And Away... is the autobiography of comedian Bob Mortimer. It tells the story of his lifesaving heart operation and his incredible career
I've learned over the past few years the benefit of reading living books and I am making a real effort this year to add as many living books into our
I was one of those odd ones who liked school...especially college. Receiving a syllabus the first day of class was always exciting to me. So much promise!
I’ve been writing here at SCM for 15 years. 748 articles. 12 books and e-guides. Above all else, this takes focus. Which, in this day and age, I have to protect like a rare orchid. Otherwise, I’ll lose the ability to shut out distraction ... Read more
Class reading logs are a great way to continue the classroom community you have established in the early weeks of school. Reading books to the class is a lovely shared experience, upon which you can reflect for learning in the curriculum areas of your program and also the social goals of your classroom. Keep a list of the books you have read so that students can reflect back when the need arises. This is especially helpful to encourage students to make text-text connections in comprehension. If you have made anchor charts after shared and modelled reading, keep these also, so that you cab refer back to detail you found in the story. We have added a cute crocodile themed class book log to our store. Use the pages in this file to create a growing book reading list display for your class. Print the header and crocodile and multiple 'book stacks'. Create a display in your classroom by gluing the stacks to the crocodile's back. Upon each book spine you can write the titles of the books you read as a class. We have included both a color and blackline version Hop over to our TpT store to find this new printable! Thanks so much for stopping by our blog today, we hope you have a lovely week.
Honoring Your Inner Child as an INFJ Have you ever looked around at your life and wondered where all the time went? I turned 37 this year, and I've been a mother for 16 of those years. Finding the time to read a book, reflect on life, or just watch a beautiful sunset can seem
In this post, I share this year's favorite historical fiction books. My top recommendations for engrossing reads to take you back in time.
So, I've been busy getting my beginning of the year science units together. I start the year off in science the same way I start everything else off--by teaching routines and expectations! We start science on the very first day of school! Day 1: What is Science? I ask the kids what they think "science" is and I record their answers on a chart paper. Be prepared for some pretty funny answers! Then I read What is Science by Rebecca Kai Dotlich. I love this book--it is colorful and fun and really gets kids thinking about science and the world in general! Then, with their minds buzzing with possiblities, we add more ideas to our list. Then I introduce our science notebooks. I tell the kids that these are very special notebooks that will help us ask questions about science; make predictions; record observations and data about investigations; and explain their thinking about what they have learned. I hand out the Science Notebook Expectations and we go over them one by one. Then I show the kids how to glue the expectations in their notebooks--focusing on how to turn one page at a time and how to use glue appropriately...
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Best Audiobooks I’ve Listened to This Year! | Non-fiction, historical fiction, psychological thriller, and memoir.
Whether you want to read the whole Bible or dive deep into a few books, a Bible reading plan will keep you on track. Here are 6 Bible reading plans.
Activities to go with all 5 picture books by Shannon Olsen! Use these books for building class community & student relationships.
When teaching for kindergarten, social emotional learning is a huge focus. These books help our little kinders understand their BIG feelings.
If you're looking for free printables for teaching at home, at school, or online, you've hit the TREASURE TROVE of freebies from This Reading Mama!
