Slice of Life: The Last Line Matters! #SOL18 #TWTBlog
Authors often make their intentions known on the last page. How we choose to end our story often leaves our reader with a strong...
06 November, 2018
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It’s Monday! We Are Reading Some Small Books With Big Messages #IMWAYR #BuildYourStack #itsallaboutthebooks
Our standards ask young writers to draft narratives that have meaning and significance. This expectation seemed lofty at first. Then we began to...
05 November, 2018
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Mentor Teaching Moves: How Do You Know They Are Really Reading? #T4TMoments
Readers Workshop is up and running in elementary classrooms! Students are choosing books, setting goals and joining book clubs. When your students are...
01 November, 2018
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Slice of Life: Books Can Be Helpers #SOL18 #TWTBlog
Halloween parties. Red Sox celebrations. Carving pumpkins. Jumping in the leaves. These are things young children should be consumed with right now. So...
30 October, 2018
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It’s Monday! Look for the Helpers and Look for Books #BuildYourStack #IMWAYR
We are both overwhelmed by the events that occurred this past week. It is hard to know what to do, how to be...
29 October, 2018
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Slice of Life: Teachers Teach Students – Programs are Simply Tools #SOL18
It was early morning and I was anticipating the big day ahead of us. We were on our way to Mount Pico in...
23 October, 2018
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It’s Monday! This Dynamic Duo is LOL #IMWAYR #BuildYourStack #itsallaboutthebooks
If you want a fun read aloud for first, second, and third graders, don’t miss Sir Simon: Super Scarer. Kids will fall in...
22 October, 2018
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Slice of Life: Readers Interrupt Dinner Parties to Get The Book They Want! #SOL18
I see him poke his head out from behind my garage. I shift my focus back to the conversation around my dinner table....
16 October, 2018
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It’s Monday! We Are Celebrating Little Red Hen’s 100th Birthday! #IMWAYR #BuildYourStack
Happy 100th Birthday, Little Red Hen! Yes – that’s right. In 1918, Florence White William’s story of The Little Red Hen was published...
15 October, 2018
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Mentor Teaching Moves: Supporting Book Clubs in K-2 Classrooms #T4TMoments
On Monday, we shared some books that work wonderfully for K-2 book clubs. Check out this two-minute (ish) video to hear more ideas...
11 October, 2018
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