Welcome back from the break! We hope you had a wonderful, relaxing time with family and friends, and are ready to get back to inspiring your students with your enthusiasm for learning! Today’s Did You Know is a slightly less well known feature of Google Maps that has incredible implications for your study of human/physical characteristics […]
Social Studies
Book Review: Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices
Why I Picked It Up: In searching for strong social studies text for our Beyond the Textbook Session, I found this advanced reader’s copy in Sherry’s personal collection. It was definitely a “Jessica book,” so she happily gave me her copy. Why I Finished It: Curiosity! From the beginning I was intrigued by the stories the […]
Book Review: Monster Needs Your Vote, by Paul Czajak
Why I Picked It Up: It’s October! This means the beginning of my favorite few months, not just for family, food, and celebration, but because of seasonal picture books. I love to peruse the book displays in our local Barnes and Noble. There are always the old favorites, but every year there are new holiday […]
Book Review: Ranger in Time: Rescue on the Oregon Trail, by Kate Messner
Why I Picked It Up: This book had two different things to recommend it to me. We tend to read either YA novels or picture books, and so we’ve been looking for younger elementary chapter books. We are also getting ready for the upcoming Texas Council for the Social Studies Conference at the end of the month, […]
App Review: News-O-Matic
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 […]
Book Review: The Day the Crayons Came Home, by Drew Daywalt
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. […]
