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Weekly Posts
Each week, I will be writing a post about the readings we have completed for the week. I hope you enjoy not only learning about the information I learned, but also reading my thoughts and connections.
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...
Amy
Apr 25, 20182 min read
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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...
Amy
Apr 8, 20182 min read
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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...
Amy
Apr 2, 20185 min read
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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...
Amy
Mar 28, 20183 min read
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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...
Amy
Mar 19, 20183 min read
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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...
Amy
Mar 8, 20186 min read
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"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...
Amy
Feb 27, 20183 min read
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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...
Amy
Feb 21, 20183 min read
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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...
Amy
Feb 14, 20184 min read
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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...
Amy
Feb 7, 20183 min read
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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....
Amy
Jan 30, 20186 min read
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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...
Amy
Jan 24, 20186 min read
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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...
Amy
Jan 24, 20182 min read
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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...
Amy
Jan 24, 20183 min read
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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...
Amy
Jan 24, 20182 min read
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Teaching the Language Arts: Week 3
Week 3: Finding Writing Ideas This week we learned more about how to assist students in finding their writing topics. In Calkins...
Amy
Jan 24, 20183 min read
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Teaching the Language Arts: Week 2
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...
Amy
Jan 24, 20183 min read
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Teaching Language Arts: Week 1
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...
Amy
Jan 24, 20183 min read
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