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  • Want to make digital book clubs or digital guided reading groups happen? This suite of free tools will help you run virtual book clubs. Tips, ideas and strategies for teachers and students in elementary to have digital book clubs. Ideas for Kindergarten, first, second, third, fourth or fifth grade kids. Distance learning book clubs or for any time if you want to go digital. Plus a free book club resource to get you started!
  • Check out these ideas and tools for your virtual learning classroom discussion. Teaching ideas for distance learning to keep having rich classroom discussions. Free tools and tips for elementary students and teachers to implement in their elementary education classrooms for reading, math, special education and more while teaching distance learning.
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Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction biography mentor text book We Are Still Here Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell and Frane Lessac. This is a great book for learning about Indigenous Peoples Day (formerly Columbus Day), the Native American history, social justice, and Native American Heritage Month. Google Slides presentation… Read More

Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text book We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen.  Great for read aloud, examining humor / comedy, and examining the text to illustration connection! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But… Read More

Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction biography mentor text book Star Stuff Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson. Great for outer space studies, biographies, STEM and scientist units. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: close reading for understanding text features analyzing and summarizing key details… Read More

Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction biography mentor text book Passage to Freedom by Ken Mochizuki and Dom Lee. This is a great book for learning about World War 2 (WWII), Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI), the Holocaust, discrimination and prejudice. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and… Read More

We Are Still Here by Traci Sorell

We Are Still Here by Traci Sorell

April 11, 2021

Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction biography mentor text book We Are Still Here Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell and Frane Lessac. This is a great book for learning about Indigenous Peoples Day (formerly Columbus Day), the Native American history, social justice, and Native American Heritage Month. Google Slides presentation… Read More

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The Rock From the Sky by Jon Klassen

The Rock From the Sky by Jon Klassen

April 11, 2021

Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text book We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen.  Great for read aloud, examining humor / comedy, and examining the text to illustration connection! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But… Read More

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Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson

Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson

April 11, 2021

Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction biography mentor text book Star Stuff Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson. Great for outer space studies, biographies, STEM and scientist units. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: close reading for understanding text features analyzing and summarizing key details… Read More

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Passage to Freedom by Ken Mochizuki

Passage to Freedom by Ken Mochizuki

April 11, 2021

Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction biography mentor text book Passage to Freedom by Ken Mochizuki and Dom Lee. This is a great book for learning about World War 2 (WWII), Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI), the Holocaust, discrimination and prejudice. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and… Read More

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Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki

Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki

April 11, 2021

Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the historical fiction mentor text book Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki and Dom Lee. This is a great book for learning about World War 2 (WWII), Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI), discrimination and prejudice. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on:… Read More

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21 New, Sensational Children’s Books About Library and Reading

21 New, Sensational Children’s Books About Library and Reading

April 11, 2021

Check out these dazzling children’s books about library and reading perfect for teaching library rules and the joys of reading! Looking for some new and captivating children’s books about library and the joys of reading? These books about librarians, readers, and books both real and fantastical are sure to dazzle and delight your elementary students. Whether you are a school… Read More

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