It’s Monday! We Are Learning Through Poetry #IMWAYR
When we select texts for content-area studies in the classroom or when we show students different ways to structure informational writing, we are...
11 June, 2018
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Mentor Teaching Moves: What’s In the Basket? #T4TMoments #itsallaboutthebooks
On Monday, we shared a book that we would put in this basket. Here are some other titles we might add: What books would you...
07 June, 2018
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Slice of Life: This One Bears Repeating! #SOL18 #itsallaboutthebooks
This week we received an email from a school asking our advice. This school will be adding a first-grade section next year. This...
05 June, 2018
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It’s Monday! We Are Reading About a Misunderstood Shark #IMWAYR
If you have an opportunity to read this book to your class or to some children over the summer, you will be so...
04 June, 2018
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Slice of Life: I Saw Hope #SOL18 #TWTBlog
There are so many events happening nationally in our schools right now that are disheartening. Stories of bullying, violence, terror and school shootings...
30 May, 2018
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It’s Monday! We Are Giving Away What We Are Reading! #IMWAYR #booklove
As soon as we finished reading, Can I Touch Your Hair, we started rereading and couldn’t stop talking. We then promptly ordered another...
28 May, 2018
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Mentor Teaching Moves: What’s In the Basket? #T4TMoments #itsallaboutthebooks
On Monday, we shared two books that we would put in this basket. Here are some other titles we might add: What titles would...
24 May, 2018
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Slice of Life: Actually … Not Funny at All #SOL18
I know this is meant to be funny, but it really isn't. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=165&v=wJdNrCeUdhc[/embed] Our kids deserve more. Our kids deserve to live the life of...
23 May, 2018
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It’s Monday! Check Out What We Are Reading!! #IMWAYR #Itsallaboutthebooks
Are you looking for a highly engaging text that is easy-to-read but doesn’t look easy? If you are, don’t miss Baby Monkey, Private...
21 May, 2018
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Mentor Teaching Moves: If We Build It … Will They Read and Write? #T4TMoments
It was a LONG winter in the Northeast! Last week we observed a teacher bring her class outside for a lesson. It was...
17 May, 2018
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