Why I Picked It Up: I fell victim to peer pressure. All my favorite bloggers told me to, so I did. Also, The Poet X is on the TAYSHAS book list (a great book list that includes a wide variety of selections for grades 9-12 that is put out annually by the Texas Library Association). […]
Book Review: What’s the Difference? By Emma Strack
Why I Picked It Up: I am always on the hunt for nonfiction text structures (click the tabs at the top of this mentor text list). This one came up as a perfect “compare and contrast”! Why I Finished It: What’s the Difference? asks the reader to consider the difference between pairs of objects, such as […]
Book Review: I Got It!, by David Wiesner
I hate baseball. But I LOVED this book!
Formative Assessment with Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere got cool! Check out my three favorite features for formative assessment!
Three Vibrant Picture Books To Teach Big Content
All of these books used color as a vehicle to tell a much larger story.
Book Review: Little Brown, by Marla Frazee
This simple, yet complex story really offers genuine insight into social situations that will be great for the elementary classroom!
