Why did you pick this book? "Because the girl was building and they were working together to make a tower."

Would you recommend this book to someone? why? "Yes, because it's nice to share with your friends and they may like it too."

Can you tell me anything else about this book?

"Nope."

Why did you pick this book? "Because it showed me about bugs."

What did this book teach you? "About my colors."

Why did you pick this book? "Because it teaches me about school."

What was your favorite part of the book? "That the little girl went to school."

What did you like about this book? "That they write stories."

Would you recommend this book to someone? "No."

What did you learn about when you read this book? "That you can write stuff."

Why did you choose this book?  “Because it has bugs in it.”

What did the bugs do in the book?  “They are the same colors as the leaves and they show me what they do.”

Would you recommend this book to someone? Why?  “Yes, because I like it.”

What did you learn? “I learned that they can change the same color as the leaf.”

Can you point to your favorite part and tell us a little bit about it?  “This green one because it has long legs and I like his eyes.”

Will you read this favorite part for me?  “Yes.” (Was able to read with accuracy and fluency, struggled with the word “bug.”)

Can you tell me anything else about this book? “I saw one of these bugs on the field trip, he was crawling on a leaf just like this one.”

Why did you choose this book? “Because I like it, it was brand new.”

What did the students do in the book?  “Write names.”

Would you recommend this book to someone? Why?  “Yes, because they might like it.”

What did you learn? “That kids like to play and stuff.”

Can you point to your favorite part and tell us a little bit about it? “This one because it is super cool.”

Will you read this favorite part for me?  “Yes.” (Could only read the word “we” on the page)

Can you tell me anything else about this book? “This book is really special.”

Why did you choose this book? “Because it is about elephants.”

What did the elephants do?  “They get water on themselves and they swim.”

Would you recommend this book to someone? Why?  “Yes, because it’s about elephants a lot.”

What did you learn? “That elephants like to swim.”

Can you point to your favorite part and tell us a little bit about it? “Yes”

Will you read this favorite part for me?  “Yes” (turned to page 3 and read “Elephants like to wash.” It was a picture of elephants rolling in the mud. “I like this page because the elephants clean themselves.”

Can you tell me anything else about this book? “They get water up their noses.”

Why did you choose this book? “Cause I like boats.”

What do they do on the boat? “They work.”

Would you recommend this book to someone? Why?  “Yes, because they are my friends.”

What did you learn? “I learn to eat apples.”

Can you point to your favorite part and tell us a little bit about it? “This page because it has “go” and “we” on it. (Turns to page 6 and points to those words).

Will you read this favorite part for me?  Read “We go to a boat.” (The words were-we go on a boat).

Can you tell me anything else about this book? “There pictures in the book about the boat.”

Why did you choose this book? “Because I like it.”

What can you tell me about the flowers? “Sometimes flowers grow and sometimes they are yellow.”

Would you recommend this book to someone? Why?  “Yes, because they are nice.”

What did you learn? “Words.”

Can you point to your favorite part and tell us a little bit about it? “This flower has a little thing that is yellow and this flower is a rose. They grow on vines.”

Will you read this favorite part for me?  Read-“This flower is red. This flower is blue.” These were the words on the page but she didn’t point to each word as she read it. She did random pointing.

Can you tell me anything else about this book? “This book has a front cover and a back cover.”

Why did you choose this book? “Because it teaches you about bugs.”

What did they the bugs do in this book? “Just stayed there.”

Would you recommend this book to someone? Why?  “Yes, because it’s about bugs.”

What did you learn? “They are good and they were different colors.”

Can you point to your favorite part and tell us a little bit about it? Turns to page 5 and says, “It is green.”

Will you read this favorite part for me?  “I can a green bug.” “Wait a minute, it says I see a green bug.” (It says I see a green bug).

Can you tell me anything else about this book? “It has numbers right here” (points to page numbers). “This bug right here (points to the green grasshopper) is green and he is on a green leaf.”

Why did you pick this book?

"Because flowers have colors."

Do you like this book? "No because flowers have colors."

1/12/16-Read book with Amiriah after she selected book. Amiriah said she picked the book because she liked twins.

1/12/16-Read book with Josemy after she selected the book. She said she selected the book because it has a baby brother in it.

1/12/16-Read book with Jonathan after he selected book. Jonathan said he selected this book because it has a horse in it.

1/12/16 Read book with Maylin after she selected it. She said she selected this book because it was snowing.

1/12/16 Read book with Andrew after he selected it. He said he picked the book because he likes bugs and he saw a bug.

1/12/16-Read book with Kylie after she selected it. She said she picked this book because it was about a boy eating a meatball.

1/12/16 Read book with Darryl after he selected it. Darryl said he picked this book because of the nice picture on the front cover.

1/12/16 Read book with Malea when she selected the book. Malea said she picked this book because she knew she would like it.

1/12/16 Read book with Michael after he selected this book. Michael selected another book first but decided the book was too easy because he could already read every word. He said he picked this book because he liked pizza.

1/12/16- Read book with Andy after he selected book. He said he selected this book because he likes zoo animals.

1/13/16 read book with Abbey. She said she selected the book because she noticed from the from cover that it had pizza like her daddy makes.

1/13/16 Read book with Edgar when he selected it. He said he selected it because the bear was small and got bigger.

11/14/16-Read book with Amy. She said she selected the book because we were in the season of Winter and this book has things about winter in it.

1/14/16- read book with Isaac. Isaac selected this book after the first one he selected was too easy. He said he selected this book because the animals were playing in the snow and he likes the snow.

1/14/16 Read book with Dominic. He said he selected this book because it was about twins.

1/14/16 read book with Emanuel when he selected the book. Emanuel said he picked this book because it was his favorite one.

1/14/16 Read book with Julia when she selected the book. She said she selected this book because "it always be cold outside."

1/14/16 Read book to Gabriela when she selected it. She said she picked the book because she liked the horses in it.