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I have been a teacher for too many years to count. I've taught Pre-K, Kindergarten, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. World of Books is a resource for young adult and children's literature featuring book reviews and recommendations.
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1y ago
On the very last week of school we have a few fun days. We have a talent show, awards, classroom parties, but the most fun, and the one that can last all day, is READING DAY! Here is how we celebrate “Reading Day” at our school. Plan-A full day of reading activities for elementary school ..read more
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Plan-Let children experience the I Spy books by JeanMarollo and Walter Wick. These books promote visual discrimination and helps build a working memory that young children need as they are learning about letters and numbers. Promotion-Have an “I Spy Day” in the library. As they enter the library have a magnifying glass up to ..read more
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1y ago
Book Talk using FLIP Destin Middle School has a great idea when it comes to students sharing books. They host a “Books and Bagels” book talk at the local Panera Bread. Literacy coach, Kay Armstrong says that it has encouraged kids to read because it was an event. Students sit around in small groups at ..read more
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1y ago
For some of us who went to school in the dark ages we might have gotten an assignment that sounded something like this one given to Ralphie’s class. I Want You to Write…A Theme Every student had the same assignment, handwritten on the same paper, and turned into the teacher to be read and then ..read more
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YouTube YouTube has opened a whole new world for me. I have heard some of the junior high boys talking about their YouTube channel and in the back of my mind I’m thinking, “Why are they wasting their time?” How wrong I am about this! They are creating things using so many aspects of technology ..read more
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1y ago
“A picture is worth a thousand words.” F.R. Barnard Infographics fulfill our need to get information into our brains quickly. They can give us qualitative as well as quantitative information and they have somewhat of a storytelling vibe to them. One of the first known pieces of information given to us in what we ..read more
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Blogs and blog readers. I never really paid much attention to these things until now and I feel like I’ve gone down a rabbit hole. The more I investigate what kinds of blogs I would like to follow the more blogs I find to add to my blog reader! I have limited myself right now ..read more
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1y ago
Anchor This podcasting platform is owned by Spotify and is 100% free. Well, nothing is 100% free. Ads are placed throughout your podcast but it’s a small price to pay (or not) for a free podcast. This site is so user friendly that I can see 4th and 5th graders using it with little instruction ..read more
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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Bibliography Reynolds, J. (2017). Long way down. Altheneum. ISBN 978-1481438261 Plot Summary Will has a gun in the waistband of his jeans. He is headed out to enforce the rules. 3 rules for the neighborhood. No crying. No snitching. Revenge. Will’s brother was recently murdered, and Will is determined ..read more
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Bibliography Anderson, L. H. (1999). Speak. Penguin Group. ISBN 0142407321 Plot Summary Melinda Sordino’s freshman year at Merryweather High is not going as she would wish. At an end-of-summer party she made a phone call that made every one of her friends hate her and now she is paying for it by being ignored at ..read more