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Characters with Differences

I joined a group of educators to create a collaborative blog with teaching resources for upper elementary and middle school grades.…

12 years ago

Selecting Summer Reading

I received an e-mail last week from a student I taught this past year. She needed help selecting summer reading…

12 years ago

Living off the Land

I attempted to join a virtual book club for upper elementary grades with other teacher bloggers, and we were supposed…

12 years ago

Follow the Clues

A former student recommended I read Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein because there is a character in…

12 years ago

Miniature Worlds

Mr. Star Wars' teacher just finished reading The Doll People as a read aloud to his class. Mr. Star Wars…

12 years ago

It’s Fate

During one of our icy snow days, I read a new book called A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff.…

12 years ago

I Will Survive

A "gateway book" is my name for any book you read completely on your own (maybe around 3rd or 4th…

12 years ago

Through Space and Time

I just finished reading Wendy Mass' latest book, Pi in the Sky. I have not decided if I like the…

13 years ago

Book v. Movie

I read Chitty Chitty Bang Bang this summer by Ian Fleming of James Bond fame. It is the only children's…

13 years ago

Relax with a Magazine

Sometimes, no matter what great books we try to coax children into reading, they just can't get through a chapter…

13 years ago

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