No matter the grade level, students love being read to! I even enjoy listening to a story or podcast as an adult because I really like listening to the details and the speaker’s voice. Because of this, I made it a goal to read one picture book a day to my fifth graders so we could reach a goal of reading a total of 180 days/books in the school year.
I started by picking a time of the school day that worked best for our schedule. I knew I needed about 15 minutes in the day. The best time for us to read was 15 minutes at the end of the day after we packed up our things. I also found the cover online of the books we read, printed and cut them out so I could staple it to our 180 Days of Reading board. This was a great culmination so that we could see how many amazing stories we shared as a class.
I have compiled my list of 180 (and more) books on my Amazon Store Front.
Click here to see (and buy) all of the titles on my Amazon Store Front.
I also have a free 180 Days of Reading bulletin board title here!
You can organize the schedule of your read alouds in any way to fit your classroom, but I’ve included a month-by-month guide below…in case you wanted some support in structuring it for the year.
August
September
October
Our Class is a Family
A Letter from Your Teacher
First Day Jitters
The Name Jar
A Fine, Fine School
Slyvester and the Magic Pebble
Chrysanthemum
The Invisible Boy
A Thousand No’s
Zero
One
Two
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes
Enemy Pie
All Are Welcome
You Are Enough
Ish
Sky Color
The Dot
The Pigeon Has to Go to School
I Want My Hat Back
Jabari Tries
The Day the Kids Took Over
Happy-Sad Today
Happy Dreamer
Miss Nelson is Missing
Perfect
Thelma the Unicorn
What If
Try a Little Kindness
The Day the Crayons Quit
The Day the Crayons Came Back
How Full is Your Bucket
The Good Egg
Never Let a Unicorn Scribble
The Boats
30,000 Stitches
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
Islandborn
I Love Saturdays y Domingos
Alma
Celia Cruz
Too Many Tamales
Fiesta Dress
Frida
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Bony Legs
Giraffes Can’t Dance
Pig the Monster
Room on the Broom
Wemberly Worried
Noodle Magic
Strega Nona
Gustavo the Shy Ghost
How to Catch a Monster
Crankenstein
Frankenstein Doesn’t Wear Earmuffs
The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky
Room on the Broom
Creepy Carrots
November
December
January
Turkey Trouble
Pig the Pug
The Word Collector
I Am Enough
Are You Eating Candy Without Me?
Last Stop on Market Street
The Return of Thelma the Unicorn
Give Bees a Chance
The Bad Seed
Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas
The Squirrels Who Squabbled
Dragons Love Tacos
The Recess Queen
If Kids Ran the World
I Believe I Can
The Water Princess
Bad Case of Stripes
The Cool Bean
There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Turkey
Turkey Trouble
Please, Mr. Panda
Be You
The Gingerbread Girl
Max
If I Built a School
How to Catch a Dinosaur
Pug the Elf
Our Table
The Advent Elf
Be You!
We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands
Strega Nona’s Gift
The Polar Express
Abdul Gasazi’s Garden
The Stranger
Ways to Welcome
The Worrysaurus
Stick and Stone
The Little Butterfly That Could
If You Ever Want to Bring a Cricus to the LIbrary, Don’t!
Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolutions
Sneezy the Snowman
The Mitten
Curious About Snow
The Biggest Snowman Ever
They All Saw a Cat
When I Feel Left Out
Who Ever Heard of a Flying Bird?
Swimmy
Snow
Snowy Day
Harry the Dirty Dog
February
March
April
The Story of Ruby Bridges
Big Words
All Because You Matter
Same, Same, but Different
The Pigeon Needs a Bath
Pig the Slob
Scribble stones
The Day it Rained Hearts
Groundhog’s Runaway Shadow
Happy Valentine’s Day Mouse
The Biggest Valentine’s Ever
Groundhog Day
The Moose Who Loved Noodles
The Story of Ferdinand
The Empty Pot
Waiting
Dream Big
The Boy Who Never Gave Up
Frederick
Walter’s Wonderful Web
March Comes in Like a Lion and Goes out like a Lamb
