad - https://amzn.to/3AHPdWb
- The Ofrenda That We Built - https://amzn.to/3z4KQ78
- Trick or Treating in the City - https://amzn.to/4e6eiIJ
- Once Upon a Diwali - https://amzn.to/3Mtd5Qb
- You’ve Got This! - https://amzn.to/3X8qKB3
- Stay Angry, Little Girl - https://amzn.to/3Mxn7zI
- I Miss You Most - https://amzn.to/3XwilYv
- Show Up and Vote - https://amzn.to/3Xd1Xvt

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Sara :)

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Reading across the curriculum is so beneficial for students!  Using picture books in math, science and social studies not only helps students with their reading skills, but with understanding new concepts as well.

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Today we are going to talk about classroom management during a read aloud.  This is the last video in our series on interactive read alouds and you might be thinking, “my class can’t handle that!”  We are going to talk about how to actually manage your class so you can do interactive read aloud strategies.

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What questions should you ask during a read aloud?  In this video, we are going to chat about how to ask questions during an interactive read aloud lesson.  We are going to talk about what questions to ask, when to ask them and how often to ask questions during a read aloud.

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How do you choose a book for an interactive read aloud?  In this episode, I’m breaking down how to pick a read aloud book for your classroom.  I’m sharing 5 simple, but effective questions to ask to make sure you choose the right book for your interactive read aloud.

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Why read aloud?  Reading aloud to kids has so many benefits!  I'm sharing my top 10 reasons for reading aloud to children in the classroom.

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LESSONS IN THIS VIDEO:

• This is a School
• Strictly No Elephants
• The Invisible Boy
• The Day You Begin
• Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon

BOOKS IN THIS VIDEO:

• This is a School
• Strictly No Elephants
• The Invisible Boy
• The Pigeon Goes to School
• Creepy Carrots
• I’m New Here
• The Day You Begin
• I am Every Good Thing
• Ruby Finds a Worry
• Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
• Over & Under series

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Sara :)

The Colorful Apple

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