I’m currently teaching the delightful little novel “La Perezosa Impaciente” by Mira Canion to my 6th and 7th grade connections classes. This book is very simple and very cute, and very comprehensible to my students with a bit of pre-teaching and support. ...
The first Paula Danziger book I read was THE CAT ATE MY GYM SUIT. It quickly became one of my favorites. When I finally became a teacher it was the first book I shared with students. Copies of other Danziger …Continue reading→
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While the unenlightened bourgeoisie among today’s students focus on final exams, graduation ceremonies and securing summer internships, the pro-Palestinian protesters gird for a major disruption of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August. Chicago, of all places! Google “1968 democrati...
Middle grade books are generally shorter (meant for a ten-year-old’s attention span)—and that’s what many of us need in our reading lives right now. Aside from the satisfaction of finishing a book in one sitting, middle grade novels offer heaps of comfort, hope, and joy. They’re ...
Alison Walthew:I have only taughtV for Vendetta. By the way, the movie is terrible. It must not be shown to students if you are studying the novel. I started the novel off by telling the students to write out in prose exactly what information they got on the first page. They had to...
with the firm knowledge that returning to the connection we all have would be but one step to returning to love. As both a Jack Canfield Success Coach and an author, Opa Hysea Wise looks to set a fire within the hearts of both her students and her readers. Her bookNo Place to Hidere...
I know this is selfish, but if you don’t get back to writing, there will be fewer reading options for students. Fewer options to offer students who have (literally) raced through the track seriesGhost, Sunny, Patina,andLuseries.
Very few students ever moved on to this level. For the few who did, there was still another set of classes called “Bet Midrash.” If you were smart enough and knew your Scriptures well enough to make it this far, you could go to a rabbi (teacher) to seek further education. The Ra...
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