School forges a connection across the Great Wall; Program lets 6th- graders sample classes in ChinaDavid Hill
ask them their names, and inquire about things they like to do -- for example, toys they like to play with and TV shows they like to watch. I bring in flashcards or books that have on them the
This year, teacher Deborah Bambino continues to share her diary entries about life in a Philadelphia middle school. Last year's entries are now available in book form. SeeEducation World's review of Bambino'sTeaching Out Loud: A Middle Grades Diarythis week on our BOOKS IN EDUCATION page. T...
I need to apologize. This post will be the longest one yet with the most suggestions of which picture books to use for something. But it makes sense; theme is one of those things that is present in so many great picture books, so when I started going through my classroom library, I e...
A year spent among third graders is enough to make anyone contemplate the Carthusian life. Now that I’m starting to come around, I’ve begun putting time and effort into a novella and a couple of short stories I’ve had lying around for far too long. I finished a major chapter ...
Older books for eighth graders include The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Animal Farm by George Orwell, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Those are good 8th grade reads since they are books with depth and complexity in them. 4 Review eighth ...