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Read These Books and Use Them

http://margodill.com/blog/

Read These Books and Use Them is for anyone who loves children's and young adult's books. Its audience is mostly parents, librarians, teachers, and home schoolers, who want to use children's books to start discussions and teach concepts. This blog also includes lesson plans, lesson ideas, and comments on today's education scene.

• Added on: Nov 7th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Margo Dill
• Listed in: Books Primary
• Tags: children's books lesson plans writing skills reading skills young adult novels middle grade novels

Recent Posts

• Un-Forgettable Friday: How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 12:13 in reading skills, picture books, picture book, bob graham, how to heal a broken wing, shared writing, creative writing activities, elementary educators, making personal connections, books with health content, books with science content, graham bob

  photo by Swami Stream www.flickr.com *Picture book, contemporary urban fable, for preschoolers through first graders *Young boy as main character *Rating: How to Heal a Broken Wing’s beautiful illustrations tell this heartwarming story along w...

• Timeless Thursday: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Books

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 11:02 in reading skills, chapter books, personal connections, children and chores, hilary knight, mrs. piggle-wiggle, betty macdonald, elementary educators, preschool to 1st grade teachers, timeless thursdays, making personal connections, books with health content

  I love Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle! Children love Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (still after 50+ years) and how can parents and teachers not love her practical ways and advice! I am so very excited about this Timeless Thursday post because I hope if you haven’t s...

• Wacky Wednesday: Teaching Poetry to Kids: List Poems

  Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 14:10 in poetry, writing skills, wacky wednesday, young adult novels, eileen spinelli, high school teachers, six traits of writing, georgia heard, shared writing, list poems, teaching poetry to kids, creative writing activities

  photo by Irargerich www.flickr.com It seems on Wacky Wednesdays that I am on a bit of a poetry kick. Last week, I discussed acrostic poems and how they can be useful tools in the classroom for creative writing skills and assessing subject matter k...

• Tuesday Tales: Clementine’s Letter by Sara Pennypacker; Illustrated by Marla Frazee

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 12:12 in reading skills, chapter books, realistic fiction, marla frazee, frazee, tuesday tales, pennypacker, sara pennypacker, elementary educators, making predictions, making personal connections, clementine's letter

  *Chapter book for second to fourth graders, realistic contemporary *Third-grade girl as main character *Rating: Clementine’s Letter is laugh-out-loud funny while being touching and so true to life at the same time! Short, short summary: Clemen...

• Maniac Monday: Teaching about Holidays

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 09:58 in writing skills, picture book, chapter books, christmas around the world, hanukkah traditions, personal connections, research ideas, shared writing, elementary educators, preschool to 1st grade teachers, maniac mondays, books with social studies content

  photo by GraceFamily www.flickr.com At this time of the year, many teachers and parents are getting ready for teaching about holidays. The three most common holidays to teach and do holiday activities with are Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. But ...

• Un-Forgettable Friday: Looking Like Me by Walter Dean Myers; Illustrated by Christopher Myers

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 21:03 in writing skills, reading skills, adjectives, personal connections, art activities, walter dean myers, writing activities, six traits of writing, rhyming words, shared writing, creative writing activities, elementary educators

  photo by Vadim Lavrusik www.flickr.com *Picture book for preschoolers through third graders, contemporary *Young boy as main character *Rating: Looking Like Me is a rhythmic self-esteem-builder journey for young children by father/son duo Walter Dea...

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