This year is my first year participating in Multicultural Children's Book Day (MCBD) as a book reviewer. If you are unfamiliar with MCBD, scroll down to read about how it started and check out the links provided for educators and homeschoolers. As a reviewer for Multicultural Children's Book Day 2022, I received Look at Me:… Continue reading Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2022
Check out Donna Janell Bowman and Daniel Minter's websites. As promised, here is Part 3 of Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness. If you've skipped over the Afterword, I highly recommend you read it! Standards CCSS SL.3.1 Engage in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led)… Continue reading Big Picture 2: Kindness, part 3
Check out Donna Janell Bowman and Daniel Minter's websites. As promised, here is Part 2 of Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness. As I read and reread this book, I see that it's a great resource for Close Reading. There is much to explore in the rich text… Continue reading Big Picture 2: Kindness, part 2
Check out Donna Janell Bowman and Daniel Minter's websites. After I purchased this at my son's Scholastic Book Fair (for myself--doesn't everyone love Book Fairs?!), I am sad to admit that it sat on my desk collecting dust for a few months before I finally decided to read it. And now that I have, I… Continue reading Big Picture 2: Kindness
Writers, there is still time to join Tara Lazar's STORYSTORM. I am participating this year and I hope you do, too. Registration is open until January 7th. Click the link to visit Tara's registration page: https://taralazar.com/2021/12/27/storystorm-2022-registration/ Rate Your Story I am excited to announce that I joined Rate Your Story this year. I am still… Continue reading STORYSTORM 2022
Check out Author-Illustrator, Juana Martinez-Neal's website. Wow! Juana Martinez-Neal's book, Zonia's Rain Forest, delivers a powerful message in so few words. There are multiple "big picture" ideas you can take from this book, but for your sake (and mine), I am going to stay focused on the issue of deforestation. If you haven't read this… Continue reading Big Picture 1: Deforestation
Little Big Picture Books is my way of connecting the big ideas in picture books to the classroom. When I unexpectedly found myself back in the classroom this year, I remembered how isolating teaching can feel, especially for teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL). As I sat in an empty classroom, I had… Continue reading A Blog is Born
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