Author Visit!
On my last teaching day of the year, the grade two and three students at my school were treated by a visit from Lesley McKnight, author of the amazing collection of short…
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June 27, 2013
Another Great Book for Father’s Day
I am not a particularly huge Star Wars fan, but have enjoyed the early movies in my younger days and enjoyed watching my both my boys live through the "Star Wars" phase,…
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May 29, 2013
Anchor Books for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
Mother's day has now passed but Father's day is just around the corner. Here are a few of my favorite books that I like to read to inspire writing about "mom" and…
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May 18, 2013
Mother’s Day Writing
In the primary classes at my school last week, in honor of Mother's Day, we wrote about "Mom" ("Mother", "Mama", "Mummy", "Mum", "Ma", "Mama") I read "My Mum" by Anthony Browne as…
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May 18, 2013
Visualizing and Connecting to a Windy Day!
The Windy Day by Helina Below is a wonderfully playful look at what could happen on a very windy day. I love reading this book and asking the students to…
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April 30, 2013
Books for a Windy Day
Windy Day Books - With the windy day we've just had, it's great to pull out some old favorites about wind for making connections! I like to read these books…
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April 30, 2013