We read this sweet book by Kevin Henkes at the beginning of every school year, but these Chrysanthemum activities work well beyond the first day of school. If the story is new to you, it's about a little girl (mouse) with an unusually long name... Chrysanthemum. It doesn't bother her one bit … [Read More...]
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Finding grammar activities that are fun and engaging is important. Why? Because I have friends (grown adults, mind you) who still crab about the time they had to learn the parts of speech and then … [Read More...]
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