Category: Reading
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Things Good Readers Do: Summarize
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. We’re coming down to the last couple of blog posts in this (admittedly long) series! So far, in part 1, we’ve…
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August 2021: Recent Reads
I know, I know…I’m a week late on this! – Although some of you may not actually know my personal deadline for my recent reads posts 🙂 Truth is, I had to take a sick day from blogging – along with a couple of sick days from work. Technically I…
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Happy Birthday, Blog!
This week A Look at a Book turned one year old! 🎉 I have had so much fun this year pushing myself to write more regularly, wading more deeply into the world of blogging, and, above all, sharing my love of reading and teaching with all of you. Thank you…
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Things Good Readers Do: Make Connections
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. In the previous post of this series, I went over the strategy of visualization and how I teach it. This strategy…
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July 2021: Recent Reads
It’s mid-July and I noticed that Walmart has its school supply section ready to go. Oh boy. I saw a quote on Facebook this week that said, “Seeing back-to-school sales in July is like stepping on legos.” I agree! New teacher orientation starts in just over a week for me,…
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Things Good Readers Do: Visualize
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. In part 1 of this series, we went through some essential habits that good readers develop in their lives. In part…
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Things Good Readers Do: Predict and Question
After a few weeks’ hiatus, we’re back with the second part of the Things Good Readers Do series! Hopefully the timing of this post (and others) will be right on target for teachers who are doing some research over the summer on how to more explicitly target strategies when teaching…
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11 Books for a Mid-Year Refocus on Your Goals
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. It’s the end of June which means we’re halfway through the year. In Atomic Habits, the author, James Clear, states that…
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Fables, Folklore, and Fairy Tales: 10 Delightful Retellings for Kids and Adults
We’re in the midst of a “fractured fairy tale” unit in 4th grade ELA right now (last unit of the year!). How appropriate that today I’m bringing you a list of some favorite fairy tale and folk tale retellings! Some of these titles are childhood favorites of mine, while others…
