I am sharing a simple presentation about President's Day this week. As part of it we are watching 2 short movies from history.com. You CAN access history.com from school without problems and they have a ton of short clips full of great info about history. We are watching the "White House deconstructed" and one about George Washington as well.

Check it out at http://www.history.com

Saw this cute idea to make paperclip bookmark. I plan to give them out for my Valentine cards. I'm clipping them onto a note with the quote "There is no friend as loyal as a book" ~Ernest Hemingway ... but you come awfully close! Happy Valentine's Day

Peggy Sharp Workshop

I did not get to attend the Peggy Sharp Workshop this year, but I did purchase the audio program and book. She mentioned something that I thought was worth repeating...

"Children want/need to choose their own books to read."

According to a survey conducted by Scholastic, 90% of readers were more likely to finish a book if it was one that they picked out themselves. We need to introduce them to different types of books, but we need to let them select the ones they read. That includes letting the upper grade students select picture books if they choose.

Did anyone else gain added insight from Peggy?? Any thoughts/ideas come to you that you would like to share? Please share... =)