Happy Birthday Ella and Owen!

Today we celebrated Ella and Owen's birthday (just one day late). We read Ella's book first since she was born first. She brought in Oliver and Amanda: Amanda Pig, First Grader by Jean Van Leeuwen. It was a perfect book for Ella since she loves pigs. The kids loved relating to the different parts of the story since it was about first grade. They compared the first grade in the book with our first grade here. Next, we read Owen's book. He brought in The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani. The kids knew the first part from the nursery rhyme; however, throughout the book, the author changes the popular rhyme to different places. The kids loved trying to guess where the spider was going to go next. They are both great additions to our classroom library.