Discovering Characters in Our Favorite Book Series

This first week back, we have been diving headlong into reading book series. Reading multiple books from a series helps us get to know the characters much more deeply. One way we learn about our characters is by what they say. We have been looking closely at dialogue and dialogue tags in our books to glean information about both the kinds of things the characters say as well as how they say them. Part of our work has been rereading sections of dialogue to ourselves (into a cupped hand "seashell") or to a reading buddy, so we can practice making it sound just right.

Thanks to your generous gifts, there have been lots of new series books to choose from in the classrooms. Here are some of our new favorites: Magic Tree House, Owl Diaries, Narwhal, Princess Black, Dog Man, Franny K.Stein, Fly Guy, Biscuit, Mittens, Danny, Land of Fake Believe, Notebook of Doom, Bad Guys, Dragon Masters, Amelia Bedelia, Heroes in Training, Geronimo Stilton, Katie Woo, Piggy and Gerald, Mercy Watson, The Doodles of Sam Dibble, Princess Black, The Kingdom of Wrenly, Sofia Martinez, and Poppleton.

Next week, we will start writing reviews of our favorite books. Our goal will be to persuade other readers to try out our series recommendations. Be sure to ask your child about the series he/she is reading and about their favorite character from that series.

The pictures below are from our reading workshop time today and show our busy readers happily engaging with books from their chosen series.