Old Dan and Little Ann? Jemmie and Prince Brat? Mercy and Baby Lincoln? My students today started working on a list of these as a Valentine’s Day trivia challenge–I adapted this from something I saw on lm_net last year. Many are easy, a few are tough, most get them smiling and checking out a new [...]
I love reading aloud in October. The only problem is that I don’t have enough time to share all my favorites with my students!
So, summer vacation is finally here for me! I finished inventorying (is that a word?) all 20,000+ items in my library yesterday. Luckily, I had lots of excellent help! Summer is writing season for me. It’s also reading season. And this summer I’ve thrown down the gauntlet with my fourth and fifth graders. We’re in [...]
The school year is finally winding down. The students’ last day was Tuesday; I’ll be done next week. One of my favorite activities was my Caldecott unit with my second graders. We finished it with not a moment to spare at the end of the year. It consisted of reading lots of Caldecott books and [...]
(Things have been a little quiet around here lately, huh? Yeah, some extra, unexpected stuff happened last week. But things are coming closer to normal now.) Last week, a fifth grade girl came into the library after school. She’s one of my “regulars.” I’ve often suspected she comes more for the chats than the books. [...]
Last week when I wrote about The Dunderheads, I forgot to link to some of the other online reviews. One of my favorites is by 100 Scope Notes. Yes, he created a “Toon Review”! Once I got past my jealousy of not thinking of doing “Toon Reviews” first , I had to check out the [...]