The school where I teach had a door decorating contest this month. The theme: book covers! The awesome 4th grade class I co-teach decided on Wonder by R.J. Palacio. I’ve been reading this to the class a little each day this year, so it was a perfect choice. Here is our finished product.
The fabulous librarian where I teach, once again asked for volunteers to create “Booktalks” for some new Scholastic books. The designated books will get a QR code attached to them in the school library. When the code is scanned by a student using a smartphone, ipad, etc., the book talk video will pop-up on their […]
Of the books I read in March, here are the ones I recommend. I recently read The Very Quiet Cricket and Giraffes Can’t Dance at my school’s “Stories Under the Stars” night, where the students show-up in their jammies and listen to teachers read stories. Even though Eric Carle’s cricket book is recommended for younger ones, […]
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