Hank Finds an Egg & Book Scramble

The month is only half over, but already I have a favorite book of the month. I fell in love with Hank Finds an Egg as soon as I saw the cover, and the story and illustrations measure up to the cuteness and intrigue that the cover displays. I am planning on reading this to my extra kindergarten class this week as part of our "Book Scramble" class.  Book Scramble days have 3 parts. First, I read a story to the students and they share their favorite part. Second, students go back to their seats where there is a book waiting for them to read. We put on a timer and they read their book for 3 minutes. At the end of the 3 minutes, each student passes their book to the right and we repeat this process. Toward the end of class, I think of a letter A-Z and whoever guesses the letter, gets to have their favorite book from the Book Scramble read aloud. The books I choose for the scramble are all early readers or books with illustrations so that emerging readers won't get frustrated. There is an equal amount of both fiction and nonfiction. Students enjoy the scramble and I love the ideas of kindergarteners getting to listen to/read four books in one session. Sharing our favorite part and having students pick their favorite book help students in forming opinions with literature and show how sharing opinions of books is an enjoyable life long activity.

If you want to read more about Hank Finds an Egg, read my review on Goodreads.