Mystery Unit Celebration

These hardworking detectives have been tracking clues across mystery books this month. We celebrated the end of our unit by making "Wanted" posters for the culprits in our books, and we took our own fingerprints on case file cards!

Celebrating Our Series Reading Unit

To celebrate all we learned during our series reading unit, students created a book jacket for the next book they would write about their character. I'd love to follow some of these adventures!

Inspired by Beverly Cleary's Ramona

Inspired by Beverly Cleary's Ralph S. Mouse

Inspired by Ann Cameron's Julian and Huey

Inspired by Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones

Next up: non-fiction! 

Check Out This Awesome Selection of Kids' Books to Read Online!

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Use the "filter" and "sort" tabs to find the kind of book you are interested in, and click on the cover to read the complete book on your computer. 

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Get Your Kid Hooked on Reading with These Awesome Series Books!

Want your child to become a lifelong reader? Children often become enthusiastic readers when they fall in love with a character in a series. They gobble up book after book, following the adventures of Captain Underpants and laughing along with Junie B. Jones. 

Our second reading unit of the year is fiction series, so our classes will spend the next month following characters across books in both English and Spanish. 

Here are some popular fiction series, sorted by their guided reading levels. All our students know their own levels, so reading within a series will help your child make appropriate choices when you visit your local library, where books are not leveled. 

Level L
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Pinky and Rex by James Howe
Horrible Harry by Suzy Kline

Amanda and Oliver Pig by Jean Van Leeuwan

Cam Jansen by David Adler

Rainbow Magic by Daisy Meadows

Ricky Ricotta by Dav Pilkey

George and Martha by James Marshall

Level M

Baily School Kids by Debbie Davey

Cobble Street Cousins by Cynthia Rylant

Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows

Judy Moody and Stink by Megan McDonald

Katie Kazoo Switcheroo by Nancy Krulik

Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park

The Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne

Level N

Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron

Amber Brown by Paula Danziger

Andrew Lost by J.C. Greenburg

The Zack Files by Dan Greenberg

A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy

Level O

The Magic School Bus Chapter Books by Joanna Cole

My Weird School by Dan Gutman

Geronimo Stilton by Elisabetta Dami
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Mallory by Laurie Friedman

Ramona Quimby by Beverly Cleary

Henry Higgins by Beverly Cleary

Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary

Secrets of Droon by Tony Abbott

Level P

Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

Dragon Slayers' Academy by Kate McMullan

Encyclopedia Brown by Donald Sobol

Just Grace by Charise Mericle Harper

Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka

Level Q

Fudge by Judy Blume 

Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel

American Girl by various authors

Animal Ark by Ben Baglio
Little House by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Celebrating Our Favorite Characters

Our third graders wrapped up their first reading unit last week. They created these fun foldables to celebrate all they'd learned about growing ideas about the characters in their fiction books. 

These favorite characters from students' "Just Right" books open up to reveal their ideas about the character's traits, with evidence from their books to support their ideas. 

Geronimo Stilton (by Gregorio)

AJ from My Weird School: Miss Laney is Zany! (by Vanessa)

Henry from Chocolate Fever (by Alexis)