I have a few teacher friends who don't like their own handwriting and swear they can't even draw a stick figure. I'm not sure I totally believe the stick figure part, but I get the point. So you can imagine their anxiety over the thought of creating anchor charts. And seriously, don't we all have that one teammate whose charts are museum-worthy? The kind with perfect artistry we envy? We just want … [Read more...]
Freebie: I’m a Little Penguin
Penguin Poem If you're planning lessons on polar animals, animal habitats ... or just think penguins are cute ... and need additional resources to integrate literacy work, you can grab this nonfiction poem at the link above. It's sung to the tune of I'm a Little Teapot and provides factual information about penguins, giving the children a spot to draw what they know based on the … [Read more...]
Room on the Broom (On Netflix)
NETFLIX has brought another one of my favorite children's books to life ... and it's perfect for your October lesson plans. (Rated G / 25 minutes) Read the story by Julia Donaldson, watch the show, and then incorporate literacy standards by discussing: • problem / solution • cause / effect • character traits / relationships • setting • mood • theme, plot, or main … [Read more...]
No More Mentor Texts?
"Because texts don't mentor ... authors and illustrators do." (Lisa Cleaveland) I love this book ... and if you teach writing in a K-1 classroom, you should get this book, too. (Ask your principal. That's my answer to all the $$ questions.😉) Teaching writing is a favorite of mine, so this book was really interesting to me and it got me thinking about how a small shift in our planning and … [Read more...]
A Must Have Text for K-1 Writing Teachers
I'm always on the lookout for those must have texts. I recently ordered four new picture books for writing workshop, sight unseen, and I ended up only liking one of them. (I have to stop buying books I haven't actually looked through.) But lucking out on this one book made up for the other three. And actually, I don't just like this book... I LOVE IT! It's not even new. But I just discovered … [Read more...]
What Is Labor Day? Nonfiction Books for Kids
What is Labor Day? Most kids don't know. Depending on where they live, they might think it's the last day the community pool is open for "the season." Some families will have the day off. Some will go to the beach one more time. And some might be doing their last bit of shopping before school starts. But Labor Day has an important back story many children haven't heard. For our youngest readers … [Read more...]
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