Why I Picked It Up: Every now and then, books come to us. It’s magical when that happens! I tend to stick to the same kinds of books when I’m browsing (creature of habit), so when books come to use, I enjoy the opportunity to expand my horizons! Tough Tug was one that came in the […]
Visualization
Did You Know…History of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
** Contact us if you would like Literary Fusions to come to your campus with engaging, evidence-based, and practical professional development ** What started as a simple search to see if I could find some footage of historic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parades to show in class ended in my victorious discovery of this gem I […]
Book Review: The Great Greene Heist, by Varian Johnson
** Contact us if you would like to have our evidence-based, engaging Mentor Text or Readers’ Workshop session come to your campus! ** Why I Picked It Up: This book was on the Lone Star List … in 2015! Yep. This wasn’t the first time I picked it up. The first time, I was part way […]
Book Review: Seven Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break if You Want to Survive the Cafeteria, by John Grandits
Why I Picked It Up: Amazon told me to. I do most things that Amazon tells me to do. It came up on “recommendations for Jessica”. The artwork by Michael Allen Austin is caught my eye and it went into my cart. Why I Finished It: Honestly, I had to find out all the rules! […]
4 Cs and Poetry: Creativity
The world after K-12 (whether workforce or higher education) is asking more from our students – they must be creative and innovative. Creativity is one of the things makes people unique, it allows people to realize they don’t have to be exactly like everyone else.
Did You Know? Visualization with The New York Times
“A picture is worth a thousand words.” As educators, we know that to be true! It seems that our students remember much more of what we are teaching them if there is a powerful visual attached to it! Images can be used for many things in your classroom – initiating conversations and class discussions, sparking students’ […]
