A Year of Reading
Two PUBLIC SCHOOL teachers who read. A lot.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Poem #22--Did Someone Say Only 30 More Days?
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Overheard at Spinning Class or The Last Six Weeks of School (or both) Hold that load! Don't touch that knob! You've got one more cha...
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FARM by Elisha Cooper
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I so loved Elisha Cooper's book BEACH last year, that I was thrilled to see his new book FARM on the shelves. FARM is easily recogniza...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Poem #21--Haiku Response to Literature
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This week, I gave my students the option to write their responses to their nightly reading in haikus instead of sentences. I thought I'd...
Google Search Stories by Favorite Book Characters!
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So, I have been fascinated with the concept of Google Search stories for the last several days. Mary Lee included one in her poetry post ear...
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The BEAUTIFUL STORIES OF LIFE by Cynthia Rylant
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I pretty much buy anything new that Cynthia Rylant writes. She is one of my all-time favorite authors and she rarely, if ever, lets me down...
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Poem #20 Lightning Thief Metaphor Poems (and a testing poem)
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Did I tell you about my students' National Poetry Month project? When they heard I was going to write a poem a day, one girl said, "...
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TRACKERS by Patrick Carman
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I am a huge fan of Skeleton Creek and so are many of the 5th graders at our school. It isn't so much the genre or story. I liked those...
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Monday, April 19, 2010
Poem #19--"If-You-Were" Metaphor Poems
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Back in January, Father Goose (Charles Ghigna), introduced a new poetry form: the "If-You-Were" Poem. He explains the form in thi...
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Apple Crisp is on the Menu Today at the Alphabet Soup Kitchen
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Jama Rattigan, at jama rattigan's alphabet soup , is hosting a potluck for National Poetry Month. Here's how she describes her yumm...
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Moving Toward My Vision for the SMARTBoard in the Library
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I see huge possibilities for creation and collaboration if this took is always available to students. Because the size of the board is so l...
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