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5 years ago, I wrote a post sharing a few great picture books for practicing inferencing. Looking back, I realize it is time to update the list with a few new favorites as I have expanded my own collection of stories focusing on a broader worldview. For ease sakes, I have also gathered the picture… Continue reading More Picture Books to Teach and Practice Inference
I am at our public library right now and it is deserted. Wisconsin was ordered to close their schools this coming week as more and more cases of Covid-19 pile up. The world is upside down. As we prepare to switch to online learning, I have been thinking of the power of the read aloud.… Continue reading Picture Books Read Aloud Videos for Lesson Use
One of my favorite parts of our classroom is our use of picture books to create community, to settle into routines, to get to know each other, and so much more. This means I am always searching for great new picture books to share during those first few weeks and why not share those. Some… Continue reading My Favorite Back to School Picture Books for 2019
I wanted to publish my post about the picture books I plan on using with my students at the beginning of the year, but I don’t have 10 selected yet, not even close, I have 4, because I haven’t met the kids yet and so I don’t know which books we will need just yet.… Continue reading 10 Upcoming Picture Books I Cannot Wait to Read Aloud #PB10for10
We are starting the year, and the creation of our writing portfolio, with a unit focused on memoir and personal essay. I am hoping that in this unit, the students will start to share parts of their writing identity through discussion of what makes them a writer or not, the erules of writing and which… Continue reading A Few Picture Books to Teach Memoir
As I get ready to embark on another year of teaching English, I have been learning more about the writing process and the specific skills that I need to teach in order to help my students change or strengthen their experience with writing. Within the pages of professional development books I have found so much… Continue reading A Few Picture Books for Discussing the Writing Process
