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Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis by Jabari Asim

By On June 7, 2017 · 3 Comments · In Biography/Autobiography/Memoir, Cause/Effect, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Inquiry, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Multicultural, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday, Picture Book, Read Aloud, Theme
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Nonfiction Wednesday

Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday is hosted by Kid Lit Frenzy and was started to help promote the reading of nonfiction texts. Most Wednesdays, we will be participating and will review a nonfiction text (though it may not always be a picture book).
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Teaching Guide for Ada’s Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World’s First Computer Programmer by Fiona Robinson

By On March 29, 2017 · 5 Comments · In Asking Questions, Biography/Autobiography/Memoir, Cause/Effect, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Compare/Contrast, Inferring, Inquiry, Making Connections, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday, Picture Book, Read Aloud, Text Features, Vocabulary/Vocabulary Development
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Nonfiction Wednesday

Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday is hosted by Kid Lit Frenzy and was started to help promote the reading of nonfiction texts. Most Wednesdays, we will be participating and will review a nonfiction text (though it may not always be a picture book).
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Stand Up and Sing!: Pete Seeger, Folk Music, and the Path to Justice by Susanna Reich

By On March 15, 2017 · 3 Comments · In Biography/Autobiography/Memoir, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Making Connections, Multicultural, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday, Picture Book, Read Aloud, Theme
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Nonfiction Wednesday

Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday is hosted by Kid Lit Frenzy and was started to help promote the reading of nonfiction texts. Most Wednesdays, we will be participating and will review a nonfiction text (though it may not always be a picture book).
[…]

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The March Against Fear: The Last Great Walk of the Civil Rights Movement and the Emergence of Black Power by Ann Bausum

By On February 22, 2017 · 6 Comments · In Asking Questions, Background Knowledge, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Making Connections, Multicultural, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday, Novel, Text Features
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Nonfiction Wednesday

Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday is hosted by Kid Lit Frenzy and was started to help promote the reading of nonfiction texts. Most Wednesdays, we will be participating and will review a nonfiction text (though it may not always be a picture book).
[…]

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Blog Tour with Review!: Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights by Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace

By On September 21, 2016 · 2 Comments · In Background Knowledge, Biography/Autobiography/Memoir, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Informational Nonfiction, Inquiry, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Multicultural, Text Features, Text Structure
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Nonfiction Wednesday

Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday is hosted by Kid Lit Frenzy and was started to help promote the reading of nonfiction texts. Most Wednesdays, we will be participating and will review a nonfiction text (though it may not always be a picture book).
[…]

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Candlewick Nonfiction Picture Books: Who’s Like Me? by Nicola Davies; Can We Help? by George Ancona; Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend by Calvin Alexander Ramsey & Bettye Stroud; and The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower by P.J. Lynch

By On June 8, 2016 · 3 Comments · In Asking Questions, Background Knowledge, Cause/Effect, Classroom Library Buy, Compare/Contrast, Informational Nonfiction, Inquiry, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Multicultural, Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday, Picture Book, Point of View, Read Aloud, Reflection, Theme
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Nonfiction Wednesday

Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday is hosted by Kid Lit Frenzy and was started to help promote the reading of nonfiction texts. Most Wednesdays, we will be participating and will review a nonfiction text (though it may not always be a picture book).
[…]

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Text Sets for Teachers: Prejudice: Is It Something We Can Control?

By On December 18, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In LGBTQ, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Multicultural, Teaching, Theme
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Prejudice: Is It Something We Can Control?
Text Set for Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
created by Brenna Conrad

I will be working with an 11A class studying British Literature. In class, we will be reading Frankenstein and Pride and Prejudice. At first, I […]

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