Let's Go Global!
This week we read Dear Primo: A Letter to my Cousin by Duncan Tonatiuh. The book is told from the point of view of two young boys, one in...
Genetics Unit: 5th Grade
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OosRcMIxdyqgk_HEETepSwrXKi7itOIUbR4Tg2z8LOI/edit?usp=sharing I created this unit during my student...
Observational Poetry Unit: 4th Grade
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s8j8MqauHGeEKB0YNrdsCP3v0mw6ktHSUCwSusXJEDs/edit?usp=sharing Please take a look at a poetry unit I...
It's All a Tesseract!
"A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel," adapted and illustrated by Hope Larson, is the beautifully written and illustrated novel based on...
Transitional Chapter Books and Classroom Libraries
This week we read transitional chapter books. We had a choice between: · Lola Levine is Not Mean by Monica Brown · The Year of Billy...
Talking About Books: It's So Much Fun...Let's Keep It Up!
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia About the author: Rita Williams-Garcia is a New York Bestselling author and has has written 12...
Let's Talk Books!
This week I completed my first ever book talk! While it was challenging for me to remember all of the parts to say during the talk, I did...
Let’s Start a Revolution
This week we read two books and two articles: Revolution by Deborah Wiles March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell...
"Maybe Something Beautiful," Nah, I say ALWAYS something beautiful!
This week we read a few articles and continued to focus on Crenshaw. One of our assignments was to look into a book award other than...
Explore the World of Books
This week, we were asked to keep up with our unit study of Crenshaw. We looked into a few hyperdocs, and I was assigned part 2 of the...
Monsters, Old Things, and Very Large Cats
This week we read: Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate 2015 What Makes a Monster by Jess Keating, Illustrated by David DeGrand Curious About...
Week 3: Reading about Diversity
I began this week’s assignments by reading The Incredible Magic of Being by Kathryn Erskine. Wow! The book follows the life of a...
Week 2: Discovering the Text Set
This week my Advanced Children’s Literature class was assigned three books and two articles to read, without knowing anything about them....
Resource Links you Should Check Out!
1. Reading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org/ "Reading Rockets" is a resource not only for finding books on students' grade level,...
Podcast #1: Strategies that Work
In our debut podcast, we discuss the first three chapters of "Strategies that Work" by Anne Goudvis. The chapters focus on comprehension...
Advanced Children's Literature: Week 1
Story Telling This week we read many texts about stories and why they matter. This week I read: “The Girl Who Drank the Moon” by Kelly...
Teaching the Language Arts: Week 8
Week 8: Teaching Poetry Over the last few weeks, I have immersed myself into the reading of poetry. This has been a huge challenge for...
Teaching the Language Arts: Weeks 6
Week 6: Poetry! Hello all, we did not have a weekly post for week 5, so I will be giving some insight into some of the things we have...
Teaching the Language Arts: Week 4
Week 4: Adding Detail to Your Writing This week Mentor Texts (Dorfman and Cappelli, 2007) discussed adding detail to writing. At the...