Today’s #firstchapterfriday was The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time! Man, do I love this book. The protagonist (and narrator) is Christopher, a 15-year-old boy on the Autism spectrum. One night he finds his neighbor’s dog murdered on the front lawn and he starts off on a journey to figure out who did it. Today we talked about the autism spectrum and read a little more than the first chapter (because the chapters are uniquely labeled). The kids didn’t want me to stop and were shocked when class was almost over because time flew by! 📕🐕🌌 #cpcscreads https://www.instagram.com/p/B2pe6Bkhe7dqk0OKEp3xSCGv211MBg9mjzg8780/?igshid=1idi39kkw9a7w

I’m doing a new thing in my class this year! And by “new,” I mean, I stole it from my colleagues. We’re doing First Chapter Friday! Every Friday I read the first chapter of a high interest book to my kids. There’s no worksheets or anything. It’s a time for us to just sit and read and enjoy. Today we read from All American Boys by @jasonreynolds83 and @brendankiely. Jason Reynolds is visiting our school in November and I’m very excited for it. #firstchapterfriday #cpcscreads https://www.instagram.com/p/B09FgCZh4fN6IkqGjKq-4ROOLrs8qE1IFAOkBw0/?igshid=t4116cmgmuzd