Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. The feature was created because The Broke and Bookish are particularly fond of lists (as are we!). Each week a new Top Ten list topic is given and bloggers can participate.
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Favorite Posts in the First Year of Unleashing Readers
For our one year anniversary, we want to share with you our favorite posts during our first year.
1. Launch Week: Our Favorites and the Blog Hop of Other Bloggers’ Favorites
In these posts, we shared our favorite books to use for: Read-Alouds, Literature Circles/Book Clubs, and Close Readings. We also included our favorite classroom library texts and all-time favorite titles.
2. Top Books for Struggling/Reluctant Middle School Readers
When Kellee switched to teaching all struggling readers, she saw a definite trend in what they read and found success sharing these books with her students. She wanted to share them with other teachers to hope they find success as well.
3. Walden Award Finalists and Walden Award Winner
As members of the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee, we were proud to share reviews of the 2013 Finalists and Winners.
4. What Being Married to a Non-Reader has Taught Me
Too often “non-readers” are put to shame and frowned upon, but many of these people read more than we do, just differently. We can learn from these “non-readers” rather than judging them.
5. Helping Our Students Achieve the Reading and Writing Flow
After reading Murray’s Write to Learn, Ricki was compelled to reflect about how this might look in the classroom.
One of the ways Kellee makes sure her students can find the books they need is by introducing them to the array of genres and format they can find within the world of books. This is the lesson she uses to teach these.
As teachers, balance often feels elusive. Ricki reflects on this struggle.
When teaching any child, if you make it fun, they are more likely to retain the information. Here are some academic games Kellee has found to be successful in her classroom.
9. 20 Moments I Will Miss With My Readers
When she decided to pursue a doctoral degree, Ricki began to reflect on the moments she would miss most.
10. Novels with Science Content and Novels with Math Content
As a person with a huge classroom library and extensive reading knowledge, Kellee is often the go-to person at her school for book advice. When a science and math teacher asked her for cross-curricular books, she decided to make it a blog post to share the list.
11. As we blow out the candles of this blog anniversary, we can’t help but add one more post beyond the top ten. After all, we need one candle for good luck and to grow on!
Our Babies’ Favorite Picture Books: Kellee and Trent (first three months) and Ricki and Henry (first six months)
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I’ll need to keep this one, to see if I missed any. Hard to believe your babies are growing up already! Enjoy the week!
It was wonderful looking back at all of the posts 🙂
And I cannot believe how much they’ve grown either! I love that you all have been there during this journey with us.
Congrats on your blogversary!
Thank you Cassie!