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Why I Picked It Up: A few weeks ago the Rogers’ family broke out into argument about nocturnal animals; specifically bats.  Truthfully, I can’t remember the specifics of the argument, but the teacher in me went right to the book store.  What information could I find that would be relevant and engaging to help us […]

Why I Picked it Up: This is a title from the 2015 Lone Star Reading List. While we didn’t have the opportunity to work with a Battle of the Books team this year, I still find myself looking to this list when I want to find something new to read. I can always count on […]

I’m going to share a secret with you today. I am NOT a talented graphic designer. Yet, I do all the visuals for this website and for our presentations thanks to my secret weapon: Canva. In a previous post, we did share some solid apps for creating visuals. While those apps do create excellent visuals […]

** Contact us if you would like to have one of our engaging mentor text sessions come to your campus! **   Why I Picked It Up: The whimsical randomness of this title called my name as I was looking for newer picture books over the summer.  The idea of blaming a bear in the case of […]

As teachers we are all too familiar with the emphasis placed on nonfiction text.  We know, and want, to expose children to high quality nonfiction text on a daily basis.  In an effort to help, I have been compiling a list of sites that offer text for students at no cost.  Yesterday, I came across an […]

Why I Picked It Up: I honestly held off as long as possible.  As soon as I found out that Drew Daywalt made another Crayon book I knew I had to have it! Why I Finished It: I didn’t just finish it, I read it a few times and studied the drawings by Oliver Jeffers. […]