Mentor Poems Bulletin Board, originally uploaded by teachergal.
I realized the other day that it was unfair to only provide extra mentor poems, from my mentor poems binder, to kids when I conferred with them. Hence, in addition to handing out a packet of mentor poems after each minilesson, I also put together this new [...]
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Up to My Eyeballs in Independent Reading Projects
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My kids filled out their independent reading project proposal forms today. They WOWED me! And now, I have been combing through my bookcases at home trying to find books that will fit the type of work they want to do as they prepare [...]
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At my daughter’s k – 3 school, there is a summer reading challenge. Each year the challenge changes, but the idea is to encourage a LOT of reading over the summer. This year it is to read 1000 pages over the next 10 weeks. Wow!
At first I thought we’d have trouble. However, last night we [...]
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