Posted on Wednesday June 4, 2008 by Stacey
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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Posted on Wednesday June 4, 2008 by Stacey
Up to My Eyeballs in Independent Reading Projects
Originally uploaded by teachergal
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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Posted on Wednesday June 4, 2008 by Ruth
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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