literacy links
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I bet you’ve read some GREAT books this year! The Reading Ambassadors have nominated books for awards in several different categories, and the winners will be revealed at the Summer Reading Assembly on June 7th. Check out the display of all of the nominees outside the library; maybe one of YOUR favorites will win! Here…
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Do you have books your family is ready to donate? Bring them to Center for the Reading Ambassadors’ Book Drive! After just one week, we’ve filled FIVE boxes! We’ll continue for a while longer, so send in your book donations! Here is this week’s roundup of literacy links for some quick inspiration, tips, and refreshment:…
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Dear Ms. Vinson, You taught me sixth grade AG language arts at Githens Middle School during 1990-1991 school year. It was a year of firsts: middle school, class in a trailer, creative writing, getting published, and learning the difference between Miss and Ms. I had always been a compliant student; school came easily to me.…
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IT’S BOOK FAIR WEEK! The most wonderful time of the year, in my opinion. With MCAS testing right around the corner, my literacy coaching schedule was light this week, so I was able to visit many classrooms’ visits to the Book Fair to book talk as many books as possible. Look for the Reading Ambassadors’…
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Welcome back, Center School! I hope you had spectacular vacations and read lots of great books. The day before spring break, the Reading Ambassadors hosted their spirit day: “Dress up like a favorite book character.” They even created a great photobooth backdrop using pages of discarded books. So many students popped by for a snap!…
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Reading Ambassador events will be happening frequently over the last months of school. We’ve got Spirit Day this Friday, a book drive, a newspaper going to press, Community Readers, another classroom getting “bookmarked”, a red carpet awards-themed Summer Reading Assembly, and MORE. You know I’ll share updates and photos here. Can’t wait for you to…
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The next Reading Ambassadors schoolwide event is a spirit day on Friday, April 12th: Dress Up Like a Favorite Book Character! They’re also suggesting that students bring in a book donation for a classroom book swap so everyone has a new book to read over break. I’m already putting together my costume. Want a hint?…Bunny…
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My literacy coach consult booth during conferences During conferences last week, I hosted literacy coach consultations. I gathered lots of resources, information, and peppermints to entice parents to visit and chat about supporting their readers and writers. I *loved* talking with families about great early chapter books, how to access audio books for free, and…
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Waking up before sunrise to get a front row seat to hear Jason Reynolds at TCRWP’s Saturday Reunion was ABSOLUTELY worth it! What a keynote! Moving, enigmatic, funny, nostalgic, and POWERFUL. I couldn’t even take notes because I was so absorbed in his words. Words that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about since…wow.…
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The highlight of last week was the final session of the High Quality Teacher Share I led called “Making a Literacy Toolkit”. The five participants, teachers from kindergarten to fourth grade, worked on Tuesday afternoons for ten weeks on a literacy toolkit of their choosing. For our final session, we laid out our toolkits for…
A SEA OF TALK 