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Kathleen Horning’s Cover to Cover
I’m going to go way out on a limb here and say that my book buying habits have been inconsistent, to say the least. I have a very limited budget. I started developing my collection by really trying to understand what was useful but unpopular, and popular but not very useful academically. I buy for…
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Book title: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Author: Sherman Alexie Bibliographic entry Alexie, S. (2007). The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company. Description A book about hard choices as the main character Junior tries to escape his depressing circumstances. He takes a huge risk of going to school…
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You’re Finally Here! by Melanie Watt
Book title: You’re Finally Here! Author: Melanie Watt Bibliographic entry Watt, M. (2011). You’re finally here! Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press. Description A bunny talks through the book to the reader about waiting. Explores emotions of impatience and etiquette of negotiating time with another person through dialogue. The bunny becomes annoyingly needy by the end of the…
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Augustine by Melanie Watt
Book title: Augustine Author: Melanie Watt Bibliographic entry Watt, M. (2006). Augustine. Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press. Description Augustine, a young penguin from the South Pole, moves with her family to the North Pole. She overcomes the initial awkward feelings of loneliness through her art. Her drawings help her connect to her new school community. Reaction…
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Open-closed-exit-stop
I remember distinctly my kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Phillips, standing over me saying “Are you reading?” I was reading, of course. Things are fuzzy now but I know the book involved some kind of abbreviated fairy tale with a well and wishes. Then we had the principal, Mr. Henderson come down and I read a few…
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Parameters for success in inquiry
I just finished attending the Edugains Literacy Camp this week. The focus of this week is developing discourse and curiosity in the classroom….read between the lines: we’re talking about inquiry! We tried this new discussion strategy tonight called World Cafe, that lead to some very interesting tangential diversions about implementing inquiry-based learning. We had some…
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