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Mary Ann Cappiello, October 1, 2012 | Classroom & Curricular Ideas
This week, we celebrate the publication of Mary Ann and Erika’s book, Teaching with Text Sets. We wrote Teaching with Text Sets because we have witnessed the power of children’s literature to engage students, inspire deep content exploration, and differentiate instruction. We’ve also seen the potential for digital multimodal texts, like the kinds we regularly […]
Denise Davila, April 19, 2022 | Announcements, Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Uncategorized
Written primarily in rhyming couplets and iambic pentameter, The Tantrum that Saved the World centers on a young child who decides to do something about climate change. Just in time for Earth Day, in the classroom this engaging picture book offers an action plan to help students, families, and communities to work together in preserving the planet for future generations.
Erika Thulin Dawes, April 12, 2022 | Poetry Picture Books, Uncategorized
What is a wonder walk, you wonder? For the two children featured in Micha Archer’s Caldecott Honor winning picturebook it is a journey of inquiry through the wonders of the world around them, a ramble through fields, forests, valley, and shoreline. Perfect for Earth Day celebrations, Wonder Walkers is a wondrous poetic tribute to the relationship between young explorers, their curiosity and questions, and nature.
Mary Ann Cappiello, March 1, 2022 | Announcements, Fictionalized Biography, Nonfiction
Nelson’s fictionalized verse provides insight and access to the extraordinary life of an incredible artist and teacher, and offers readers of all ages with an example of artistry, agency, perseverance, and self-determination.
Mary Ann Cappiello, June 7, 2021 | Biography & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction
Rich for thinking about the scientific process, the nature of inquiry, the people behind our public policy, and the nature of biographical writing with living subjects, Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America’s Doctor offers teachers, librarians, families, and the children in their care much to explore.
Erika Thulin Dawes, May 11, 2021 | Announcements, Classroom & Curricular Ideas
This week, we’re announcing the publication of Mary Ann and Erika’s book, Text Sets in Action: Pathways Through Content Area Literacy. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that text sets are a primary tool that we recommend in a literature-based curriculum. In this blog entry, we revisit some examples of text sets in action in previous blog entries, showcasing the potential of the instructional models to differentiate and deepen students’ learning and as a vehicle to explore multiple perspectives and develop critical literacies.
Mary Ann Cappiello, October 22, 2019 | Announcements, Poetry, Poetry Picture Books, Verse Novels
It is the power of the poem that we turn our attention to this week. In particular, we highlight Kwame Alexander’s powerful and prodigious body of work.
Erika Thulin Dawes, January 22, 2019 | Fiction, Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela thinks her name is too long - when she tries to write it, she needs to add an extension piece of paper in order to fit it on a single page. With the support of her father’s family stories, she comes to see how her name is actually the perfect fit for her, celebrating her both her connectedness and her uniqueness.
Mary Ann Cappiello, January 13, 2019 | Announcements, Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books
This book is a welcome invitation to all of us to model civility and forgiveness in our communities, without waiting for our elected officials.
Erika Thulin Dawes, November 17, 2014 | Classroom & Curricular Ideas
Teaching to Complexity: A Framework to Evaluate Literary and Content-Area TextsWritten by Mary Ann Cappiello and Erika Thulin Dawes Published by Shell Education, 2014 ISBN: 9781425814601 This week, we celebrate the publication of Erika and Mary Ann’s new book, Teaching to Complexity: A Framework to Evaluate Literary and Content-Area Texts. As we write in our […]
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