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Time for The Midnight Ball—A Gold Medal Winner!

By T.S. Poetry 3 Comments

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A new children’s book ‘The Midnight Ball,’ by Sara Barkat, combines a delightful story and illustrations with poetic device and telling time. Can you find the double meanings?

Filed Under: Blog, Books, children, Children's Authors, Children's Stories, Language Arts, Math-Science-Technology

Gratitude Poetry Prompt: Mystery of Marriage

By Callie Feyen 8 Comments

Author Callie Feyen looks to explain twenty years of marriage as a mysterious – albeit lovely – poem.

Filed Under: Blog, Language Arts, love poetry, poetry, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

Pod Club: Hidden Brain’s “Watch Your Mouth”

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

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In this week’s Pod Club discussion, we consider the way that language shapes the way we think and perceive the world (rather than the other way around) with Hidden Brain’s interview with cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky.

Filed Under: Blog, Language Arts, Pod Club

Pod Club Announcement: Hidden Brain’s “Watch Your Mouth”

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

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Join us for a new pod club series discussing podcasts on a wide range of topics, like Hidden Brain’s “Watch Your Mouth” episode on how the language we speak affects the way we think and view the world.

Filed Under: Blog, Language Arts, Pod Club

Learn to Read! — Beautiful Art for a Predictable Sentence Chart

By L.L. Barkat 5 Comments

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You can teach children to read and write important high-frequency words by creating “predictable sentence” charts that are personalized for them and their friends. We’re helping you add beautiful art!

Filed Under: Blog, children, Children's Activities, Children's Stories, Language Arts, Learn to Read, Literacy, Literacy Starts With Love, Teach Reading

How To Dress Like a Reading Diva—And Read ‘The Sleepy Little Alphabet’

By Callie Feyen 16 Comments

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Some self-doubt in the shoe department leads to a surprising reflection on how to teach reading with The Sleepy Little Alphabet—and love it.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Activities, Children's Stories, Language Arts, Literacy Starts With Love, Teach It

Reckless in the Library With Sight Word Baseball

By Callie Feyen 10 Comments

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Reading teacher Callie Feyen has been curious if recklessness can be used to learn, or, perhaps more radically, if recklessness is in fact needed to learn. Watch out, then, for baseball in the library!

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching, English Teaching Resources, Language Arts, Teach It

Teach It: Mixed Emotions in Civil Rights

By Callie Feyen 24 Comments

To teach civil rights is partly to teach how to deal with mixed emotions. Callie Feyen uses a striking picture book to help you teach with depth & clarity.

Filed Under: Black History Month, Blog, Emotional Literacy, Language Arts, Teach It, The Teacher Diaries

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