The duck says Book Summary The Duck Says is a duck who talks all the time. He talks to everyone and everything (even the boulders in the pond). He talks like a pirate. He talks to the animals. He talks…
Duncan the Story Dragon Book Summary Duncan loves a good story. Honestly, who doesn't? But being a dragon makes it harder than you would think. You see, every time Duncan gets excited or scared or shows any emotion he breathes…
Frog on a log. Oh My. This book made me laugh out loud. Why should a frog HAVE to sit on log. "Logs are all hard and uncomfortable.And they can give you splinters. Ouch!" It's a perfectly good argument, but…
Aqualicious and I have a lot in common. I love the summer. My idea of a perfect day is sitting in a beach chair with the waves touching my toes, a breeze off the ocean and a book in my…
Books to Movie Summer. You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have…Summer Slide! UGH! Everyone wants summer…teachers need it to recharge, rejuvenate and redo lessons before they start again in the fall.…
As this year is winding down, we are thinking about things to change or add for next year. One of the biggest roadblocks in reading is vocabulary. I originally posted this on Adventures in Literacy Land. I'm hoping these ideas…
Froggy Builds a Tree House and I'm so excited to join this fun Mentor Text blog link-up. You'll find a link for the participating bloggers at the bottom of my post for other fun lessons using mentor texts. I love…
Snow Dog, Go Dog and I love Tinka and his excitement about the snow. He reminds me of kindergartners...except, we all remember how long 5-year-olds actually play in the snow. As soon as they are cold, or slip in the…
Ninjas to the Rescue! Mentor Texts are an important part of comprehension. Who doesn't love a book store? Who doesn't love when the book store comes to your school? You guessed it...I got these at the Book Fair! I found…
Thanksgiving on Thursday is one my favorite Magic Tree House Books. Hello, I am excited to join in this fall blog hop. As you might know from earlier posts, I am a Magic Tree House fanatic. The fall is…
I've done several posts like this over the course of the summer. I think this is something near and dear to my heart. It is a post to teachers from the students. We don't listen to them often. I mean,…
Pete the Cat is the best. I have a very, long strange love affair with Pete. Several years ago, I saw Pete the Cat on a few blogs I followed and I didn't know who he was. SOOO...when I saw…