180 Days of Reading

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
  • Dragon Loves Tacos 2
  • Tiny  T. Rex
  • Koala Lou
  • Harry and the Hot Lava
  • How to Catch a Leprechaun
  • The magic of Me: My Magical Choices
  • Press Here
  • Memory Jars
  • Be Quiet!
  • The Gruffalo
  • Diary of a Worm
  • Eyes that Kiss the Corners
  • Immi’s Gift
  • The Book with No Pictures
  • Your Name Song
  • The Brain Storm
  • The Girl Who Thought in Pictures
  • Sadie Sprocket Builds a Rocket
  • Rosie Revere Engineer
  • Dinosaur Lady
  • A Little Spot of Confidence
  • Too Many Carrots
  • Grumpy Monkey
  • Where’d my Giggle Go?
  • I Am Human
  • The Rock that Fell from the Sky
  • Strictly No Elephants
  • Jumanji
  • Duck on a Bike
  • Bear Can’t Wait
  • Library Lion
  • The Most Magnificent Thing
  • Because
  •  Eraser
  • The Great Escape
  • The Rainbow Fish
  • The Giving Tree
May

June
  • Norman Didn’t Do It!
  • The Wonderful Things You Will Be
  • What Do You Do With an Idea?
  • The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors
  • Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun
  • The Sandwich Sisters
  • Carla’s Sandwich
  • Can I Be Your Dog?
  • Unicorn Day
  • Be Kind
  • Chocolate Milk, Por Favor!
  • Ricky, The Rock that Couldn’t Roll
  • Pugtato
  • The Day You Begin
  • The Often Misunderstood Black Widow
  • Nobody Hugs a Cactus
  • Owl Moon
  • Salt in his Shoes
  • Where the Wild Things Are
  • The Gardner
  • I Chose to Calm my Anger
  • A New Day
  • Gratitude is my Superpower
  • The Color Monster
  • A Little Spot of Courage
  • Mistakes that Worked

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