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?
Teaching third, fourth, and fifth grade students about genres is something I have always done, but this year I decided to incorporate it with setting reading goals for the new year. I have to tell you…this lesson on setting reading genre goals has quickly become one of my favorite lessons to do with kids! I’m…
As we get closer to counting down to a new year, I start thinking about all the new books I ordered that will soon be coming to the library! (Can you see me grinning and jumping with glee just thinking about that!) But with that excitement also comes the worry over how long they will…
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