Blog 3 King and Kayla

The book I chose to read for my series book, was King and Kayla and the Missing Dog Treats. I really enjoyed reading this book and I  thought it was cute, that each book is a different mystery to solve. I would definitely recommend this book to my students, who enjoy reading mystery books, because it is a quick and easy read. The central characters are King who is a dog and has his own dialogue throughout the book, and Kayla his owner.  They both enjoy solving mysteries together. I believe first and second graders would enjoy reading this series, because it is easy to read and follow along. This book is not very complex, so if I had more advanced readers in my class I would recommend a more advanced mystery book such as Nancy Drew. The way I would use this book in a classroom, would be, I would  read the book out loud to my students, and then set up a mystery in my classroom for my students to solve that is similar to the series book.

 

My biggest take away from chapter one in Reading in the Wild, was encouraging students to read and carry books wherever they go outside of school. I believe that this is a great way to get students to read more, if they keep a book with them at all times. A few ideas I had not thought of, were encouraging my students who did not have time to sit down to read for 30 minutes a day to read, I could learn there schedules and help them pick gaps throughout the day where they can read a few minutes here and there. Another idea I liked from the book is using a reading itinerary, instead of a reading log. I really liked this idea, because it gave students the opportunity to fill out the amount of time they read that day, but they were not forced to read for 30 minutes. The itinerary encourages students to keep track of all the places they read throughout the week and how many minutes they spent reading that day. I am most excited to recommend books to my students, when I start teaching them to read, that fit there reading levels and then asking them if they enjoyed my book recommendations. I am honestly most afraid of dealing with a difficult student who refuses to read inside or outside of class and what I should do to get them to read more.