Katie Cunningham
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Books Can Give Kids a Sense of Belonging. Share These Titles and Set the Tone for a New School Year.
Back to school selections, including picture books and middle grade graphic novels and realistic fiction, with related activities from “The Classroom Bookshelf.”
Teaching Ideas for "New Kid" by Jerry Craft
Offering hope for a more socially conscious, kinder tomorrow, New Kid should be required reading for every middle schooler before the start of every school year. The latest lesson plan from "The Classroom Bookshelf."
The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-To Poems | Lesson Plan
Rooted in childhood wonderings, The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-To Poems takes the how-to genre to new imaginative heights with sensitivity and humor.
How To Read Mindfully: 7 Strategies for Elementary Students
Teaching ideas to build a socially and emotionally strong classroom with books.
Teaching Ideas for Bloom Boom!
Using Children’s Literature To Support SEL in the Elementary Classroom
Our brains are neurologically hardwired for stories, and a story-rich life is one key to building strong social-emotional learning skills.
'Sea Bear, A Journey for Survival,' a Lesson Plan
Teaching with 2019 Caldecott Winner "Hello Lighthouse"
A lesson plan for Sophie Blackall's award-winning picture book.
Teaching Ideas for 'Fox+Chick and Other Stories'
Lessons for the classroom and library based on 2019 Geisel Honor book Fox+Chick and Other Stories by Sergio Ruzzier, from a critical literacy exercise on unlikely friendships and reader's theater to Fox+Chick as mentor text.