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, ...
1Oct 17, 2019
This summer, I spoke to a room full of librarians and children’s literature advocates at ALA in Washington, DC. I used this opportunity to ...
Nerdy Book Club
Oct 16, 2019
When Jason Reynolds said that he wrote Look Both Ways with teachers in mind, he wasn’t lying. I have never taken so many notes while reading a ...
Nerdy Book Club
Oct 15, 2019
Have you missed me? I regret leaving this journal empty for so long. Without going into TMI territory, let's just say that posting was not high on ...
Goddess of YAL
Oct 13, 2019
It happened at a school visit. I was between presentations, sitting in the library. A few students were quietly searching for books. A boy, maybe ...
Nerdy Book Club
Oct 9, 2019
David Sedaris Frida Kahlo Leonardo da Vinci Isaac Newton Agatha Christie Ernest Hemingway George Lucas Joan Didion Pablo Picasso Harriet M. Welsch ...
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Oct 8, 2019
The first time I took my husband home to Clear Lake, we went for a walk. There’s a path near my parents’ house that runs alongside a ...
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Oct 7, 2019
I can’t watch scary movies. It’s one of my biggest fears, that I’ll internalize the images on the screen and turn them into ...
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Oct 6, 2019
I am endlessly fascinated with readers—what and why they read, how they became readers and sustain a reading habit, and the ways reading ...
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Oct 5, 2019
“Mrs. Christiansen, I need a book that starts fast! Can you help me?” I heard that request from my sixth graders many times ...
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