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The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country by Howard Fineman. I haven’t read the book but it is on my Shelfari list. I plan on getting to it, really. Sometime . . . soon. For sure before winter break. It looks like a great book and I’ve heard good things, so I’m all over it. The bad news? The book’s ...

Using Pringles to teach engineering skills?  That’s what Mr. Salsich’s elementary class did when they had to figure out a way to mail a single Pringle a long distance without breaking the chip.  The cool science experiment is documented on their Edublog archive.  Find a cooperating class in another city, state or country and then try ...

Read Print is an interesting site that is ideal for library and reading teachers/students. This is a site that contains 1000's of free online, book, poems, and resources for anyone to use. Give Read Print a try by clicking here!!

No. I haven’t read it. Yes. I’ve heard all about it. Both my teenage daughter and wife are deep into the third book of the Hunger Games trilogy and, right now, series heroine Katniss rules the roost in our house. Inspired by the “blurring” between reality television and Iraq war coverage as well as the Greek Theseus myth, author Suzanne ...

Creating a book box or book basket is an easy way to help children learn names of common objects, understand the sequence of events in the book being read, increase language (both receptive- what is understood and expressive- what it used) and also provide props for some simple dramatic play involving the story!  This is something that could ...

Book Lamp is a wonderful new (beta) site that is very similar to Book Seer or Your Next Read. This is a site where a user must register first before they can use the service. Once logged in a person can browse for a author or book and then watch as their results come up in real time. Book Lamp then recommends which books should next be on your ...

Ahh the night before the first day of kids.... Is it crazy, that- despite being ready, having my clothes picked out, my lunch packed, coffee money in wallet, and my alarm set - on the night before my 9th year of teaching I still know I won't be able to sleep?  This year, since we had Back to School Night BEFORE the year began, I even have ...

Just got word that Kaplan is giving away free iBooks through Monday. Visit Kaplan's page on iTunes and download away. www.kaplanpublishing.com/iTunes One of my facebook friends confirmed that it works so enjoy!

I spent the day with the other pre-k teachers in my district (by the way, how DO you spell pre-k?  Pre-K?  PreK?  Anyway.) and it was great to see everyone.  Ali (the former special ed teacher who worked in my room for four years but now has her own pre-k classroom) was there, so I sat next to her, of course.  Miss Slinger was there, and it turns ...

Today’s New York Times Book Review has an essay about young adult novels, and the actual adults who love them.  There is a high-falutin’ book group in Manhattan called Kidlit which includes many literary luminaries, and one woman who stood up at the end of the first meeting (about The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, where Turkish delight was ...