Onomatopoeia

For this week I plan on doing my read-aloud assignment. For those who are unsure of what this exactly entails I get to read a book of reasonable context and supply my very own lesson along with it. I have been on the hunt for a so called "perfect book" and so far what I have come up has been narrowed down to three likely books/candidates. Because my teacher room (at home) is poorly unorganized I was extremely unlucky in my search for a book I already own thus my hunt lead me to my local library!

I was deeply saddened by the poor layout of my local library, in fact I left feeling strongly disappointed in my selection. I was actually shocked at how non child-friendly it was. Aligned the walls lay signs reading "Easy Picture Books" and "Non-fiction" and "Fiction" what happened to descriptive signs, I kept asking myself how a child would be able to navigate themselves around. The word "Easy" still haunts me as I think about, how discouraging for a young student to read that word and feel discouraged that their hard work and achievement is being belittled. I also found only 2 Halloween related books mixed within all the shelves. I was hoping that at least a few seasonal books would be strategically placed for all to admire. I felt it was cold and uninviting.

On a more positive note I did bring three great books home with me. Two of which I found in the language section of the library. I really have my heart set on two books. Because my Dyad students are really interested in the use of language and all the neat types of descriptive words I really wanted a book on homonyms. Luckily I found a great book written by Brian Cleary titled How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear? and If you were Onomatopoeia written by Trisha Speed Shaskan. Both look amazing so I will just have to see where my heart and mind meet in terms of my big decision!

This book If you were Onomatopoeia is really great, I feel like they will just adore the illustrations and the use of language. How much fun will they have learning that sounds can be written in words and that they have their own very special identity.