Mentor texts using picture books are effective and one of my favorite ways to approach teaching. I label the teaching strategy simply first in one-three words, then find it in the picture book. I ex… more →
Writing Every Day Workswrote 2 months ago: Evie, dressed as the bat Stellaluna, enjoyed her first ever trick-or-treating experience! This Hallo … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Most days we read, oh, say, 10 books to Kira, some far more painful than others for the reader, espe … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Mentor texts using picture books are effective and one of my favorite ways to approach teaching. I … more →
wrote 11 months ago: I think I have found a good one. I was at the local used book store searching for American Girl book … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I am NOT a shopaholic. Or at least, not anymore. Gone are the days when I used to splurge and shop a … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Stellaluna The folks at Living Books continue to find fresh and original ways to translate print cla … more →
wrote 1 year ago: It’s that time of the year again, time for you to check out the Trunk Space for one of Fizzle … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This was actually a unscheduled study on bats since one of our local parks was having a presentation … more →
wrote 1 year ago: On Wednesday, August 13 from 2:00-3:30 PM we were very pleased to have a guest storyteller: Julie Ce … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Sarah at amick’s articles is suggesting we choose five books for teaching in our classrooms. I … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This is a very overdue post, I know. Summer has taken its toll on my feeble, little hands to the poi … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Stellaluna is an awesome book filled with craft. This is a link to my other blog. http://www.debrenn … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Over at Two Writing Teachers, http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/rwconnections-confe … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Peace can’t make the impawsible, or that I finked. Stifler and I are enemies since we met, he … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Two of Europe’s most beautiful up and coming songwriters will be paying the valley a special v … more →
wrote 1 year ago: My name is Stella, welcome to my blog, i’m learning to use this thingy, because I never use WP … more →