Tag Archives: literature

New Teacher/Reader Guide Service AND GIVEAWAY!

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

You’ve seen them before, the questions that show up at the back of a great novel and give you more insight into the author, the subject, or the craft of the book. The extension activities that teachers use to help … Continue reading →

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SSR. A philosophical discussion.

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

For the uninitiated – those of you who do not teach, or do not have kids in school– SSR stands for Silent Sustained Reading. During a period of 20-30 minutes, everyone in the whole school is supposed to stop everything … Continue reading →

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Four score and seven years ago… Memorization in School

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

Son #1 has to memorize Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address for Social Studies class. He doesn’t want to. Actually, he’s already memorized paragraphs one and two, it is three that is the doozy. “Why do I have to memorize this?” he says. … Continue reading →

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Book Review Wednesday: At the bookfair.

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

Well friends, Creative Chaos finally broke the 100 views mark on Monday’s post, The Children’s Book Industry, a gendered affair.  Feel free to keep commenting there about your thoughts and ideas regarding the issue. It is obviously on the minds of … Continue reading →

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Book Review Wednesday: Middle Grade Book Talk

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

Still I Read by Anna J. Boll (with apologies to Ms. Angelou) Baseballs slump on backstops games unable to proceed Worms drown on the blacktop but still I read. Yes, it seems that the only thing that I can find motivation for … Continue reading →

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Member Monday: Read, read, read!

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

When the rain fell all last week, I holed up on the couch and read. When the sun came out, I dug the folding chair out of the garage, set it up in the sunshine and read. At the end … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday: Novels In Verse

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

I haven’t blogged this week. Partly because I was recovering from the events I organized for Poem in Your Pocket week, but partly because I’ve been sitting on this rather long post about Novels in Verse. I hope you’ll grab … Continue reading →

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Book Review Wednesday: A Wreath for Emmett Till

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

Recently,  the name Emmett Till has surfaced quite a bit in relation to the  Trayvon Martin case in Florida. Houghton Mifflin’s teacher guide to A WREATH FOR EMMETT TILL gives the following short explanation of Emmet Till’s death. Emmett Till was a … Continue reading →

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