I am officially obsessed with octopuses! Who knew that these floating sea animals were wickedly intelligent?
Writing
Book Review: Zero the Hero, by Joan Holub
Why I Picked It Up: We are very into superheroes in our house right now. I found Zero the Hero while browsing at the library and since it had a with the cape on the front, I ran it by my 4-year-old. He decided numbers could be superheroes too, and that we should check it […]
Website Review: GapMinder and Dollar Street
When we integrate social studies and literature, one of our big goals is to help students gain a global perspective. We really want students to be able to understand someone else’s point of view.
Book Review: Carnivores, by Aaron Reynolds
Once again Dan Santat’s artwork attracted me to the cover. I was actually browsing Amazon when the cover popped up and I clicked it right away. The cover made me instantly laugh. There’s a warning label stating that no herbivores were injured, physically or emotionally, in the making of this product.
Book Review: Don’t Forget Dexter! by Lindsay Ward
Why I Picked it Up: This is a new book (published last month!) that the publisher was kind enough to send us. Honestly though, I probably would have picked Don’t Forget Dexter! up on one of our weekly trips to the library even if my 4-year-old son’s class wasn’t doing a unit on dinosaurs. My son […]
Book Review: Freedom Over Me; Eleven slaves, their lives and dreams brought to life, by Ashley Bryan
Middle-grade teachers NEED Freedom Over Me! We teach students about segregation and “separate but equal”, but this book provides a completely different perspective.
