Former Wonder Lead Ambassador
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, ...
1Jun 22, 2019
“Thank you for all you do,” the father said, with tears in his eyes. “You don’t understand what this award means to my ...
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Jun 20, 2019
Last November, I had the opportunity to meet Randy Ribay at NCTE in Houston, where I received a signed copy of his novel After the Shot Drops. ...
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Jun 18, 2019
When Laurie Ann Thompson and I do school visit presentations based on our TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE book series, one of the things we like to start with ...
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Jun 17, 2019
In the second half of the Victorian dramatic monologue “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning, the speaker of the poem, allegedly ...
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Jun 15, 2019
Teachers, you already know the student I am about to describe. The one who arrives halfway through the year from out of state, with a mother unsure ...
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Jun 11, 2019
At the beginning of the school year, in preparation for an upcoming book club, I had the book York: The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby on display at the ...
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Jun 10, 2019
Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele wrote “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” Being a school nurse teacher I deeply ...
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Jun 8, 2019
I’m about five years old, and my dad has just declared it to be bedtime. But I want to stay up late! After all, a dear family friend, who ...
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Jun 6, 2019
BEFORE Everyone has their own concept of what creates a family. For Moonbeam, it is her mom and the other members of the Holy Church of the ...
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