Monday Made It! - August 3rd

It's that time again! I'm linking up with Tara from Fourth Grade Frolics for Monday Made It. First I have to give a shout out to Tara because she is definitely the reason I've been somewhat productive this summer! Yay!

On to the Made Its...

My first Monday Made It! is from looking at Alison's Made It from Rockin' and Lovin' Learning last week. Click here to see her Monday Made It from last week in case you missed. Click here to go to Polka Dots and Pal and get your own Pal. After reading Alison's post, I just knew I had to head over and make my own pal. Here she is...

My second Monday Made It was also followed from last weeks' Monday Made It. I saw this fabulous tutorial from Keeping Up with Mrs. Harris to make a desktop calendar for the computer. So FABULOUS! She has a great tutorial that makes this super easy to do. I purchased the calendar from the 3 AM Teacher, but you could make your own. I decided hers was too cute, and so I was able to make this lickity split! Now I can see everything I need to at a glance when I'm on my computer. Yay!

My third Monday Made It is a quick book trailer for Circus Mirandus to use next year. I try and do lots and lots of book talks to get my kiddos excited about reading and book trailers are one way to do that. 

What did you make this week?

Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley Book Trailer

I have fallen behind in my book trailer creations, so I got back to it this morning.

During the later part of the school year, I read all kinds of book buzz about Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley. I ordered my copy from Amazon and read it in June. It was wonderful! It was one of those books I just couldn't put down and finished in two days. I think this will be added to my read alouds for the year!

Global Read Aloud 2015

This year's Global Read Aloud promises to be another great experience! Pernille Ripp is the fabulous creator of this experience. If you want to connect with classrooms around the world, go here to sign up.

We're going to read Fish in a Tree by Linda Mullaly Hunt. Here is a trailer for the book:

The schedule for the read aloud is:

Week 1:  Chapter 1 – 8

Week 2: Chapter 9 – 17

Week 3: Chapter 18 – 24

Week 4: Chapter 25 – 33

Week 5: Chapter 34 – 42

Week 6: Chapter 43 – end

During the month of October, you can connect with other classrooms reading the same book as you through Twitter, Skype, Kidblog, Edmodo and more. The Twitter group for this book is #GRAFIAT.

Join us, won't you? You won't regret it!

Summer Reading: Jinx by Sage Blackwood

The third book that I have read from my Sasquatch 2015 nominee list is Jinx by Sage Lockwood. This was a great book - very entertaining all the way through.

I've been creating book trailers to share with my kids, but this one already had a great one.

I just picked up the second book in this series, Jinx's Magic. I'm excited to see what happens in this one.

I'm always looking for book recommendations. What are you reading?