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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...
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...
"A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel," adapted and illustrated by Hope Larson, is the beautifully written and illustrated novel based on...
This week we read transitional chapter books. We had a choice between: · Lola Levine is Not Mean by Monica Brown · The Year of Billy...
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia About the author: Rita Williams-Garcia is a New York Bestselling author and has has written 12...
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...
This week we read two books and two articles: Revolution by Deborah Wiles March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell...
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...
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...
This week we read: Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate 2015 What Makes a Monster by Jess Keating, Illustrated by David DeGrand Curious About...
I began this week’s assignments by reading The Incredible Magic of Being by Kathryn Erskine. Wow! The book follows the life of a...
This week my Advanced Children’s Literature class was assigned three books and two articles to read, without knowing anything about them....
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...
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...
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...
Week 4: Adding Detail to Your Writing This week Mentor Texts (Dorfman and Cappelli, 2007) discussed adding detail to writing. At the...
Week 3: Finding Writing Ideas This week we learned more about how to assist students in finding their writing topics. In Calkins...
Week 2: Getting Ideas for the Writer’s Notebook Last week I wrote about mentor texts, or the idea of using good books to inspire...
Week 1: Mentor Texts Within a Writer’s Notebook As I sit staring at my screen, trying to find a way to sum up the articles and chapters...