It’s been snowing here, on and off, for about 48 hours. We only have a dusting, but the kids and I have been hoping for a snow day soon. I stumbled on this Billy Collins poem and love it!
Snow Day
by Billy Collins
Today we woke up to a revolution of snow,
its white flag waving over everything,
the [...]
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Margaret Peterson Haddix’s Shadow Children series is extremely popular in my classes this year. I try to pick up all the Haddix books that I can, as they seem to hook many reluctant readers. When I saw that Scholastic was offering “Running Out of Time” last month, I picked it up without knowing much about [...]
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