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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, ...
1Jun 17, 2018
It’s the last week of school. I feel like I’m drowning in my to-do list. I almost have all of my classroom library ...
Nerdy Book Club
Jun 16, 2018
As fifth grade teachers, we work hard in our classrooms to create a strong reading community by providing lots of choice and opportunities for ...
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Jun 15, 2018
I love reading. I mostly love running. My reading and running lives are not dissimilar; I have reading buddies and running buddies; I have running ...
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Jun 13, 2018
Chicago author Crystal Chan doesn’t shy away from challenging subjects. With her debut novel, the enchanting Bird (Atheneum, 2014), she ...
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Jun 12, 2018
I made up my mind to become a writer when I was a senior in high school. I wrote that down in the only diary I have ever kept. I began high ...
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Jun 10, 2018
Indisputably, children and adolescents benefit when they attend schools with degreed librarians and well-developed library ...
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Jun 9, 2018
My first year teaching, I was one of the lucky ones. I had come out of a strong student teaching experience, and my new teacher colleagues ...
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Jun 6, 2018
Readers always tell their life stories in books. When I think back to my childhood, I remember friends and family, splashing in the pool and ...
Nerdy Book Club
Jun 5, 2018
I’m beyond excited about my new book, Lions and Liars. I feel in my bones that this is the story I was supposed to tell next and the way I was ...
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