Global Read Aloud Connections with "The Year of Billy Miller" -- Connecting to Story with Other Kids Around the World! by Kathryn Cole https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller Each week upload a picture of your class enjoying the week's assigned chapters. Capture this in any creative way you like. Add a description with your picture describing the activity you are doing, a brief recap of the discussion you are having, or an interesting question that your students have related to what was read aloud. Let's learn from each other and see all the ways we may be experiencing this story in similar and different ways across the world! Be sure to post any pics you have of your kickoff events as well. Don't forget to add your class name and location in the Title field of the post. Have fun everyone!! en-us 2015-10-04 13:02:23 UTC 2023-02-20 18:50:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/217250/1c7eefe14f6eea30f3ac79a7e6b59dcadb5e7405/a52173801864b72e269f7407967d24d9.jpg 2nd Graders at Northside Elementary School - Chapel Hill, North Carolina kcole https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/73576422 Can't wait to introduce this story to our second graders and looking forward to all the ways others are connecting to this story too! Enjoy Global Read Aloud 2015! Looking forward to Skyping with others kids and writing about reading!

]]> 2015-10-04 13:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/73576422 Global Read Aloud kcole https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/73577106 Cool! Check out this message and make your own - Global Read Aloud 2015! Click on the picture and then press "view original".

]]> 2015-10-04 13:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/73577106 Mrs. Massman @NEH3rd Blairsburg, IA tamarajosephina https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/73752519 My husband hurt his head while riding his bike and had to stay in the hospital for a month when he was in 4th grade.

]]> 2015-10-05 15:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/73752519 Mrs. Green - 2nd grade - New London, WI  https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/73796977 We created an "initial reaction" video to meeting Billy on the inside cover of the book jacket before reading.

]]> 2015-10-05 17:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/73796977 Ms . Oakley's Class Prediction- Northside Elementary, NC  https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/73973890 We think that Billy Miller may be embarrassed about his bump on his head on the first day of school. Our class thinks that there might be a bully in his class that he is scared of on the first day of school. We can't wait to read Chapter 2.

]]> 2015-10-06 14:01:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/73973890 Grade 3 students at Monsignor Fee Otterson in Edmonton, AlbertaCanada sarah_platero https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/73995502 This morning, we listened to the author Kevin Henkes tell us about how he decided to write the book The Year of Billy Miller. If you click this link, you can hear it too!http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=10413&a=1

]]> 2015-10-06 14:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/73995502 Grade 3 students at Monsignor Fee Otterson in Edmonton, Alberta,Canada sarah_platero https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/74011532 We brainstormed ideas about why we thought it was going to be "The Year of Billy Miller" and we put it into a Sway. Check it out :) https://sway.com/8MGe2xisvnqq2Jal 

]]> 2015-10-06 15:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/74011532 Ms. Lohmann - 4th grade - Ormond Beach, Florida lelohman https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/74194426 We are discussing what Billy was going to be worried about on the first day of school. We created a padlet to share

-> http://padlet.com/lelohman/xu5ee61t7rxw

]]> 2015-10-07 11:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/74194426 Ms. Kelley's 2nd Grade Class  at NES in Chapel Hill, NC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/74330391 We read about Billy's first day in 2nd Grade and we think Emma is mean. We are wondering what he is going to do about Emma?

]]> 2015-10-07 18:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/74330391 Ms. Oakley's 2nd grade class at NES in Chapel Hill, NC  https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/74498204 We wrote down what we are worried about in 2nd grade. Follow us on Twitter to see our worries @MSOAKLEY2

]]> 2015-10-08 14:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/74498204 Mrs. Coleman's 2nd grade class at NES in Chapel Hill, NC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/74728579 Here is an image of our copy of The Year of Billy Miller, signed by Kevin Henkes. We can't wait to find out what happens between Billy and Emma!

]]> 2015-10-09 14:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/74728579 Mrs. Gerdes' Class - 3rd Grade, Texas erin_gerdes https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/74798248 We read Chapter 1 today and we are trying to figure out what Papa means by THIS is The Year of Billy Miller. Please check out our padlet:

http://padlet.com/erin_gerdes/GRA15

We'd love to connect and really enjoy reading everyone's thoughts.

]]> 2015-10-09 18:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/74798248 Ms. Powell's 2nd graders at NES in Chapel Hill, NC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/75292022 After reading chapter 5, we're happy that Ms. Silver likes Billy. We're wondering if the same thing will happen with Emma?

]]> 2015-10-13 18:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/75292022 Mrs. Coleman's 2nd Grade at NES in Chapel Hill https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/78204982 We made pumpkin art for the Library's Book Pumpkin project. Here's Bill, Mama, and Sal.

]]> 2015-10-29 14:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/78204982 Mrs. Coleman's 2nd Grade at NES in Chapel Hill https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/78205718 We made pumpkin art for the Library's Book Pumpkin project.  Here's Emma, Ned and Mrs. Silver (with the pencil and chopsticks).

]]> 2015-10-29 14:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/78205718 Mrs. Coleman's 2nd Grade at NES in Chapel Hill https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/78206408 We made pumpkin art for the Library's Book Pumpkin project.  Here's Mrs. Silver and Mr. Tuttle. Behind them is the Jolly Green Giant statue.

]]> 2015-10-29 14:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/78206408 Mrs. Coleman's 2nd Grade at NES in Chapel Hill https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/78206813 We made pumpkin art for the Library's Book Pumpkin project. Here's Papa and some of his art.

]]> 2015-10-29 14:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/78206813 Mrs. Coleman's 2nd Grade at NES in Chapel Hill https://padlet.com/kcole/billymiller/wish/78206833 We made pumpkin art for the Library's Book Pumpkin project.  Here are samples of Papa's art.

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