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Middle School Monday: Robotics
My students have a more than passing interest in robotics. It’s understandable, considering the number of after school activities we have that involve robotics and engineering. We’re a STEM school, located on the campus of a state university which largely produces engineers of one type or another. In order to meet the growing levels of […]
Friday Finds: April 30, 2016
Want to win an ARC of The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater? Comment on this post for a chance to win. Last week’s winner is Bailey! Please email me your address at robinreads@bellsouth.net. This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Teens Don’t Read Anymore Book Review: The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith, reviewed […]
Middle School Monday – Series that Hit the Spot
There is a certain type of book that just fits middle school readers. If you work with this age group, you know what I’m talking about. While most of my sixth grade students will still gladly pick up middle grade novels, many of them as well as most of my seventh and eighth grade students […]
Friday Finds: April 22, 2016
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: They Don’t Care About Your Test Scores, They Are Just Trying to Survive Middle School Monday: Django Wexler guest post Book Review: The Awakening of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie, reviewed by teen reviewer Lexi #MHYALit: Shattered Illusions: Growing up with a Bipolar Father, a guest post by Kim […]
Middle School Monday: Django Wexler guest post
Today, author Django Wexler joins us to talk about some of his middle school experiences and how he would handle the challenges his main character faces: From the point of view of my later life, two important things happened in middle school. The first was that I started playing D&D with a […]
Friday Finds: April 15, 2016
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: What if Best Friends Aren’t Forever? Mental Health in YA Lit Chat for #ReadYALit Middle School Monday: Curiosity House: The Screaming Statue by Lauren Oliver #MHYALit: Nineteen Years of Living, a guest post by Shaun David Hutchinson Book Review: ’89 Walls by Katie Pierson Video Games Weekly: Street Fighter […]
Middle School Monday: Curiosity House: The Screaming Statue by Lauren Oliver
Sam, Max, Pippa, and Thomas are back for another mystery with Curiosity House: The Screaming Statue. Dumfrey’s Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders is again in serious financial straights, but Mr. Dumfrey has an idea for an exhibit that will draw crowds – a lifelike display of the latest society scandal, the murder of […]
Friday Finds: April 8, 2016
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Yes, I Talk to My Teenager About Sex (Sexual Assault Awareness Month) #MHYALit: On Medication, a guest post by author Emery Lord Middle School Monday: Keep Your Eyes Peeled #MHYALit: Fight the Stigma, Ask for Help, a guest post by Heather Marie TPiB: MakerSpace Poetry Video Games Weekly: Pokken […]
Middle School Monday: Keep Your Eyes Peeled
There are a lot of great books publishing soon – here are a few I am eagerly anticipating: “In a city divided between opulent luxury in the Light and fierce privations in the Dark, a determined young woman survives by guarding her secrets. Lucie Manette was born in the Dark half of the city, but […]
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