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Eureka Award for Nonfiction!

Howdy, teachers! A couple of months ago I shared that Finding Family was a Eureka Gold Medal winner for Excellence in Nonfiction! Whee! Thanks you so much to the California Reading Association and to the Eureka Committee. At that point, the full list of winners wasn’t available, but now it

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How Far Away Is the Moon?

The next full moon is on January 25. Invite students to view the full moon that night and think about how far away it might be. Then gather a basketball, a tennis ball, and a tape

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The Cover of My Next Picture Book

Happy 2024! I’m SO excited to show you the cover of my first 2024 picture book. It’s called Oskar’s Voyage, and it’s a rhyming adventure story about a small chipmunk who accidentally stows away on an enormous Great Lakes freighter. I’ll be sharing more about it soon, but it’s coming

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Give the Gift of Belonging

December is a rough time of year for anybody who’s feeling sad or left out. That makes it the perfect time to share We Belong, with its message of belonging and inclusivity. You could also print out this lovely mini-poster and display it, using it to jump start a discussion

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Memory Game for Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle: How Animals Get Ready for Winter

How Animals Survive Winter – a Memory Game

Brrr! Winter is well on its way here in Minnesota (some say it was on its way back in August–haha), and the animals have figured out how best to survive it. If you read Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle with your students, you can follow it up with this memory game to

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Give Sheep Some Wool!

It’s mitten season! It’s the perfect time to read If You Want to Knit Some Mittens! Illustrator Angela Matteson made some really cute activity sheets to go with If You  Want to Knit Some Mittens. Here’s a little craft project for your students! You can give Sheep some wool, just

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NCTE and a Thanksgiving Poem

One of the things I’m grateful for is that I’m going to NCTE this year! I haven’t been since 2019, and how I’ve missed it. When it had to be canceled in 2020, I was heartbroken. Not only did I miss seeing all my NCTE friends, but 3 (3!) of

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A Thankful Venn Diagram #ClassroomConnections

I can’t believe it’s time to think about Thanksgiving! This will be the first time in more than 10 years, I think, that both our daughters will be here for Thanksgiving. Maddie’s lived overseas all that time, and Annabelle was out of state some of those years too. Lots to

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Zap! Clap! Boom! at a St. Paul Saints Game

Our local minor league baseball team, the St. Paul Saints, teams up with Mackin Education all summer long with a volunteer author reading a book at every Sunday home game. One day last month, I was the Reading Tree reader, and I shared Zap! Clap! Boom! The Story of a

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