Fancy Nancy

If "Fancy Nancy" books had been around when I was a child, I would have never wanted to stop reading! I definately plan to have all of the "Fancy Nancy" books in my classroom library when I am a teacher. This isn't a book I would use for classroom instruction because there is likely a large population in the classroom who would not be interested in this type of story. However, I definately will make them available through my library because as we learned from the "Book Flood" article, you have to have books that will generate interest your students, which requires a large variety.

"Fancy Nancy" is entertaining, cute, and great for building vocabulary. In my first grade placement last Fall we talked about adjectives, which Ms. Bratton called "sparkle words". I don't know what better way to demonstrate "sparkle words" than with "Fancy Nancy". There is even an additonal title in the series that is a dictionary. It is titled "Fancy Words from Accessories to Zany!"