Spotlight Friday - our Mock Caldecott selections 11.10.17

Time to get ready for the weekend!

Kick up your feet and find a good place to read.

Sharing #booklove for your classroom or library.

Spotlighting a book or two because these books deserve the spotlight!

One of my favorite times of the school year is the Mock season.  Our school participates in Mock Geisel, Caldecott and Newbery.  I even do a Sibert Smackdown with some groups.  I think participating in these are a perfect example of the way close reading is supposed to look like - digging in deeper, reading with a purpose and questions in mind.  Of course the best part is the book voting and assembly.  Each grade level votes for the book they see having the best criteria for that particular award and then we have an assembly to see our school winners and compare them to what the real committee chooses.  It's quite the celebration of books!

Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be sharing our school's choices for Mock books.  Today it's our Mock Caldecott books!


Little Fox in the Forest
by Stephanie Graegin


Life 
written by Cynthia Rylant
illustrated by Brendan Wenzel


Claymates
written by Dev Petty
illustrated by Lauren Eldridge


The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse
written by Mac Barnett
illustrated by Jon Klassen


A Boy, A Mouse, and a Spider
written by Barbara Herkert
illustrated by Lauren Castillo


Blue Sky, White Stars
written by Sarvinder Naberhaus
illustrated by Kadir Nelson


The Book of Mistakes
by Corinna Luyken


La La La
written by Kate DiCamillo
illustrated by Jamie Kim


After the Fall
by Dan Santat


Red and Lulu
by Matt Tavares


Flashlight Night
written by Matt Forrest Esenwine
illustrated by Fred Koehler


All the Way to Havana
written by Margarita Engle
illustrated by Mike Curato


Wolf in the Snow
by Matthew Cordell


Windows
written by Julia Denos
illustrated by E.B. Goodall


The Antlered Ship
by Dashka Slater
illustrated by The Fan Brothers


Grand Canyon
by Jason Chin


Muddy: the Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
written by Michael Mahin
illustrated by Evan Turk


How to Be an Elephant
by Katherine Roy


There you have it.  I think our students are in for some great reading!  I'm already looking forward to February.