How To Host A School Reading Fair

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  Since the new year has started, I have received several emails asking me about the reading fair our school organizes each year. I’m always excited to talk about it because it’s one of the most fun things we do all year long and it really helps the children get creative while helping them develop [...]

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Fun With Robots

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  Robert And The Robot by Eva Schwab Last week I chose Robert and the Robot by Eva Schwab to read to my second grade class.  The kids are getting mighty restless here at the end of the year and so I chose this book because the topic, robots, was something the boys would definitely [...]

World Of Wonder

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On Friday, E.B.’s class went on a field trip to the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson.  Our son has been so excited about this field trip, and not because he was going somewhere cool.  He was much more thrilled that there was NO SCHOOL that day. My husband was the one who got [...]

Reading Fair Projects

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Last Thursday my students put on the reading fair at our school.  Participation was optional and we ended up with around 50 projects, which was great.  Their enthusiasm was amazing and they were so proud of their story boards.  I was pretty proud of them, too.  I thought I would share a few of the [...]