Why I Picked It Up: This was a last minute addition to our Newer Choices in YA Lit for a literacy conference in Fort Worth last year. I think it had airplanes on it, so Jessica thought it must be a me book. It’s fun how we seemingly randomly assign books to each other that […]
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Developing Relationships with Google Slides
When it was time to get to know my new students, choosing the right project was key! See how we arrived at our decision and how it went!
Website Review: Gimkit
Gimkit – a game changer for online quizzes and test review!
Book Review: The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo
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!
