Happy Halloween from Schu!

Happy Halloween! Here are some of my favorite stories to share on or around Halloween…

 

My favorite!

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The Alphabet from A to Y…

 
I go to Anderson’s Bookshop (Naperville) every Tuesday to check out the new releases. Tonight when I found  The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z among the new releases I thought, “Oh, no! Yet another celebrity children’s book.” However, I left with my own copy because of the alliterative sentences and colorful illustrations! [...]

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Allergic to Halloween

This is why I am giving out Play-doh and cans of Jones soda!
October 30, 2007

BY JIM RITTER jritter@suntimes.com

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In 2017, libraries will be…

In 2017, libraries will be… 89, originally uploaded by aliallovic.

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Yoga at school?

 
Less Homework, More Yoga, From a Principal Who Hates Stress
By SARA RIMER
NEEDHAM, Mass. — It was 6:30 p.m. The lights were still on at Needham High School, here in the affluent Boston suburbs. Paul Richards, the principal, was meeting with the Stress Reduction Committee.
On the agenda: finding the right time to bring in experts to [...]

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Banned Books

Too bad I did not post this for Banned Books week…:(

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Planet Esme

Esme Codell, author and certified Readilogist, manages a wonderful website full of quality recommendations. I have known about this site for a few years but just discovered that she has a blog that opens with this message: Welcome to the Wonderful World of PlanetEsme! I hope this book-a-day plan will be a boon to anyone [...]

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Diary of a Fly

 
 Today I FINALLY bought the third and final book in the “Diary” series, Diary of a Fly. Fly is always trying to get away from her 327 siblings and runs into even more problems when it comes to a science assignment. Diary teaches educational facts about flies through humor and visual jokes. Harry Bliss always brings such [...]

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Chester

This book is just too cute!   I recommend it for ages 4 through third grade. I plan to use it to demonstrate organization and voice. I’m sure some awards will soon cover the ”Place award here.”
 

 
 
Chester is more than a picture book. It is a story told, and retold, by dueling author-illustrators.Mélanie Watt starts out [...]

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One Laptop Per Child

 
I found this great idea on Cindythelibrarian’s blog.
Great Christmas Gift Idea «
Here’s a great Christmas gift for two children: for $399 you can buy two very special laptops, one to be sent to a child in a developing country, one to be shipped to you in time for Christmas. These laptops are specially designed for [...]

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School Silence Creates Noise

I knew that this would create HUGE debates. My school takes 35 seconds for ‘reflection.’

School Silence Creates Big Fuss
By Tara Malone | Tribune staff reporter October 26, 2007 Dawn Sherman and her father, atheist and activist Rob Sherman, contend the law providing for “silent prayer or for silent reflection on the anticipated activities of [...]

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Gary Paulsen wins Tribune book prize

Gary Paulsen spoke at the Harold Washington library yesterday. My friend, Donna, attended and said he was amazing and kind.  He grabbed her hand when she told him that she used to teach in the some of the most remote parts of Alaska. The best line in the article is when Gary says, “I am [...]

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Conversation with Steven Abram

                                             (found on Dr. Stephen’s blog www.tametheweb.com)

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Piggie Pie

Piggie Pie is over ten years old but is still one of my favorite Halloween picture books.  It is not your average Halloween story.  When I read it to my third graders last week, we smiled and laughed as  Gritch the witch underwent one funny act after another. The beautiful illustrations and awesome alliteration lent themselves to interesting discussions.  Piggie Pie is my number one Halloween [...]

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