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📚🌟5 Picture Books for Christmas Reading🌟📚

We all have our favorite Christmas traditions that remind us of special times with family and friends. Stories read aloud at school, church, or with loved ones throughout the holiday season create an air of celebration that is passed down through generations. Whether those stories hail the birth of Christ, tell of visits from Santa, or show the joys of sharing, they stir up imagination, fun, and excitement. In addition to your favorite holiday stories, here are five delightful titles to add to your Christmas read-aloud list. Leave a comment below if you have read any on the list or maybe you have more to share. 

Happy Holidays!

My Baby Loves Christmas (Board Book)

Jabari Asim

Tara Nicole Whitaker

HarperFestival (2019)  

I Got the Christmas Spirit  

Connie Schofield-Morrison

Frank Morrison

Bloomsbury (2018)  

All I Want for Christmas Is You 

Mariah Carey

Colleen Madden

Doubleday BYR (2015)  

Grandma’s Gift

Eric Velasquez

Bloomsbury (2013)  

Jackie’s Gift

Sharon Robinson

E. B. Lewis

Viking Juvenile (2010)  

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20 Must Read Read-Alouds for Kids 9-12

Before I had children, my summers where often spent with a book in hand.  Since I was a classroom teacher, I would have nothing to do over summer break except read, read, read!  But now that I have children, the luxury of reading all day is a distant memory.  But this summer I decided that instead of holing up and reading alone, I would include my kids in my summer reading.  One of the many great…

Editor Wendy Murray speaks with Scholastic author Maria Walther to get practical advice for how primary teachers can meet the Common Core State Standards by ramping up read-alouds.

Murray: The Common Core State Standards Initiative advises students read increasingly complex texts more deeply. As a first grade teacher, how are you responding to this issue?

Walther: I think if we stay true to the notion that reading is a thinking process, we can address complexity and depth authentically in K-2. I am inviting my first graders to do a lot more thinking aloud—talking about the books we read and honoring the thinking they have already done. Then, as we read complex texts together, I nudge them to think more deeply about the big ideas, themes, author’s purpose, and so on. Coupled with that, I am searching for texts that have complex concepts to spark conversations.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 4:00 PM Presenters:Deb Armstrong and Lauren Smith

Utilizing interactive read-alouds are a great way to engage students in a literacy curriculum, especially in the primary grades. This webinar will demonstrate how technology can be integrated into these read-alouds and serve as something measurable to support to 21st century learning in the primary classroom.