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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Prep for the "Big Test" read alouds with free downloads.

Testing? Again? Blah!

It's that time of year again... Time for the dreaded standardized testing. Here are two favorite read alouds to use the week before testing and some freebies to go with them!

Testing Miss Malarkey By: Judy Finchler

This is definitely a favorite at testing time! Below you will find an activity that reviews "point of view" to go along with this read aloud.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Standardized-Test-Prep-Literature-Based-Activity-1210295

The Big Test By: Julie Danneberg

Mrs. Hartwell is back from First Day Jitters! She is getting her class ready for "The Big Test" and this humorous story may ease a little of that test anxiety in your room! Why not learn a few new words while we're at it? This is a vocabulary foldable to be used with the book.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Standardized-Test-Prep-Literature-Based-Activity-1210295

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

20 Titles for teaching Point of View

20 for Point of View

Teaching "Point of View" can be a rather abstract concept for young children. These mentor texts should elicit some valuable discussion and make these standards easier to teach!

The Butterfly House By: Eve Bunting

Spunky Tells All By: Ann Cameron

The Pain and The Great One By: Judy Blume

Soupy Saturdays with The Pain and The Great One By: Judy Blume

Diary of a Spider By: Doreen Cronin

Diary of a Fly By: Doreen Cronin

Memoirs of a Goldfish By: Devin Scillian

Once I Ate a Pie By: Patricia MacLachlan and Emily M. Charest

I Didn't Do It By: Patricia MacLachlan and Emily M. Charest

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs By: Jon Scieszka

Believe me, Goldilocks ROCKS By: Jean Loewen

Honestly, Red Riding Hood was Rotten! By: Jean Loewen

Seriously, Cinderella is SO ANNOYING! By: Jean Loewen

Hey, Little Ant By: Phillip Hoose

Letters from the Campaign Trail: LaRue for Mayor By: Mark Teague

Detective LaRue: Letters from the Investigation By: Mark Teague

LaRue Across America By: Mark Teague

Dear Mrs. LaRue : Letters from Obedience School

Two Bad Ants By: Chris Van Allsburg

Monday, December 10, 2012

7 Books for Susan B. Anthony ~ American Hero

Susan B. Anthony ~ An American Hero
(3rd grade GPS ~ Georgia)

Marching with Aunt Susan

Heart on Fire

Susan B. Anthony

Elizabeth Leads the Way
This one is really about Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but she and Susan B. Anthony worked so closely together that this book would be appropriate for your Susan B. Anthony lessons too.