It’s no secret that math isn’t my strongest subject, but lately I have come across a few math books that I really love!
Creativity
Book Review: Little Taco Truck by Tanya Valentine & Jorge Martin
Why I Picked It Up: Because how cute is that little taco truck?? I have a soft spot for anthropomorphized vehicles (blame it on my first born’s reading preferences), and this one was too cute to pass up. Why I Finished It: It definitely surprised me! Food trucks are so popular now, so I was […]
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!
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: If You Had a Jetpack, by Lisl H. Detlefsen
This book is a wild, crazy, imaginative adventure that had my kids giggling the whole time we were reading.
