From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate Dicamillo comes a story of discovering who you are — and deciding who you want to be. Continue reading
August 6, 2018
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August 6, 2018
by mnosal
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From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate Dicamillo comes a story of discovering who you are — and deciding who you want to be. Continue reading
August 3, 2018
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Happy Poetry Friday! Thanks to Mary Lee Hahn at A Year of Reading for this week’s Poetry Friday Roundup. The poem I want to share this week comes from a delightful collection of poems by … Continue reading
January 8, 2018
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Thank, always, to Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee at Unleashing Readers for hosting #IMWAYR. I’m so excited about the news that Jacqueline Woodson is the next National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. This news has sent me running to … Continue reading
January 5, 2018
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Thanks to Reading to the Core this week for hosting the Poetry Friday Roundup I always love the chance to read and share this Billy Collins’ poem on an actual snow day! I hope you enjoy it, wherever you are: … Continue reading
September 18, 2017
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Thanks to Jen Vincent at TeachMentorTexts and Kellee Moye at Unleashing Readers for hosting this great meme. I cannot say enough about how great it was to be at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project’s Social Justice Saturday this … Continue reading
August 21, 2017
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It’s Monday…. here’s what I’m reading this week. Thanks to Jen Vincent at TeachMentorTexts and Kellee Moye at Unleashing Readers for hosting this meme. The past few weeks have brought a lot of necessary conversations about issues of race and … Continue reading
August 18, 2017
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We are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike. Continue reading
August 11, 2017
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Thanks to Margaret over at Reflections on the Teche for hosting this week. It’s that time of summer when thoughts turn back to the classroom and I am missing having my own classroom to plan and prepare. I’ve been organizing … Continue reading
August 7, 2017
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Thanks to Jen Vincent at TeachMentorTexts and Kellee Moye at Unleashing Readers for hosting this meme. While listening to the radio this week, I learned about a poet whose work I was unfamiliar with. He is Bao Phi, and you … Continue reading
August 4, 2017
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Poetry Friday this week is hosted by Donna at Mainely Write So many people shared Emma Lazarus’s iconic poem this week, The New Colossus. It was a reminder of the power of poetry, of words put together on a page … Continue reading