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Sep 12, 2016
"When Readers Find The Books Seeking Them"
“When Readers Find The Books Seeking Them”: Two Teachers Talk Twin Towers TitlesTHIS IS A CROSS-POST BLOG from THESE 4 CORNERS (Paul's Blog)A ...
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Apr 27, 2016
#WallowinWonder: 1677: "What Makes Your Tongue Burn?"
We've been working with Catalog Verse in Room 407. You might recognize this type of poem if you've ever listened to:"My Favorite Things" from The ...
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Apr 24, 2016
#WallowinWonder: #201:"What is the Best Place on Earth?"
This picture is from our family vacation in Northern Michigan last fall. This area is often referred to by locals as "God's Country." While walking ...
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Apr 21, 2016
Wallow in Wonder Poem 14, 15, and 16: Synthesis/Sestina Poem
You've probably wondered where I've been. I wish I could answer like Zora Neale Hurston's Janie from Their Eyes Were Watching God to say, "I've been ...
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Apr 14, 2016
Wallow in Wonder Poem 13: #1667 "How Do Homing Pigeons Find Their Way Home?"
"How to Find Your Way Home"Move about--from little room to little room.Look about--little room after little room.Move in--make this one your little ...
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Apr 12, 2016
Wallow in Wonder Poem 12: #1666: "Why are There Seven Days in a Week?"
I'm going to cheat a little today. Only because our students in Room 407 are working with Pantoum form today and tomorrow.And. . .Pantoum has seven ...
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Apr 11, 2016
Wallow in Wonder Poem 11: #115: "Are Debit Cards and Credit Cards the Same?"
I've already used one of these machines today. And by the end of the day, I will have probably used one again. It reminds me that while in ...
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Apr 10, 2016
WallowInWonder Two-For Sunday: Poems 9 and 10
Feeling a little under the weather and I did not get a post in on Saturday. So, if you are following the blog during the month of April, you are ...
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Apr 9, 2016
Wallow in Wonder Poem 8: "Why Can't You Drive As Fast As You Want?"
I am very late to the game today. It's been that kind of week. And here we are. . .at the end. . .of that kind of week. You know the kind of week, ...
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I loved the “Freedom Soup” manuscript as soon as I read it and even though I am not Haitian, I connected with it in many ways; loving ...
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Jan 16, 2020
There’s more than one way to tell a story. That’s one of the things I’m hoping readers take away from MY LIFE IN THE FISH TANK ...
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Jan 15, 2020
The children sit on a rug, in two uneven rows at my feet. I am on a preschool chair with a book in my hands, as yet unopened. Someone whispers. ...
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Jan 14, 2020
Thanks so much for hosting us on the Nerdy Book Club. The Sowing Circle is a collective of four Black women children’s book ...
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Jan 11, 2020
I think we underestimate the power of helping when it comes to teaching striving readers. In schools, striving readers are typically the ones ...
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Jan 9, 2020
Talking about the reality of addiction is important to me both generally, because it’s a widespread issue affecting millions of people, and ...
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Jan 8, 2020
“If you are afraid, sad, tired, or lonely if you feel lost or strange if you crave stories and adventure, and the magic possibility of a forest ...
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Jan 7, 2020
Music was a big part of my childhood. It seems I was always either about to do or doing something related to music. I listened to songs while I got ...
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Jan 5, 2020
Every writer who writes history for young readers, struggles to make it relatable and relevant. In my new book, CLOSE CALLS: How Eleven US Presidents ...
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