I was searching for online sites that rate books and came across one by a woman who is described as an author and storyteller. Have any of you...
My kids really love Seymour Simon's non-fiction books. Can anybody recommend any other books by other authors which are as good or close to Simon's?
Books I'm looking to add more variety to our take home reading library. The books that go home tend to get more beat up than books the kiddos use...
A couple of my colleagues and I were considering taking a pretty long drive to participate in a Scholastic warehouse sale. We're looking for cheap...
Thanks for sharing, everybody I'm going to consider some of these books for my students. This is a great time of the year to try to get the...
We used to have this program in my school before it became a victim of budget cuts. Our reading recovery teachers did nothing but that. I'm pretty...
We all do it That's why those songs are such great teaching tools. I've given up fighting it. I used to worry that the kid songs were going to...
Motivation I hope your daughter's teacher changes her position on your daughter testing on the books she like. We're always supposed to be...
Pairs Try to put him with one of your better bilingual students at all times and tell those student to only use Spanish as a last resort. I've...
Local Authors Most areas have local authors who are more than happy to visit schools and explain the writing process. Google "society of...
Differences Book levels can be confusing for two reasons. First, there are so many experts and companies using their own systems. Second, the...
Bruce Larkin We wrote to him through his publisher, Wilbooks. We use Bruce Larkin books in our take home reading program and guided reading...
We have a family that wants to take their children back to the family's home country in Asia around Christmas. The kids will miss two weeks of...
Wait Books are expensive and your starting salary may be low. I remember how exciting it was to start collecting books! It's a great feeling to...
RainStorm You make a great point. I will do research on PA Indians. I actually find "Native American" a bit clumsy, but was under the mistaken...
A parent mentioned recently that our 1st and 2nd graders don't get much exposure to Native Americans except around Thanksgiving. What books and...
Weebly I had never heard of them before. I will check out their services now that so many people have endorsed them. Thanks for the info.
500 Did you say that your tortoise was $500.00?
Great Project We haven't done this but I love the idea. I'm going to see how many other teachers in my school want to get involved.
Play time is learning time How out of touch with reality can an administrator be? Children need unstructured time, just like adults do. I'm sure...
