The Screaming Staircase, by Jonathan Stroud W.A.R.P.: The Reluctant Assassin, by Eoin Colfer Why I Picked Them Up: The primary reason for reading these two books is for the 2015 Battle of the Books. The secondary reason is that my husband and I were going on a 14 hour drive to visit my parents and needed […]
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Book Review: Chomp, by Carl Hiaasen
Why I picked it up I loved reading Hoot with my fifth graders and I came across the book trailer for Chomp on YouTube. Both of these together meant that I had to at least take a closer look. After reading the teaser on the back, I knew it was a must read. Why I finished Just like all of […]
App Review: Word Mover
Title: Word Mover for iPad Cost: Free Grades: 3-12 Link to app: http://goo.gl/1RoMx Developer’s Website: http://goo.gl/spQtk From the creators of the beloved online interactives (ReadWriteThink and the National Council of Teachers of English), comes a fabulous magnetic poetry app! Magnetic poetry is a great way to study the components of language, to play with words and just […]
