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A Delicious Literary Treat: Everything you Need to Host a Book Tasting for your Students

2/28/2017

I've been reading about book tastings for years. I first saw the idea on Buffy Hamilton's blog The Unquiet Librarian in 2011, but I couldn't wrap my brain around how a book tasting differed from speed dating with books, already a tool in my toolbox of ways to share books with students. It simply felt like a different costume for the same activity.

After rolling this lesson out, I can confidentially say that this is now one of my favorite ways to connect kids with books books and I am excited to give you my materials and reflections so you can do it too!

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BubbleUp Take5: Preschool, Fake News, Writing Journeys, Reading Logs & More

2/21/2017

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This week our Take 5 is all over the map and we meant that in the best way possible. We've got something for teachers of every level from pre-K to high school.

Take a look and let us know what has made you think this week!

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Why I won't be flipping my classroom. Ever.

2/14/2017

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I've thought about flipping my classroom. A lot. But I never do. Flipping means a lot of different things to educators, but the big idea is that kids learn outside of the classroom (via technology) so that they things like practice, discuss, and create in the classroom when they have this valuable time with teachers and peers. As much as this idea appeals to me in theory, in practice I've finally reached a verdict in the case for flipping. I can't and won't do it. Here's why:

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BubbleUp Take50: It's our 50th blog post!

2/7/2017

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We can’t believe it: this week BubbleUp Classroom is celebrating its 50th blog post! We are so grateful to be on this journey with you, as we all strive in big and small ways to be the best educators we can be.

As our little way of saying thank you for hanging out with us through our first 50 posts, we’ve amped up our Take5 into Take50. It’s a list of 50 dynamic podcasts, blogs and folks to follow on Instragram, Twitter, and Pinterest.

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A Delicious Literary Treat: Everything you Need to Host a Book Tasting for your Students

BubbleUp Take5: Preschool, Fake News, Writing Journeys, Reading Logs & More

Why I won't be flipping my classroom. Ever.

BubbleUp Take50: It's our 50th blog post!

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