Educator Melody McAllister writes about her bookchat with Author and Educator Hedreich Nichols, M.Ed. and her newest book, Finding Your Blind Spots.
Category: Book Review
Spooky Stories & Creative Writing
Educator, Melody McAllister, shares reading and writing activities to follow up two spooky short stories read by author, Jeff Szpirglas.
Four Books that Include & Engage Learners
Educator, Melody McAllister, shares four books and their authors who will help your classroom be more inclusive with all learners and engage learners! Every book shared also includes FREE Resources to help you in your classroom or share with families at home!
THE Book for Every Child
Melody McAllister writes a book review for Strum & the Wild Turkeys by Noa Daniel.
“Every child, make that every person, should be celebrated for their unique abilities. As educators and parents we know how important that connection and confidence is as young people grow up. This book is for all year, for every child, and my family gives it five stars!”
Four Reads That Will Improve Your Mindset
May was an absolute blast for my weekly bookchats. If you weren’t able to join during our LIVE broadcast, don’t worry about it because I got you!! #RealPBL First up, by Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy, was Project Based Learning: Real Questions, Real Answers. How to Unpack PBL and Inquiry. There is a difference between…
Celebrating Black Fathers & Father Figures with @AuthorKLeoHenry
New Author and Publisher – Celebrating Black Fathers I had such a wonderful bookchat with new children’s author Kashama Leo-Henry, who is also an early childhood educator, and now publisher as well! Her children’s book launched a couple of months ago and is called Daddies and Uncles and More, Oh My! It focuses on the…
Five Books That Will Challenge Your Thinking
Guest Post by Melody McAllister What is the Black Lives Matter Movement? This April, I had a great lineup of bookchats, starting with Hedreich Nichols, which I blogged about here. Her children’s book, What is the Black Lives Matter Movement? Is a MUST for your personal and school library! All In: Taking A Gamble In…
What is the #BLM Movement? #BookChat with @Hedreich & @mjmcalliwrites
Guest Post by Melody McAllister What is the Black Lives Matter Movement? We see #BLM everyday. It brings comfort to some and stacks up walls for others. There is so much misinformation out there, so join us as we explore a book that helps us understand this movement in an inviting and honest chat with…
#SELday Read Alouds By @mjmcalliwrites
Guest Post by Melody McAllister Today is #SELday, but celebrating social emotional learning can happen any and every day! Here are some of my favorite authors sharing their SEL stories. Share them with your class today or any day and may wonderful conversations ensue! Not an elementary teacher? Well, big kids like children’s books, too. …
Evolving Learner BookChat with @LainieRowell @DrKristyAndre @LaurenMStein
Guest Post by Melody McAllister Last week, I was lucky to get to sit down with the three authors of Evolving Learner: Shifting From Professional Development to Professional Learning From Kids, Peers, and the World, Lainie Rowell, Dr. Kristy Andre, and Dr. Lauren Steinmann. It was a perfect way to spend St. Patrick’s Day! We…
Thinking About Teaching with @CaseyJ_edu & @Mjmcalliwrites
Guest Post by Melody McAllister BookChat with Dr. Casey Jakubowski Recently, I sat down for a bookchat with Educator and Author, Dr. Casey Jakubowski! He published his book, Thinking About Teaching: A Rural Social Studies Teacher’s Path to Strive for Relevance, and it is a fantastic book that any educator could pick up and feel…
I Can Learn When I’m Moving Book Chat with @biscottiNicole & @mjmcalliwrites
Check out the #BookChat I had with Author/Educator Nicole Biscotti, M. Ed and her son Jason about going to school with ADHD.
BookChat with #PrincipalEDleaders Co-Author @KourtneyFerrua
I’ve followed Kourtney for a couple of years but in this last year, she and I have become friends. I respect her ability to lead with compassion and purpose, while lifting up others around her.
Esports in Education: Empowering Every Learner Through Inclusive Gaming by @mr_isaacs & @JLubinsky
We believe that esports programs will prove to play an important role in how we meet our students where they are and provide them with the opportunities they want and need to succeed.
Look For the Math Around You By @EveryoneCanMath
Patterns are everywhere – in nature, our homes, in the classroom, and even on clothes! When children notice patterns in the world around them, they begin to make connections to patterning and algebra concepts in mathematics.