#Geniushour Chat Archive, Using Picture Books, 7 February 2019
Our Twitter chat tonight was about the soft skills that students develop pursuing their goals in Genius Hour. Skills like persistence, creativity, reflection, collaboration, communication, and empathy can be inspired through shared reading of picture books and other resources.
The participants in today’s chat came up with many suggestions:
Picture Books
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- The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
- Rosie Revere Engineer by Andrea Beaty
- On a Beam of Light by Jennifer Berne
- Going Places by Peter and Paul Reynolds
- Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg
- What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada
- The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
- Ish by Peter H. Reynolds
- Wolf! by Becky Bloom
- Journey by Aaron Becker
- Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai
Novels
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
- The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
- Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
- Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
- Refugee by Alan Gratz
- Grenade by Alan Gratz
- The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Videos
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- Caine’s Arcade
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- Why by Simon Sinek
Gallit and I have recently shared a list of “10 Genius Picture Books for Genius Hour Kids” at MiddleWeb. We are inviting other Genius Hour teachers to collaborate with us for a future update of The Genius Hour Guidebook. Would you like to write a 50-word review of one of these or another favorite book for Genius Hour?
Q Bonus! Would you like to share a 50-word (or less) review of a book you love that inspires #geniushour learning? @gallit_z and I would love to share some mini reviews in a future Genius Hour Guidebook update. Please DM me or post your review here: https://t.co/0ECzc0YAjd
— Denise Krebs (@mrsdkrebs) February 8, 2019
Please leave a comment here or contact us on Twitter if you are interested in sharing about a book you love for Genius Hour. Thank you!
The archive follows…
Our TweetDeck Collection archive
for the February 2019 #geniushour chat:
#Geniushour Chat Feb’19 – Curated tweets by mrsdkrebs
