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Continue reading →: Speed Date with a BookSchool had been in session for a few days and we were ready to start reader’s/writer’s workshop. How do you choose a book? I pose this question to my students, with a picture of a woman staring at a large bookshelf filled with books. Hands start going up. I find books…
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Continue reading →: Setting Up a ClassroomFor those of you who follow this blog only for food, feel free to skip over this. Today’s post isn’t about food, it’s about education. Teaching has been a part of my life since graduating college, and instead of creating a whole new blog designated just for that, I decided…
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Continue reading →: March Book TalksI read some really great books last month that I’d like to recommend to you. All of these novels are considered Young Adult, but they appeal to more than just teens. Being an English major, if you told me that someday I would read YA lit (and actually like it) I…
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Continue reading →: February Book TalksThis past month, I read four books that I would like to share with you. Some of the books I read are more “adult,” (and I guess you could argue what that really means), but many are young adult books, as I give book talks to my 8th graders often. …
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Continue reading →: Book Talk–The Girl From Everywhere
In March I attended a day long PD class from a local librarian. This class was all about high-interest books, specifically books for young adults. (On a side note, when my students checked out books from our school library recently, a student commented to another, “I checked out a yah book. What’s…
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