Building Classroom Community With Epic! Book Clubs
By Mary Ledford In the first few weeks of school many classroom teachers start their year off by building a sense of community that will be carried throughout the school…
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Spooky Stories From Around the World
Halloween means many things to many people. Yet we can all agree that it’s the perfect time to celebrate all things scary and thrilling and just plain spooky! This selection…
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What I Learned From Techno-Parenting Like a Lizard
By Andrea Paganelli “I wish my kiddos would be as excited about reading time as they are about device time.” –anonymous You might think that, as a mom who happens…
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20 Fun Ways to Inspire Reading at Home
One of the best ways to keep up the momentum toward hitting those reading goals is to get your students excited to read outside of class. As we get ready…
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The Global Read Aloud: Connecting Kids Through Reading
In today’s increasingly global society, it’s more important than ever to show kids that they’re part of something bigger than themselves, and how to connect with and learn from one…
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Classroom Discovery: Migration of the Monarch Butterly
By Kristen Poindexter We learn lots of different things each year in my kindergarten classroom, but our September monarch butterfly study is always a class favorite! We begin our study…
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A Very Unlucky Friday the 13th Book List
The most superstitious day of the year is here, and lucky (err, unlucky) for us, this year we get two! Let’s kick off round one with some fun reads celebrating…
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Fin-tastic Reads for Shark Lovers!
Shark Week’s almost over, but the fun doesn’t stop there! Keep the shark love going with these shark-themed kids’ fiction and nonfiction books for 1st-6th graders. 1. Nugget and Fang:…
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5 Reads to Promote Empathy
In our post, Reading & Empathy: A Bridge, we talked about how reading helps promote empathy in kids and choosing the right books can play a big part in nurturing…
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Helping ELL Students Speak Up
By Michael Hughes, reposted from Smartbrief.com. Helping ELL Students Speak Up Encouraging student voice among young English language learners (ELL) who are still building their vocabulary is challenging. Some technology…
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