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THis is AWESOME! WHat I love about it is the use of digital literacy. I think it's a great example of the kind of stuff that we could be teaching kids how to do to share the information they learn. WIth regard to teaching reading and writing, I see possibilities for teaching point of view and subtle persuasion. Lots of potential. Very powerful. How's that for a new kind of report? It requires analysis and synthesis of information. That's what we need to be teaching kids!

Definitely check this out. I am going to be posting it on the website because I think it has lots of teaching possibilities embodied in it.

Interesting...I wish it were longer. This would be good for part of a morning meeting or when they write about their favorite and least favorite color. I wonder if there is more research on the origin of names,,,

Summary of report about why kids need to be proficient in reading by end of 3rd grade

Fabulous book recommendation site for kids!

If your kids read and love Roald Dahl, check out this website.

If you teach kids who are fans of The Hunger Games, they will appreciate this video featuring the author Suzanne Collins as she talks about her upcoming book Mockingjay

Blog for teachers--this post is especially for primary teachers. Look what these kids are doing. Their learning is so interactive!

Mo Willems demonstrates how to draw cat the cat using numbers and letter. Short but sure to be loved by kids.

Good tips on things to keep handy during guided reading. Especially like the browsing boxes of books recently read for kids to access when they finish the day's reading.

Another potentially great publishing tool for kids' writing. This video will walk you through it.

Interesting. It seems intuitive to me that if kids aren't reading that we should give them an entree by valuing their choices but lots of people need studies to believe in it.

About book ladders and helping older kids make text to text connections. Have you read Teri Lesesne's book? It's a good one.

Gotta check this book out. Kids love funny books.

LOVE This, if you're teaching/launching writing notebooks, this would be a fun thing to pick and choose from to share with kids. Cool.

Great website that could be used with kids to help teach the process involved in writing and publishing a story.

Love this Sesame Street video! Helps me think about how to teach vocabulary, inferring, Wouldn't this be a cool vocabulary project? Start creating databases of word videos produced by kids...

Kids haven't changed, kindergarten has Strong case for teaching what is developmentally appropriate

Awesome article on what the research says about motivating kids to read. Good stuff.

Video of kids sharing favorite titles in attempt to find reading partner

News article from Springfield Missippi paper about the importance of parents reading to their children

Librarian blogger presents resources (book trailers) that help get kids ready to read The Invention of Hugo Cabret