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Nominated for the 2024 #WCCPBA I read this to all my classes and gave them an idea map for creating a definition of safety in their words because you can't share your feelings unless you feel safe. Their definition will be used for a character trait bulletin board. #underthedustcover

Don't get me wrong, this is a great book. A necessary read. It was nominated for the 2025 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award #WCCPBA so I'll be reading it to 370 K-5 students. I think I'll start at the back, but it will lead to so many questions.

This may be the most exciting 2025 #WCCPBA nominee. It has volcanoes, mythology, and the tension you'd expect in a story about being stranded on a newly formed volcanic Island.

This will be fun to read aloud to the whole school. #WCCPBA 2025 nominee 🥴

Bob is lifted out of his funk by a red jacket with a pocket full of fries. Nominated for the 2025 #WCCPBA, my first idea would be to have the kids make friend fries they can carry in their pockets.

The author of Bitsy Bat shares her experience with autism along with some facts. It was nominated for the 2025 #WCCPBA I'll be reading it to all my students. I think a few will be able to relate feeling like their brains are upside down.

For Native American heritage month I read #WCCPBA Powwow Day by Traci Sorrell. We watched a couple of videos about Powwows because about 30% of my students indicated no knowledge of what a powwow is. They LOVED this https://youtu.be/eI2gnTZh0-I?feature=shared

Student art after reading The Boy Who Loved Maps. I don't think they fully appreciated the friendship in the story and there were whispers that it was romance. But I sensed that the MC nearly broke out in hives from the antagonist's tendency toward fiction. My kids were deaf to me suggesting that the MC just loved something new that they usually wouldn't agree to try. Nominated for the 2024 #WCCPBA

I used the video where Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen read their version of BGG so that I could take a break. But I love reading the story. It's so fun to read trip trap trip trap trip trap and modify your voice for each goat. I read the Galdone version to the younger students. I'm always amazed by how many students come to elementary school never having read some 398.2s. Nominated for the 2024 #WCCPBA

The kids loved how this opened up a chance to talk about how loud things can be annoying (or scary). 2024 #WCCPBA nominee. We designed our perfect parties on the back of our coloring pages. Older students noted the literal devices such as onomatopoeia.