Sometimes, unexpected, events lend themselves to a perfect teaching opportunity. This is the story of how I was able to teach real-life research to my students with two, tiny rescued kittens! Nine weeks ago, someone abandoned two teeny tiny kittens in the parking lot of my school. They were crawling as best they could, lost and…
Author: Josh Funk
Illustrator: Sara Palacios
Summary: Pearl has been trying to build the perfect sandcastle all summer, only to have it ruined each time. Can her robot, and basic computer programming concepts, help her successfully build a sandcastle? You and your child will be sure to enjoy this story, and learn some computer programming vocabulary along the way!
I was doing some early “spring cleaning” over winter break, and came across an old pocket chart that I used when I was teaching in the classroom. A flood of ideas came to me while I was on break on how I could use the pocket chart in the library with some of the lessons…
Author: Ged Adamson
Illustrator: Ged Adamson
Summary: When you go on a trip with your famous explorer dad, there's no telling what you may find! But I bet you never expected to find a shark dog! At first, taking your Shark Dog home might seem like a good idea. But what happens when Shark Dog gets homesick? Do you keep him or take him back?
Author: Mac Barnett
Illustrator: Jon Klassen
Summary: Triangle wants to play a trick on Square, but does it backfire?
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