Keeping Check on Feelings with Real MVP Kids

Being a teacher and parent isn't always easy. Kids have problems they have to deal with, and we always have to find ways to help them out. Books make a great way to start conversations with kids about any problems they may have. The Real MVP Kids have some great books to help start and continue those conversations.

They have recently released some new books and have some more coming out soon that you are bound to love!

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Reading Revealed: A Look into Your Students' Reading Potential

Over the summer, I spend my days reading, reading, reading! I read everywhere I can, and I read everything I can. This summer will be no different. In less than 3 weeks, I will begin my summer with nothing other than a book. And my Reading Crew friends plan to do the same! We are bringing you a summer reading link up like no other!

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Building Letter Writers with Mentor Texts

The other day my daughter wanted to write a letter to her favorite You Tuber. I jumped on the chance to engage her in what was one of my favorite things to do as a child. We worked together to write a perfect letter, at least for a second grader.

Flashback to my past. I wrote my cousin a letter every single month. She lived 6 hours away, and I only saw her 3 times a year, if I was lucky. We kept in touch via letters and loved it. Writing letters for different reasons helps children better understand what the world around them has to offer. Using books to help students better understand letter writing is a great way to get them motivated to write the perfect letter.

My friends from The Reading Crew and I have a link up full writing mentor lessons, freebies and prizes you don't want to miss!

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Your Literacy New Year's Resolution: A Game Changer!

It's that time of year again! I always make a New Year's Resolution, but I struggle to find a way to keep up with it. Get organized, get in better shape, read more, the list goes on and on. But this year, Donalyn Miller and Colby Sharp have the perfect New Year's Resolution for every teacher.

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All Children are Writers with From Striving to Thriving: Writers

Writing isn't always easy for everyone. As a matter of fact, many people struggle with getting their ideas down on paper. And many teachers have a hard time teaching it to their students. How can we make better writers? This new book from Scholastic will help jump start all students to become writers.

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Standing Up Against Bullies with the Real MVP Kids

It's National Bully Prevention Month for a few more days, but who needs a month to help children understand how to handle sticky situations with bullies?

The Real MVP Kids make it easy to help children understand ways to help each other when bullies come around with their series S.T.A.N.D series of books.

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Understanding Feelings with The Real MVP Kids

It's tough being a kid in today's world. There are so many things that our children want to do, but sometimes life gets in the way for them. Now, there are some books to help children understand their emotions and find ways to control them.

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The Real MVP Kids have two series of books that help children understand and deal with their emotions:  Help Me Become and Help Me Understand.

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Full of Beans on Book Talk Thursday

So, I've taken a break from Book Talk Thursday. The truth is, I started reading the elementary books and found that many of them had a very similar theme, which I will write about in one post. But the book I am going to discuss today did not follow that same theme in any way.

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Imagine you are in Key West. During the Great Depression! The book Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm does just that. She shows us what this favorite vacation spot once was and how it became a tourist destination through the eyes of a young boy.

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My Awesome Summer Freebie on Book Talk Thursday!

Summer is finally here, and it has arrived with all the summer has to offer. Sunshine, heat, and insects! Lots and lots of insects! So what do we know about these amazing creatures?

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Today's Book Talk Thursday is the final book on the Virginia Readers' Choice primary list, My Awesome Summer by P. Mantis, written by Paul Meisel is one that will make everyone wonder about the life cycles of the amazing insects around us.

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Figurative Language and More with Coyote Moon

Just the other day, my husband came in to warn me that a coyote was walking around in the field behind our house. Normally, I wouldn't be alarmed, but with a dog who likes to run around the yard, there is cause for concern. I am now constantly looking out to see where that coyote might be. It also reminds me of a beautifully written and illustrated Virginia Readers' Choice book by a Virginia author.

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Understanding coyotes can make them less scary for all of us. Coyote Moon by Maria Gianferrari does just that in a beautifully told story of a coyote on the hunt.

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Character Development Made Simple with Ada Twist, Scientist

Character development is one of those tough ones. How do you get students to see how a character changes throughout a book? How do they see how the author has used those character traits to develop a character? Today's Virginia Readers' Choice and Book Talk Thursday selection will help students better understand characters in a story.

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If you have read Rosie Revere, Engineer, you will love Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty. A young girl as a scientist will have girls (and boys) excited about science again.

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Two Amazing Literacy Books...Three Amazing Giveaways!

I can't believe the school year is almost up! I only have 15 more days left, and it seems like eternity. I know many of you will be in school for a few more weeks after and have a lot more to do before the end is here, but we all feel it! And this week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and I have some great goodies to give away.

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Finding Courage at Any Age

Courage, we all need it at some point to get through so many situations. Where do we find it, and how do we learn such an important life skill? It takes more than just one try, and even a young six-year old girl can help us all as we find courage in all we do.

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Emma Lindberg, a six-year old girl tells children of all ages that having courage is more than fighting dragons in a story in her book Emma's Book of Courage. She reminds us all that we need to have courage in so many different situations.

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Getting Tidy While Drawing Conclusions

One of the toughest comprehension skills to teach and help students understand is drawing conclusions. So many times students struggle with this not so easy skill. We call it all kinds of things, like reading between the lines, author and me questions, and figuring it out. Yet, we need to find a way to make it easier for our students to understand.

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Using picture books leads students of all ages to new concepts they may not have understood before. The Virginia Readers' Choice selection, Tidy by Emily Gravett is perfect for helping children draw conclusions about what happens in the story.

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Exploring Theme with A Piece of Home

Have you ever had to move from a place you loved? Do you have students who have moved from another place and found it hard to fit in? Then today's Book Talk Thursday and Virginia Readers' Choice pick is for you!

(Affiliate links are scattered throughout this post.) A Piece of Home by Jeri Watts will help students understand how they can make the best of a new situation.

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Growing Up and Learning Life Skills

A few months ago, I reviewed some great books about the Real MVP Kids. {Read that post here.} They are great board books, but what about your older children?! Good news ~ The Read MVP Kids are growing up and learning what it takes to deal with everyday issues in the real world. Their new "Help My Understand" series is perfect for helping children understand and deal with their feelings.

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Believing in the Magic of Christmas

You may have thought that I missed a week of Book Talk Thursday, but I have been preparing this little unit to share with all of you. I have linked up with all of my friends at The Reading Crew for a Facebook Live hop. If you missed it, the video is below, highlighting my book choice. 

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Showing Thankfulness for Book Talk Thursday

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Each year I spend the days before Thanksgiving reading some of my favorite Thanksgiving books with my students. We read the book, discuss it, and use it in an activity of sorts. My first graders always enjoy books that have rhyming and a good message. I chose Thanksgiving for Emily Ann {affiliate link} by Teresa Johnston to them as we enter into this Thanksgiving season.

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Be Thankful and Celebrate with the Real MVP Kids!

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Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, and I have so many things to be thankful for in my life. Family and friends surround me each day, and I know that we are all loved. And now younger children can learn more about how we can celebrate each other and be thankful with who we are through the Real MVP Kids in their newest books.

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Unicorn Facts and Opinions on Book Talk Thursday

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Unicorns, fact or fiction? I always believed they are real, out there somewhere. And so do many of my students. But facts and opinions with unicorns? You bet! With the book You Don't Want a Unicorn (affiliate link) will help us all understand those important facts and opinions.

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