Literature Connections
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Nonfiction Checkup
Posted by Diane Badden on 05 Jan 2012 | Posted in: Literature Connections, Teachers and Teaching
Good morning, y'all! Got a quick question for you. (Read more at the blog!)
Caught in the Act!
Posted by Diane Badden on 30 Sep 2011 | Posted in: Literature Connections, The Mailbox
Every member of our family at The Mailbox strives to make an increasingly significant difference in the quality of learning of children. (Read more at the Blog!)
Trip, Trap, Trip, Trap!
Posted by Diane Badden on 16 Sep 2011 | Posted in: Literature Connections, Teachers and Teaching
When I hear the phrase “trip, trap,” images from The Three Billy Goats Gruff pop into my head: a wooden bridge, a snappish troll, a lush green pasture, and a goat family of three. (Read more at the Blog!)
Family Literacy Events
Posted by Diane Badden on 14 Sep 2011 | Posted in: Literature Connections, Teachers and Teaching
Will your school have a family literacy event this school year? (Read more at the Blog!)
From Blueberries to Classics
Posted by Diane Badden on 15 Jul 2011 | Posted in: Holiday and Seasonal, Literature Connections, Teachers and Teaching
Did you know July is National Blueberry Month? Yum! (Read more at the Blog!)
April Reading
Posted by Diane Badden on 13 Apr 2011 | Posted in: Literature Connections
I’m curious! Do you have a favorite read-aloud for the month of April?
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Old Classics and New Favorites
Posted by Kim Murphy on 20 Oct 2009 | Posted in: Kindergarten, Literature Connections, Preschool, The Mailbox
Have you ever read Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak? Why, of course you have! It’s a classic! I always try to tuck classics into The Mailbox® magazine because you undoubtedly have them in your classroom. You know them well, and you have probably built units around these deservedly popular books. Of course, I also enjoy tucking more recent books into the magazine---ones that may, with time, become classics as well.
Coming Soon to a Theater Near You…
Posted by Hope Spencer on 28 Sep 2009 | Posted in: Grade 1, Grades 2-3, Literature Connections, Teacher's Helper, The Mailbox, The Mailbox Books
Hollywood is at it again! This time they have chosen to make a screen adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. I'll admit it: I cannot wait to see what the moviemakers do with this rollicking story. I have wonderful memories of Max and his wild pals. My mom read this story to me again and again. I read it to my younger brother and then, years later, shared it with my students. This is one you just can't keep to yourself!
Let’s Go to the Movies!
Posted by Hope Spencer on 02 Sep 2009 | Posted in: Literature Connections, Planning and Curriculum, Teacher's Helper
I love it when Hollywood takes a great kids' book and makes it into a movie. Now don't get me wrong; they don't always make the movie the way I would like. But they usually get kids interested in the book. Anything that gets a child interested in reading is all right with me.
