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Snowy Day Must – Read Monday Linky!!

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Good morning, y’all!! I am kind of sort of really excited that we just got called for another

!!!
I mean, I was supposed to have my pre-conference for my teacher evaluation round 2 today, andddd we already had a day of this week for the presidents and all, but hellllllo surprise extra day!
I killed my to do list yesterday, too, sooooo it’s either time to work ahead ORRRR curl up with my coffee and start to read a good book that I keep hearing about!! <—- I think I might actually go with the latter!
But first . . . . and speaking of good books (this linky party couldn’t be timed any better for me!!) . . .

I’m linking up with one of my favoritest bloggers, Amanda at Teaching Maddeness!!

Must-Read Monday Linky

The rules are to link up with a must read book!! Easy enough, right?!

My library is FILLLLLED with awesome books at school.  Like – Scholastic bonus point hoarder over here, but I STILLL have filled shelves of awesome books for my kiddos to read.

With that being said, I decided to share an awesomely fun book that I use for a “brain break” of sorts It’s SO so fun and your littles will LOVE it.  I’ve even used it at dismissal time during a moment of  “pleaseeeee put your coat on and sit down” desperation at 3:30 at time or 2.  Please tell me I’m not the only one that broken hearts dismissal time!! :/

It’s called “Press Here”!

A dear friend of mine suggested it to me a few years ago to buy for my class and I’m SO glad that I did.

There’s no plot, nor a single character, but this book is a BLAST!

The way I use it is I use my kids’ numbered sticks, and call them one at a time to follow the directions on a page.   . . .

For example, one page might say “tap on the yellow dot 5 times”.  So I will pull a student’s stick and have them come up to follow the directions! THEY LOVE IT. Here’s a look at another page…

And, you guessed it, when you turn the page, the black sure is gone!

My second graders LOVE it, but I bet kinders and firsties would eat it up even MORE!! Not to mention using it at home with your own little ones!!

My kids just LOVE it.  It’s just, like I said, a great excuse for a brain break during the day, plus a GREAT lesson in following directions, because, only those who follow the directions can “play”, of course!

Ok I’m headed over to link up with Amanda and I WILL find some time to start the Divergent series today!! 🙂 Kind of excited about all of the hype! #imafollowerwhenitcomestobooks

Happy snow (or Tues) day!!!!

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