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Published Poetry

Published does not mean our work has to be read over and liked by a "publisher", thank goodness. Published means I can put it out there...

Reflecting on Your Own Poetry

#REFLECT Original Poetry Reflection: My personal feelings about reading Poetry: I enjoy reading poetry but sometimes it does make me feel...

Growing and Revising: Enjoy it

When we are writing, I feel like it gets away that writing itself is all a learning process. You're never "done" and there will always be...

Lets get Personal - Notebook Style

This blog I am going to dive into how books and articles help us help our students feel comfortable and excited to start writing more...

A Writer's Notebook: Inspriation

(I am gifting you with a clip from one of my all-time favorite shows, "New Girl") My progress this week has really gone up, I would say....

A writing notebook? Why?

A writer's notebook is an important tool in a classroom and our daily lives! it serves as an outlet for saying what we want to, getting...

Be Who You Are

George by Alex Gino This book is a story about a girl named Mellissa, who the world is seeing as George. She is a student who is in the...

Speak Your Voice!!

Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed Here is a book talk about the book!! This is an elementary teacher from Michigan's take on Amal Unbound....

Racism and Stereotypes: A Vlog

The books I will be discussing through a critical lens on this blog post will be: Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s...

Injustices: Past and Present

The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson "I guess that's why I am so mad. He had a tenth of what you have now. A twentieth. A thousandth....

Freedom Over History: Reframing Our Past

Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan ABOUT THIS BOOK: Trying to wrap our heads around the idea of and talk about slavery, is something many of...

Your Past is Your Greatest Strength

A Crack in the Sea by H.M. Bouwman and Dreamers by Yuyi Morales A Crack in the Sea by H.M. Bouwman About the book: This book was one that...

See the Able Not the Label

Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship by Jessica Kensky, Patrick Downes, and Scott Magoon Last Stop on Market Street written by...

Crossing Borders

Text Set: Crossing Borders and examining multiple perspectives. "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate, "Her Right Foot" by Dave Eggers and...

The Girl and the Wolf

The Girl and the Wolf written by Katherena Vermette and illustrated by Julie Flett is an interesting take on the classic wolf fairy...

Wild Robot

The Wild Robot is a book written and illustrated by Peter Brown was a book about a robot that got stranded on an island before being...

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