Picture Books

May 5, 2022

Resources for Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This is a great opportunity to uplift the contributions and rich history of...

Apr 19, 2022

A Helpful Best Practices Checklist for Social Studies Classroom Materials

Are you hanging onto some of those outdated resources that were left behind by the previous teacher? You know the ones. It’s spring...

Nov 23, 2020

How to Make Significant Reading Gains in Elementary

This might sound counterintuitive, but if we want to see real reading improvement, then we need to cut back on ELA and make more room for...

Sep 8, 2020

Picture Books for Teaching September 11th in Elementary

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Jun 22, 2020

Mentor Texts about Voting and the Election Process

Mentor texts are a great way to expose our students to a variety of experiences and voices. If you are covering democratic processes and...

Jul 16, 2019

How to Take Inventory of Your Classroom Library to Add More Diverse Books

If you were to sort the books in your classroom library and take an inventory, what would you find? Do the books in your classroom...

Jul 15, 2019

Discussing 9/11 With Your Students

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