March 14, 2024 Comments Off on Spring Break Recs: New Middle Grade for 8-13 I’m not sure I’ve ever counted down to Spring Break quite as fervently as I have this year. I need a break. My kids need a break. And we all need to get off screens. Cue a device-free week of puz...
Before spring comes, the trees are dark sticks, the grass is brown, and the ground is covered in snow. But if you wait, leaves unfurl and flowers blossom, the grass turns green, and the mounds of snow shrink and shrink. Spring brings baby birds, sprouting seeds, rain and mud,...
Hispanic Heritage Month read alouds _ 🇨🇺 Bilingual Bo 11:52 Pebble Without a Cause _ Building Confidence & Self-Esteem _ Bedtime stories for 10:20 The Apple that FELL FAR from the Tree _ Building Confidence and Self-Esteem _ Re 10:27 After a While, CROCODILE - Learning Animals...
Hispanic Heritage Month read alouds _ 🇨🇺 Bilingual Bo 11:52 Pebble Without a Cause _ Building Confidence & Self-Esteem _ Bedtime stories for 10:20 The Apple that FELL FAR from the Tree _ Building Confidence and Self-Esteem _ Re 10:27 After a While, CROCODILE - Learning Animals...
I've had the lovable Moomins on my other seasonal read aloud lists, so it's only fitting I include these whimsical and entertaining creatures on a list of fall read alouds, too! While the Moomins are away from home, a band of curious fellows with names like Fillyjonk, Grandpa-Grumble, ...
Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the Worldby Laurie Lawlor begins with Rachel Carson as a little girl. It shows her love of nature and how she eventually went on to become a biologist. Her book,Silent Springbrought light to the harmful effects of DDT and other chemicals on the envi...
We’re all about birds this spring. Well, to be fair, I’m all about birds, but I’m filling my kids’ baskets with bird-related books, in hopes that they will catch on, too. I can’t help myself. There’s something about Spring Fever that drives me to obsess about some natural...
Data collection took place from fall 2017 to spring 2018. It focused on the whole class text discussions over the course of the entire intervention (one complete school year). Whole class text discussion was the culminating activity of every unit, each of which focused on a single biblical tex...
Nim’s Islandby Wendy Orr follows the adventures of a young girl named Nim who lives on an island. After her father leaves her alone for a few days to do some research, she has to be strong and gather her friends to help her when disaster looms. ...
When making this list of March read alouds I wondered what this fickle month would offer up for thematic inspiration. Besides St. Patrick's Day, of course. For that you can take a look at my list of Irish folktales. And it just seemed too soon for a spring theme. I settled on a ...