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Interview with Jennie Fitzkee from “A Teacher’s Reflections” — Esme Salon

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Jennie

Get your cup of coffee, then meet Jennie from A Teacher’s Reflections and enjoy the Interview with Jennie Fitzkee from “A Teacher’s Reflections” All about your BLOG: Tell us about you lovely BLOG. 37 more words via Interview with Jennie Fitzkee … Continue reading →

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A Guest Post for the ULS, The Underground Library Society, by Jennie Fitzkee

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Jennie

Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing:
Thank you to Jennie Fitzkee for her guest post for the U.L.S., the Underground Library Society. She deals with a book that is easily misunderstood as being racist, and she details…

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Wednesday Bedtime Reading

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Jennie

Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
It has been a terrible, horrible, no good very bad day! Judith Viorst But! Tomorrow will be better. Kevin Henkes

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E.B. White, A Personal Invitation, and Charlotte’s Web

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Jennie

I read aloud every day in my classroom, and weekly at the library.  Picture books are a mainstay, yet reading aloud chapter books can move the world.  Are you surprised?  Don’t be.  Thirty years of reading Charlotte’s Web is proof, … Continue reading →

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Add a sprinkle of glitter to make your day sparkle

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Jennie

Originally posted on Norah Colvin:
Children love to create artworks using pencils, crayons, paints and anything they can stick to a surface using glue. With access to a variety of materials, they can be absorbed for hours creating their masterpieces.…

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Quotations on Books

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Jennie

Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing:
(https://pixabay.com) “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”                                                                 Marcus Tullius Cicero ? (https://commons.wikimedia.org) “Books are the mirrors of the soul.”                                                                 Virginia Woolf (https://en.wikipedia.org) “I don’t…

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Quotations on Thinking

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Jennie

Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing:
(https://pixabay.com) “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”                                                                         Albert Einstein (https://pixabay.com) “Judge a man by his…

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Wonder

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Jennie

Mitch Teemley “Wisdom begins in wonder.” ~Socrates View original post

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Quotations on Imagination

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Jennie

Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing:
(https://pixabay.com) (https://en.wikipedia.org) “There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.”                                                                              G. K. Chesterton ? (https://pixabay.com) “Love what you do and do what you love. Don’t listen…

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Yes

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Jennie

Originally posted on Adventures and Musings of an Arch Druidess:
Adventures and Musings of an Arch Druidess View original post

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