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Sorry for the quiet on the Ms. Fitz Has Read front – what a crazy month May is for teachers! But even though I’ve been silent over here, I’ve been reading furiously behind the scenes. I’m happy to share that in May, I beat my goal of reading 100 books by the end of the […]
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Looking for something great to read this summer? Read on to find out the books that 5th grade says were the best of the 2017-2018 school year! Pernille Ripp, teacher and literature specialist extraordinaire, is generous enough to share her amazing ideas on social media. I’m constantly inspired by her blog posts, Instagram, and Twitter […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram On the night she should be swaying under the crepe-paper streamers at her homecoming dance, Grace is instead saying goodbye to her newborn daughter as she is whisked away in her adoptive parents’ arms. Thirty […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram What is it like to grow up in a sea of Russian nationalist propaganda? We all like to think that we have a clear picture of right and wrong and would inherently know to stand […]
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In case you’re new here, I should probably fill you in: I love graphic novels. Like, a lot. I love the way that the creative format allows authors artists to tell their stories in such a wide variety of ways. I love the way that the artwork puts so much of the responsibility in the […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram One of the best pen-pal novels I’ve read yet. Meena and River choose each other’s names randomly in a school penpal program, and have no idea what their correspondence will turn into. Her Indian family […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Sharon Draper’s Out of My Mind is so beloved, there’s nothing new that I can say about it here. I’ve been waiting for what feels like years to read this novel, but I’m not exaggerating […]
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March’s update went out the window with Spring Break, but I’m back for our beginning of April check-in! As of this morning, I have read 66 books this year. I’m feeling good about that number and my progress toward my student challenge of 100 books by the end of the school year. I know that […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram One year after Obayda’s father loses his leg in a market bombing in Kabul, she thinks that her life has changed as much as it possibly can. Her family had to leave their home to […]
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Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram With its mix of text and detailed illustrations, this book is great for students just learning to read graphic novels because it forces them to slow down and read carefully. Just like reading traditional novels, […]
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