I would like to think that I would have enjoyed Frances O'Roark Dowell's book, Chicken Boy, even if it wasn't set in North Carolina. But it sure helped to be able to picture the rural farm areas around the triangle region of North Carolina that are slowly being gobbled up by suburban development. Fifteen years ago I… Continue reading Chicken Boy and a Giveaway!
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Thinking Out Loud on Paper
There are books that you read and wonder, "Why didn’t I think of this?" Thinking out Loud on Paper: The Student Daybook as a Tool to Foster Learning (Heinemann, 2008) is one of those books. Used in all grades, the daybook is a marvelous way to hook students in all subject areas to "think out loud" through writing. I… Continue reading Thinking Out Loud on Paper