Spring Around the Corner?

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The Sandhill cranes are making their way north again.  What a unique, Nebraska experience if one has the time to drive to North Platte.  Just look up right now in Lincoln and see the geese passing through.  It’s always a sign that spring is around the corner.

Al A Carte (February 24, 2014)

Multi-tasking While Reading? – Ask your students the question posed on this blog.  I’m curious to hear what they’d say.

 Book Trailers – There’s some cool book trailers on this website.  You may find some that can be nice sponges or closures for your class.  Some are student made, and others are professionally done.  I particularly liked the professional book trailer for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.  Some of the student-created ones are nice, too.

An Essential Question – I appreciated the ideas shared in this post on student-centered classrooms.  I ask myself:  could I give up the control necessary to emulate this kind of classroom?

Google Like a Boss – Here’s some Googling tips I didn’t know.  Nice.

This is Your Brain on Fiction – This video talks about how fiction affects the brain.  It’s based on the research I shared a few posts ago about how much of an impact fiction makes on brain activity.

Picture Books for Short Lessons – Look at this wonderful list of picture books.  Maybe a short lesson or two about biographies for your students?

Amazing 3-D Street Art – This blog often comments on books but also has a fascination about movie/TV from books.  Check out the cool 3-D street art that has been commissioned for the release of Game of Thrones, Season 3 on DVD.  Then scroll down to read about The Maze Runner trilogy.

The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky – A great place to end today’s post.  August “Auggie” Jones lives with her Grandpa Gus, a trash hauler, in a poor part of town. So when her wealthy classmate’s father starts the House Beautification Committee, it’s homes like Auggie’s that are deemed “in violation.” Auggie is determined to prove that she is not as run-down as the outside of her house might suggest.  See the rest of the review at “Read Now Sleep Later.”

 

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