- The importance of children's literature is more than just a source of entertainment; it has numerous advantages:
- fostering imagination,
- building empathy,
- improving vocabulary, and
- enhancing comprehension skills.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Bellinger's Children's Literature Lesson
Monday, April 22, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Colorado Children's Book Award Results
COLORADO CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD
Sponsored by CCIRA: Empowering Literacy Educators
2024 Picture Book Winner
Creepy Crayon!
By Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown
2024 Picture Book Runner-Up
Knight Owl
By Christopher Denise
2024 Junior Book Winner
The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire #13)
by Tui T. Sutherland
2024 Junior Book Runner-Up
Iceberg
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
6th Grade Scams and Schemes
- Understand and practice the basics of safe use of the Internet
- Practice safe handling of personal information online
- Defend against SPAM, Phishing, and other digital scams/solicitations in email and other social media
Friday, March 1, 2024
CMAS Prep Grades 3-5
Learning.com test preparation includes practice in the test-taking skills:
- typing accuracy and proficiency
- text features, pie charts, line charts
- reading for directions
- proofreading
-working in a variety of testing formats (essays, drag and drop, matching)
-nonfiction reading, fact vs. opinion
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Colorado Children's Book Award Nominees 2024
Picture Books
Creepy Crayon - 133
Those Are Not My Underpants - 81
I Don’t Want to Read This Book -69
Swim Jim - 69
Knight Owl -53
When Things Don’t Go Right Go Left - 54
Except Antarctica 31
Frankenslime - 31
Lou -25
Dragons are the Worst 20
Chapter Books
Frizzy - 44
Diary of a Pug - 40
Poison Jungle - 34
Flamingo - 33
Marshmallow and Jordan - 30
Investigators - 26
Iceberg - 26
Starfish -22
Things Seen From Above - 13
Amari and The Night Visitors - 9