by Stephanie Bearce Years ago if a child asked a teacher the meaning of a word, the teacher’s automatic answer was “Look it up in the dictionary.” Now the temptation is to say “Google it.” The internet is here to stay and with it comes a plethora of information sites, access to online magazines, eBooks, [...]
July 17, 2012
6 NonFiction Children’s Book Awards–Finding NonFiction Texts for Common Core
I was at an inservice session today and someone said, “All the nonfiction books for kids are badly written.” What? I was shocked. That’s because there are so many great lists of excellent nonfiction books. But I suddenly realized that these awards lists aren’t very well known. You may know the Newbery award or the [...]
