I love how Billy changes his tune late in the book. We are huge fans of Mustache Baby by Bridget Heos, and so I am thrilled that I can use its sequel Mustache Baby Meets His Match to teach Aha moments. Oscar has a pretty big moment when he realizes that maybe he doesn’t want to get rid of his spots after all. While Oscar’s Spots by Janet Robertson is more than 20 years old, I still love the copy we have in our classroom. The Aha moment is one that students can relate to and I love the theme of the book so much yes we can be friends with people who lead vastly different lives than us. The Aha moment in I Want My Hat Back is a conflict aha moment and I love the discussion that naturally occurs when the students just have to discuss whatever happened to that rabbit.ĭear Dragon written by josh Funk and illustrated by Rodolfo Montalvo is a must add to any classroom library. I love all three of his hat trilogy book because not only do they all contain Aha moments, but they are also crowdpleaser.
There is no way to go wrong with using Jon Klassen books. Jones not only has an Aha moment, but will also lead to a great discussion between doing what is right or wrong. What do you do when you find money that doesn’t belong to you but you really want a new book? A Bike Like Sergio’s by Maribeth Boelts and illustrated by Noah Z. This picture book could also be used for Contrast & Contradictions.īig Bob, Little Bob written by James Howe and illustrated by Laura Ellen Anderson has a pretty awesome Aha moment toward the end that leads into a perfect conversation about the theme of acceptance and appreciating our uniqueness. I love this picture book for many reasons and this is just one of them.Įdward Gets Messy written by Rita Meade and illustrated by Olga Stern has a wonderful tale of a pig that thinks his life needs t be a certain way but then realizes that it is okay to get a little messy. I Dissent – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark written by Debbie Levy and illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley is a phenomenal informational picture books that really show how having an aha moment truly shapes RBG’s life. The Soccer Fence by Phil Bildner and illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson not only serves as a wonderful mentor text for Aha moments, but also an an important historical reminder for us all. Lewis shares all of the Aha moments and realizations that John Lewis had as a young child. Preaching to the Chickens by Jabari Asim and illustrated by E.B. Humpty Dumpty has to overcome his own fears, but how can he? Bobbi Gibb realizes that she is good enough to run the marathon.Īfter the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) by Dan Santat Girl Running by Annette Bay Pimentel and Micha Archer. The little boy realizes that he is more alike with his grandfather than not in amazing Drawn Together by Minh Le and Dan Santat.
These are the books my students and I will use as we explore this concept a little further.įantastic Aha Moment in Mixed – A Colorful Story by Arree Chung as the community realizes that it is more fun to be mixed than separated. The first post was on Contrast & Contradictions, so this week I am turning to Aha Moments. I have therefore looked for picture books I could use with the different strategies and will publish posts as I have them for the 6 different strategies since I cannot be the only one looking for ideas. While the book has excellent text ideas to use as mentor texts, I thought it would be nice for my students to use picture books on the very first day of a new strategy before we delve into the longer text excerpts. This book provides us with the foundation for having deeper reading conversations and a common language as we develop our thoughts. One of the main texts we use to guide our reading instruction is the amazing Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading by Kylene Beers and Robert Probst.
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