Franki’s Weekly Text Set-Great Short Read Alouds for Grades 3-6
Texts for this Text Set have been posted daily on Instagram. Follow @TextSets there to get daily updates! Read Aloud is one of the best times of any school day! And choosing the next read aloud is always so important. I love a great short read aloud, especially early in the school year. I want … Continue reading “Franki’s Weekly Text Set-Great Short Read Alouds for Grades 3-6”
Poetry Friday: Definito
Radiant SplendorChrysalis comes from Greek.“Chrysos” means gold.A diadem is a crownperhaps worn by a monarch, who is a king, queen, emperor,or butterfly. The diademof a monarch’s chrysalisis adorned with flecks of flashing gold:breathtaking effulgence. ©Mary Lee Hahn, 2022 . I had planned to let nature take her course with the butterflies this year. I would provide … Continue reading “Poetry Friday: Definito”
Franki’s Weekly Text Set: What Can an Author’s Note Be?
Texts for this Text Set have been posted daily on Instagram. Follow @TextSets there to get daily updates! This week, we’ll look at a set of books that could be a mini-cycle on Authors’ Notes. I used to be a reader who skipped things like the author’s note in a book. But one day I … Continue reading “Franki’s Weekly Text Set: What Can an Author’s Note Be?”
Franki’s Weekly Text Set: Books to Support Notebook Writing-Volume and Variety
Texts for this Text Set have been posted daily on Instagram. Follow @TextSets there to get daily updates! There is nothing like kicking off notebook writing with young writers. I remember years ago, learning so much from Shelley Harwayne about the importance of “volume and variety”–how important it was for children to see all that … Continue reading “Franki’s Weekly Text Set: Books to Support Notebook Writing-Volume and Variety”
Poetry Friday: A Cento…for ME!
Last week, I shared a cento that I wrote using titles from Ada Limón’s poems in THE HURTING KIND. This week, I’d like to share an amazing gift I received as a summer poem swap. Truth be told, they were ALL amazing gifts, but this one was seriously over the top amazing! Check this out: … Continue reading “Poetry Friday: A Cento…for ME!”
Overheard
There was much to love about building a classroom community filled with mostly same-aged students and designing plans for daylong learning across all subject areas. Now, there is much to love about sitting side-by-side with one or two students at a time from across the grade levels and getting to know each as readers, writers, … Continue reading “Overheard”
Franki’s Weekly Text Set: Celebrating Our Names
Texts for this Text Set have been posted daily on Instagram. Follow @TextSets there to get daily updates! Text Sets is back and excited about a new school year! I know celebrating names is something teachers do early in the school year so this week, we’ll share some books that invite these conversations. I think … Continue reading “Franki’s Weekly Text Set: Celebrating Our Names”
Poetry Friday: Ada Limón Cento
Four of us Poetry Friday Peeps read and discussed THE HURTING KIND one section at a time in August. It was the best #sealeychallenge activity ever. We got more out of this book with a slow read and deep conversations than we ever would have by plowing through it in a day and checking it … Continue reading “Poetry Friday: Ada Limón Cento”
Poetry Friday: Equations
The striking line, “You can’t sum it up. A life.” comes from the poem “The Hurting Kind” from the book THE HURTING KIND by Ada Limón. The poem itself, in response to Margaret Simon’s gorgeous photo, is a “This Photo Wants to Be a Poem…” poem, which was Margaret’s challenge this month for the Inklings. … Continue reading “Poetry Friday: Equations”
Poetry Friday: Don’t Even Bother
Don’t Even Bother Dust? What’s the fuss? I’ll give it a nudge but only if I must. C’mon, Let’s kick that can down the road. Dust disgusts me not. I’m nonplussed by robust drifts of the stuff. Don’t like it on shelves? Give it a brush. Don’t like it atop books? Give it a puff. … Continue reading “Poetry Friday: Don’t Even Bother”
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