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VerseDay: A Valentine Gift for You
Happy Valentine’s Day! I’m not one for jewelry and fancy dinners. But I am a big fan of books. On one of my first Valentine’s Days with my husband, I asked him for a gigantic print dictionary. He was leery. I was thrilled! So my Valentine gift to you…
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Mentor Text Lesson and Guest Post Links: Wisdom by Darcy Pattison
Do you want to know more about mentor texts? I have two articles that came out today as guest blog posts and a mentor text lesson plan. An Article about Mentor Texts for Writers: Mentor Texts: Market Your Book to Teachers on Darcy Pattison’s Fiction Notes An Article about…
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Mentor Text Lesson: Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner
By day, I’m a teacher. The thing I love to teach the most is writing (no surprise there). I love using mentor texts–really awesome literature to serve as a model for student writing. In the next few months, there will be more to come on mentor texts including some…
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What’s New in 2014
January is an exciting time—a time for new things. So on this blog, there will be some new things rolling out in 2014. Here are some of the things I have planned. For Teachers Teacher Useletter I am introducing my useletter for teachers. I will include links to things…
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Mentor Texts
I have updated my teacher page. Right now, I’m featuring mentor text links and resources. But it’s not just for teachers, it’s also for writers. I’m working on an article for a publication on this very topic, but I want writers of children’s books to know that teachers need…
