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#classroombookaday 2017 UPDATE: Week 13–WE HIT 200 BOOKS!!
Jen Bearden / 2017-11-12
What an exciting week in first grade reading!! We hit 200 books!! We’re in that super fun time of year, too, where the topics we’re reading about are so much fun and we’re in... More
I’m a Picture Book Month Ambassador – Are You?
/ 2017-11-14
I love Picture Book Month because I can highlight my favorite picture books throughout the month of November, and share my love of them with all my students – even the ones who think they... More
The Toddler’s Bookshelf.
Darlene Dee / 2017-11-21
I have extremely unique criteria for picture books that make it onto my toddler’s bookshelf.
The books need to have pretty pictures with plenty of opportunity for discussion. Sometimes we just... More
Pigeon’s Strategies
/ 2017-11-22
We labelled the pigeon’s strategies/excuses/reasons in the books to look for some patterns so that we can later create our own!
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Don’t Let The Pigeon…
/ 2017-12-13
…finish its story?
Grade 2s and 3s are finishing up their Pigeon stories! I hope they will share their stories with family and friends over the holidays!
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George Lucas: A Life
Myk Little / 2017-01-27
★★★★
This isn’t a feel-good book. It’s sad, even when there are triumphs. Brian Jones knows how to drag out all the bad luck during filming, awful reviews, and depression, but when... More
Mutterings
Troy / 2017-06-02
It’s already been a week? I’m not going to lie here; this week went fast. Not that I’m complaining. The long weekend in the country did me a lot of good. The most noise I h... More
George Lucas: A Life by Brian Jay Jones
Troy / 2017-06-13
It’s perhaps a foregone conclusion that this biography would open with the 84-day personal hell that was the film shoot for Star Wars. Nothing worked. The droids constantly malfunctioned... More
Recently Read #5
/ 2017-08-26
Paula Hawkins: The Girl On the Train
It’s been a while since I’ve read a thriller and I’m glad that this book brought me back to the genre. The concept of this book is just g... More