I’ve been spending some serious amounts of time this summer leading conversations around the country focused on the integration of social studies and literacy. And for the last few years, I…
Are you trying out a reading workshop model this year with your Kinders or first graders? If so, you might be wondering, how on earth do I set up a reading workshop when my kids can’t even read?! That’s definitely what I was wondering when I first started implementing reading workshop a couple of years ago. I was teaching Kindergarten, and I think I only had one student who knew a few letter names. They didn’t know letter sounds, and I definitely didn’t have any beginning readers. If this is what your situation is like, you can still implement a reading workshop in your classroom! Even if your little ones can’t name a single alphabet letter, there are things you can teach them to begin setting up the reading workshop. Here are some ideas for minilesson topics that you can use when you first start reading workshop with your nonreaders:– Procedures and Routines: Begin with the basics, such as: how students should access their reading materials, where they should sit, how to treat books, how to hold the book correctly and turn the pages, how to read silently and keep their eyes on the book, etc. It will definitely take multiple days (maybe even weeks) to teach all these routines and procedures. Just teach one simple procedure per minilesson. Also, to squeeze more procedures into one day of reading workshop, you can teach a minilesson, have kids read for 5 minutes, teach another minilesson, and have them read for another 5 minutes. This gives you more time to teach important routines, while still taking into account your students’ teeny tiny attention spans!– How to Tell a Story from the Pictures: Teach students that even if they can’t read the words, they can still tell a story to themselves from the pictures! Simply telling kids that they can do this isn’t enough, though – you have to actually model it. What I did was check out a few picture books from the library in languages that I can’t read – Russian, Chinese, Polish, etc. I would show students the book and begin by saying something like, “I found this beautiful book in the library, and I really want to read it. But I have a problem. The book is written in CHINESE! I don’t know how to read Chinese!! But guess what? Even though I can’t read the words, I can still tell the story by reading the pictures. Let me show you what I mean.” Then I would begin paging through the book, telling the story aloud as students listened. I would wrap up by saying something like, “Today I showed you that even if you can’t read the words of a book, you can still use the pictures to tell yourself the story! You can try this out today during reading time.” And then I would dismiss the kids to begin reading. Some of my Kinders were able to do it after I modeled once, but I modeled this skill several more times with different books so that all of the kids eventually “got it.” One note about this – make sure that when you establish guidelines for independent reading, you don’t require students to be completely silent. When kids begin to tell a story by using the pictures, teach them to whisper the story quietly to themselves – most kids won’t be able to silently tell the story in their heads. – How to Retell a Story You Already Know: Spend lots of time in those first few weeks of school reading aloud fairy tales and repetitive books to students. Some books I love using for this are: The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Three Little Pigs, Brown Bear, and I Went Walking. Then, get as many copies as you can of each of those books. Place them in students’ reading bags (side note: at the beginning of the year, rather than having students check books out, I prepared book baggies for them and had them switch bags amongst themselves each day so they would have new books to read). Then, teach a couple of minilessons about how to tell a story that you already know. You might start by saying something like, “Readers, today I want to teach you that when you are reading a book that you’ve already heard before, you can retell the story using the pictures and what you remember about the story.” Then, take out a story that children are familiar with and model retelling it (without using any of the words). Have students practice this during independent reading time.– How to Read Songs: I loved singing with my Kindergarteners, and I taught them quite a few songs at the beginning of the year (simple, shorter songs are best). I then gave them copies of the lyrics that they could “read” during independent reading time. To make this work, I started by typing up the lyrics to each song. On each page, I put an image that went with the lyrics (for instance, with a song about a frog, I put clipart of a frog on that page, so they would immediately know what song it was). Then, while we sang the song as a class, I projected a copy of the lyrics on my interactive white board. I modeled how to point to the words as we sang. After practicing a song many, many times, I made copies of the lyrics for the kids. I modeled how to sing the song using the lyric sheet, and then gave them the sheets to keep in their bags for independent reading time. It was soooo cute to see them whisper-singing the songs to themselves and attempting to point to the words! They just loved this option for independent reading time. If you teach in Spanish, click HERE for a free copy of the lyrics that I used with my bilingual Kinders. – Partner Reading: Since little ones can’t sustain independent reading for very long at the beginning of the year, mix things up with some
Short Books You Can Read In A Day. Don't think you have time to read? All the books on this list have less than 100 pages.
Are you looking for an easy way to create a classroom reading community while helping your students develop and sustain a rich reading life? Then the "Books We've Read Bulletin Board Display" is just what you need! I have compiled a list of my favorite picture and chapter books that I use as read alouds throughout the year and created an interactive classroom display to keep track of and celebrate the books that we've read throughout the school year. After reading a book to your class, simply add the book jacket to your display. Students will love seeing all of the books the class has read together throughout the school year. With this download, you will will receive: *Over 350 printable color book jackets *Instructions for adding more of your favorite book titles to the list *Bulletin Board Letters in various sizes that say "Books We've Read" (color and B/W) Book Themes Include: *Back to School *Fall *Halloween *Thanksgiving *Christmas *Winter *Black History Month *Women's History Month *Valentines Day *Spring *Testing Season *Last Days of School *Summer *Other Random Favorites
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Vintage book 1999 The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. A guide to spiritual enlightenment. Paperback in used condition, I’ve had it on my shelf for a few years now. Please note video that someone before me was a corner page saver vs book marks but they are not that noticeable which is why I added to my collection. I found a leather bound version which is why I am selling this one. I like to re-read this book often 191 pages Kathysymondsfineart.com
I am so excited to be ‘back in the saddle’ and teaching third grade again this year! I’ve been busily working on learning the new standards and crafting a plan that works for my new students in the fall. If you’ve followed me for any length of time, you know that my favorite two grades...Read More »