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Explore the Power of a Single Word in Dictionary for a Better World

Explore the Power of a Single Word in Dictionary for a Better World

Grace Enriquez | Blogs,  Dec 14, 2020

The power of the single word holds center stage in this creative collaboration by renowned children’s poets Irene Latham and Charles Waters. In Dictionary for a Better World, Latham and Waters spotlight words that work to promote understanding, empathy, equity, peace, and social justice.

The post Explore the Power of a Single Word in Dictionary for a Better World appeared first on The Classroom Bookshelf.

Navigating Family, Middle School, and the Universe in We Dream of Space

Navigating Family, Middle School, and the Universe in We Dream of Space

Grace Enriquez | Blogs,  Nov 02, 2020

Set in January 1986 against the countdown to the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger, this coming-of-age novel by Newbery Award-winning author Erin Entrada Kelly tells the story of a family searching for something to bring their orbits into alignment with their dreams and with one another before disaster strikes.

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Connecting Home and Heart with The Blue House

Connecting Home and Heart with The Blue House

Grace Enriquez | Blogs,  Oct 06, 2020

A beautiful commentary on what “home” is, Phoebe Wahl's The Blue House offers much for your students to discuss and discover.

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Harnessing Our Wonderings for How to Best Use Children’s Literature to Support Students This Year

Harnessing Our Wonderings for How to Best Use Children’s Literature to Support Students This Year

Grace Enriquez | Blogs,  Sep 04, 2020

In this post, we share the questions we are grappling with and how we are beginning to come to some answers. We also invite you to share your questions or answers with us in the comments section so that we can tailor our posts this year to sharing books, resources, and teaching ideas that support what you and your students need.
Spring 2020 Children’s and Young Adult Book Awards

Spring 2020 Children’s and Young Adult Book Awards

Grace Enriquez | Blogs,  May 28, 2020

In this entry, we provide links to the books that we blogged about over the last year that have won recent awards and honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature. We invite you to explore our previously written blog entries for these winners and honor books.
Teaching Children about the Coronavirus

Teaching Children about the Coronavirus

Grace Enriquez | Blogs,  May 14, 2020

Written with a gentle, conversational, but nonetheless straightforward approach, this book engages young readers in a dialogue about the pandemic that has interrupted life as many of them know it.
Pursuing Meaningful, Authentic, Student-Centered Writing During Precarious Times

Pursuing Meaningful, Authentic, Student-Centered Writing During Precarious Times

Grace Enriquez | Blogs,  Apr 17, 2020

As educators and schools transition to emergency remote teaching, we all know that so much of what makes for effective teaching can’t be fully replicated online with the limitations of social distance and city lockdowns. While we may have district mandates and community expectations to provide standards- and skills-based instruction, we also hope this is a chance for all of us--teachers, administrators, and teacher educators--to re-think what meaningful, engaging learning really involves.
Words that Resonate and the Power of Speech: Strong Voices

Words that Resonate and the Power of Speech: Strong Voices

Grace Enriquez | Blogs,  Mar 09, 2020

What does America stand for? In Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing, award-winning author Tonya Bolden researched and curated the words from distinguished addresses across America’s history to provide an answer.
2020 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Winner: Dancing Hands

2020 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Winner: Dancing Hands

Grace Enriquez | Blogs,  Feb 17, 2020

Winner of the 2020 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award, Dancing Hands tells the extraordinary tale of a young Venezuelan girl whose musical talents helped people find respite amidst the tumult of life.
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