I put together this lesson on the Eucharist with a little zine for our kids at church. I tried to make the book appropriate for a broad a...
Whether you gravitate towards historical fiction, graphic novels, or something in between, you’ll adore these highlights from Jennifer L. Holm’s enormous collection of books.
Other Ways to Say LIKE in English alike I fancy… I’ve grown to like it. I’m attached to. comparable I’m really into it. I am into it. close cognate conforming I’m partial to it. I love it. congeneric consonant I have grown to I’m crazy about it. corresponding double equal I adore it. I am into it. I’m mad about it. related agnate allied It looks good. I’m keen on it. It sounds great. I’m fond of it. I adore it.
Just a bunch of Solangelo pics and headcanons
When a humor book for adults is actually a book filled with racism, sexism, bigotry, and xenophobia.
Today I'm excited to welcome my friend Lisa from Growing Firsties. I met Lisa in Wauwatosa this summer for lunch and I felt like I'd known her my whole life and that we could have talked forever. She has a heart of gold and I'm over-the-moon with happiness that she agreed to share with you today. We're doing a Saturday Swap, actually, so read what she has to say about Classroom Community, then head {here} to see what I'm sharing with her readers. *************************** Not sure I could be more honored to do a guest blog post here on Barbara's blog. She truly IS the Corner on Character!!!! I had the amaaaazing opportunity to meet her over the summer....our two hour lunch was over in an instant! We even called one another after we left, it was that good. My heart still smiles thinking about her! I'm Lisa Mattes from Growing Firsties... A Wisconsin girl... Mom to two darling (and semi-sassy) kiddos, Zach (9) & Emily (5)... former Reading Specialist... first grade classroom teacher... blogger & TpTer... who tends to over-use ellipses & capital letters.... Thanks for reading! It has been such a lovely, community-building 19 days of school with my firsties...thank goodness for books...I have so many favorites, I guess you can't quite call them favorites... It's such a critical time of year for building community...a community of learning and kindness and mistake-making...it carries you through the hard times when you have a community of support in your life. We build it in our classrooms too. A few weeks back I posted about my Favorite First Week Read Alouds and as the year has continued, I've been loving a few more. This precious book is about a darling girl named Willow who, with an intentional act of kindness, transforms her stern art teacher who has been horrible to her! I LOVE reading this book to discuss change blossoming from an act of kindness. So so so special! Next up...my girl...Amy Krouse Rosenthal does it again with Spoon. Spoon I love building community with this unique and highly engaging book...it is terrific for highlighting how we are ALL BLESSED in different ways! Like Spoon, we might notice how lucky others are and not even realize how lucky we are to just be ourselves. Emily's Art is a stunning book about Emily, a talented artist, whose work is being judged by an unfair judge....who happens to select Emily's friend's work. It is a lovely book for discussing fairness and how everyone's interpretation of beauty is different...that we are all blessed and it's important to feel that on the INSIDE, rather than from someone else telling it to us. What books do you use to build a classroom community?? You might enjoy the printable I made to go along with the first post...I also updated it for you in Navy & White in case you'd like it that way. :) Feel free to click either picture to download it from Google Drive. Thank you SO much for letting me share with your followers, Barbara! I am so grateful for your friendship!
Interactive books, books that require the reader to do something get kids physically engaged with the story. And, kids love reading them!
Adorable In His Own Way - Friendship is Magic
Recommended reading for grades 1-8, in one free printable document with links and a place to check off which ones you have.
If you know Kathleen Law, our contributor from Idaho, you know that she has always had tremendous success teaching her students the alphabet quickly.
Understanding the concept of time can be so challenging for young kids. Make it fun and engaging with this list of the best books to teach time concepts.
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As some of you may know, I had somewhat of a “deprived” childhood. I’ve never seen Bambi, Winnie the Pooh, Sesame Street, or a whole assortment of commonplace children’s shows and movies. I’ve never been to any zoo. And I don’t remember ever eating a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich before the age of 15....
Good omens and the Forbidden book last chapter At times life can be tough, you miss your family and friends, a sense of loneliness seems to always accompany you. But there’re always an angel and a d…
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Do you have Mo Willems fans in your family? We are huge fans of all of his books, but especially the pigeon books. I found this adorable craft today via the Learning with Literature group Pinteres…
Are you looking for a fun way to teach about procedural writing? I found an awesome book for this genre! Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin is the PERFECT story to teach about procedural, or how to, writing. After reading the book, Dragons Love Tacos, I explained that we would be writing a procedural, or […]
Most Magnificent Thing is a wonderful storybook that puts the engineering design process in action and in the hands of a young girl with a big idea.
A list of 12 wonderful picture books children are sure to love. Every home library needs these!
Pack up and go learn with this fun Travel Word Search and extra spelling practice. Also, enjoy our other free kid-friendly printables!
Hello Everyone! I almost forgot to post one other thing. I have had a ton of questions and e-mails about my story retelling rope that I posted on last year.You can read about that here! :) I have been doing retelling ropes for a long time. Does anybody remember "Project Read?" The author of that amazing curriculum was my inspiration for this way of teaching kids about the parts of a story and extending that into retelling. "Retelling" is an important component of discriminating comprehension in our beginning readers. Making it hands on is important to me! Kids almost always cement learning better when they can incorporate as many senses as possible. I took some time to redo my retelling rope icons, my retelling poem, made some little posters about the parts of a story, and redid my anchor chart. Here are some pics of what this little unit includes. Here are some pics of finished products, anchor chart and student retelling rope. For your free mini unit on retelling grab the rope and click here! I hope this helps with your lessons on retelling!! Hold on and have fun!! Joyfully! Nancy
May Day and springtime have arrived so I am choosing THE SPRINGS OF JOY by Tasha Tudor for my book review for the merry month of May. The book was first published by Rand McNally in 1979. The book is 64 pages with beautiful floral end papers. This is the copy that I own. I like the illustration of the picnic on the front cover. The book cover was changed in 1998 when it was reprinted by Simon and Schuster. The size of the book was changed just a tiny bit from 12" x 9 1/2" to 11" x 9 7/32...what an odd measurement. The book is filled with wonderful illustrations by Tasha. She uses inspirational quotes from famous writers including Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Thoreau and even Mother Goose. She states that there is no beginning, no end and no message to this book! I think there is a message though....a positive message about the lovely things in life and nature that can bring us great JOY. Sweet gentle pictures by Tasha-children and corgis! I love this illustration. This is so Tasha...frock and all. This is one of her "blue tone" illustrations that you see so often in her books. I have stated before, I don't really like these pictures. I wonder why she added one or more so often in her work. In THE SPRINGS OF JOY, you will find her childhood home, corgis, her grandchildren and even herself. It's lilac time in Oregon, so I had to share this page. I love her drawing of the lilac. Of course, this page has Tasha's signature floral border. One of my most favorite things about her work. Just a simple book with lovely illustrations. Do enjoy! Happy May...plant some flowers!
Click here now for the Come Follow Me Lesson for Kids for June 29th - July 5th prepared by Come Follow Me FHE. Your family will have lots of fun!
