In this ongoing class, the students will listen to a fiction story. The stories will be read with fluency and expression with chances for the students to interact with the text and make predictions about what will happen next. We will talk about the author and illustrator. We will identify the parts of the book including the front cover, back cover, spine, and title page. We will discuss reading the words as well as reading the pictures to gain a better understanding. The students will learn why it is important to retell a story in the correct order including the beginning, middle, and end; identify key characters, and the setting of the book.  They will apply reading comprehension skills as they are relevant to each story including: making predictions, asking questions, retelling the story, drawing connections to the text, visualizing the story, drawing conclusions, and synthesizing the information.  Each class will feature a new fiction story so students are welcome to join the class at any time.  


Week of September 15th- Ninja Red Riding Hood by Corey Rosen Schwartz
Week of September 22nd- Waking Beauty by Leah Wilcox
Week of September 29th- Cinderelephant by Emma Dodd
Week of October 6th- Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Week of October 13th- Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
Week of October 20th-Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
Week of October 27th- The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot by Margaret McNamara and Mark Fearing 
Week of November 3rd- Hansel and Gretel: Ninja Chicks by Corey Rosen Schwartz
Week of November 10th- The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
Week of November 17th- Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox
Week of November 24th- No Class
Week of December 1st- The Three Ninja Pigs by Corey Rosen Schwartz
Week of December 8th- Betsy Who Cried Wolf by Gail Carson Levine
Week of December 15th- The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philemon Sturges
Week of December 22nd- No Class
Week of December 29th- No Class
Week of January 5th- Eduardo Guadardo, Elite Sheep by Anthony Pearson
Week of January 12th- The Princess and the Pig by Jonathan Emmett
Week of January 19th- Maria Had  a Little Llama by Angela Dominguez
Week of January 26th- The Three Billy Goats Fluff by Rachel Mortimer
Week of February 2nd- It's Not Hansel and Gretel by Josh Funk
Week of February 9th- Urgency Emergency- Big Bad Wolf by Dosh Archer
Week of February 16th- Urgency Emergency- Itsy Bitsy Spider by Dosh Archer
Week of Febryary 23rd- Urgency Emergency- Humpty's Fall by Dosh Archer
Week of March 2nd- The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka
Week of March 9th- Prince Cinders by Babette ColeNo Class 
Week of March 16th- Little Red Hot by Eric A. Kimmel
Week of March 23rd- Goldilocks Returns by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Week of March 30th- Snow White and the 77 Dwarfs by Davide Cali
Week of April 6th- Goldilocks and Just One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson


Let's laugh along with some silly twists on traditional tales and develop our love for reading together!