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    LitLinks: Engage kids by tapping into their love of wildlife

    LitLinks: Engage kids by tapping into their love of wildlife

    Jul 24, 2024

    BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Kids and wildlife go together like milk and cookies. Whether the animals...

    LitLinks: How to teach leveled haiku and explore creative applications

    LitLinks: How to teach leveled haiku and explore creative applications

    Jul 17, 2024

    GUEST BLOGGER DANNA SMITH Students will learn how to compose haiku through tutorials that are...

    LitLinks: Children love nonfiction. Let’s give them what they want.

    LitLinks: Children love nonfiction. Let’s give them what they want.

    Jul 10, 2024

    BY PATRICIA NEWMAN I presented a session on children’s nonfiction at the American Library Association’s...

    LitLinks: How to connect STEM observations with language arts through nature journaling

    LitLinks: How to connect STEM observations with language arts through nature journaling

    Jul 3, 2024

    GUEST BLOGGER JESSICA STREMER When you step outside, there’s a good chance you’ll hear or...

    LitLinks: How to teach science and poetry, the perfect partnership

    LitLinks: How to teach science and poetry, the perfect partnership

    Jun 26, 2024

    GUEST BLOGGER RANDI SONENSHINE Symbiotically speaking Though the connection may not seem obvious at first,...

    LitLinks: 4 ways to teach Emperor penguins across your curriculum

    LitLinks: 4 ways to teach Emperor penguins across your curriculum

    Jun 19, 2024

    GUEST BLOGGER DEBORAH LEE ROSE In PENGUINS READY TO GO, GO, GO! discover how the...

    LitLinks: Compare and contrast to understand connection

    LitLinks: Compare and contrast to understand connection

    Jun 12, 2024

    GUEST BLOGGER LYDIA LUKIDIS Why compare and contrast? Compare and contrast is an excellent device...

    LitLinks: Let’s compare & contrast how we stack up against a giraffe

    LitLinks: Let’s compare & contrast how we stack up against a giraffe

    Jun 5, 2024

    GUEST BLOGGER STEPHEN R. SWINBURNE Giraffes are the animal kingdom’s most beloved gentle giant and...

    LitLinks: How to explore Fibonacci numbers with flowers

    LitLinks: How to explore Fibonacci numbers with flowers

    May 29, 2024

    GUEST BLOGGER ERIN DEALEY The inspiration for JUST FLOWERS came from my newly discovered joy...

    LitLinks: How to add homophone word play to your lessons

    LitLinks: How to add homophone word play to your lessons

    May 22, 2024

    GUEST BLOGGER CANDY WELLINS Showing students how to add word play to their stories will...

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      • Planet Ocean
      • Eavesdropping on Elephants
      • Neema’s Reason To Smile
      • Zoo Scientists to the Rescue
      • Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem
      • Plastic, Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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      • Jingle the Brass
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