Depending on where you teach, you may be held to strict guidelines. These days it seems standards, testing and curriculum tend to guide our instruction- if not drive it completely. Lately many of us have been reflecting on how we have been honoring diversity in…
books
The funny thing about books is that no two readers (or people) are the same. Some books resonate and some don’t, but luckily I have my own opinions as a teacher, along with those of my 25 fifth graders behind me. I published a mid-year…
I get asked a lot for book recommendations and if I’ve read anything great lately. My answer is always the same… “I only read kid books!” Every book I read benefits me for years inside my classroom, so the time investment makes it that much…
So much to share and so little time! Rounding up some things I’ve loving and taking many of your requests too! The Books I’m Loving I have been moving and shaking with my reading lately- life is better when I’m doing that. I read A…