In my first grade classroom we can’t get enough of these books…!

They are super hilarious and are helping even my most resistant readers become excited about reading. I’ve recently taken these books and created reader’s theatre scripts that we will perform in our own class, and hopefully for some of the other classes in the school as well.

The level of reading is fairly simple, but the repeated reading helps students gain fluency and expression, which are important aspects of helping students comprehend text. These books are helping everyone become better readers, the kids are having a blast, and I am cracking up at the hilarity of it all.

Yay, Mo Willems! We love your work!!

“It’s snowing!”, said boy with dog.

“No snow”, said radio.

“It’ll melt”, said woman with umbrella.

Then one flake turns into two, then two to three, on and on until the whole city is filled with glorious white snow. “Dancing playing, there and there, floating, floating, through the air.”

A lovely book that will spark the child within you, bringing you back to that magical first snow fall. And after the last few days we’ve had here on the east coast, it only seems fitting. Hope you are finding ways to enjoy the snow. I am finding plenty of ways to enjoy my new cozy socks, warm cocoa, and my mom’s famous sugar cookies. Since we’ve no place to go… let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.