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Yesterday I announced a hiatus for the #PictYourBooks challenge and said that much of my time would be spent on a new resource for the students in my school and in my district. Today I'd like to share that resource with readers of Help Readers Love Reading as well. Reading with Mr. W  is a temporary website I'm creating to provide reading experiences with my students during the indefinite

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A lot has happened since the last time we had a #PictYourBooks challenge update. The COVID-19 (or novel coronavirus) has been declared a pandemic and started spreading through the United States. Like many schools in the U.S. (and many schools in the world) all schools in Wisconsin were closed by our state governor. Then our school district decided to close schools two days before the governor's

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Time for some teamwork, everyone. Every answer to this week's challenge will take at least 2 books to answer, so you sharing books with each other and putting them together to answer the challenge will show great teamwork. Here's the challenge, followed by an example of how to answer the challenge: Challenge #21: Create a math problem  using books where the answer is TEN. 

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Last week we shared books that take place far away, so I was thinking that this week we should do the opposite. Challenge #20: Share a book that takes place close to home.  However, the closer you get to home, the harder it gets. For example, I don't know any books that take place in my hometown but can name a couple books that happen in central Wisconsin. It gets easier if you include

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This week I'm thinking about traveling. Well, that's not quite right. I'm actually thinking about places that are far away. You see, my daughter is in college, and she is going to be studying in a city that is a loooooong way away. She's traveling to a city that is, get this, over five thousand miles away from home! For real! So this week's challenge has to do with places that are far away.

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May I introduce the newest member of my family? Everyone, meet Hazel! My family has never had a pet before, so getting a dog is a new experience for us. She's 12 weeks old. Right now she's stretched out sleeping on the floor right by me as I type this. She loves tromping through the snow, chasing tennis balls, and chewing on stuff. She's just learned how to run up and down the stairs, but

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I love all kids of books. You probably know that already. But I really like books that make me laugh. Funny books are some of my favorite books to read. The thing about funny books, however, is that not everyone laughs at the same books. Everyone has a different sense of humor. Books that are funny to kids might not be as funny to grown-ups. Kindergartners might find a book hilarious, but older

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Last Monday the American Library Association announced the 2020 winners for a bunch of awards. Two of the most famous are the Newbery Medal and the Caldecott Medal. The Newbery is awarded to the year's best book for children, and the Caldecott is given to the children's book with the best illustrations. Another award that I really like is the Geisel Award which is given to the best book for

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Today is Monday but students (at least in my school district) won't be seeing this video today. Students have a day off. All the teachers will be in meetings today, working with one another and doing some professional learning, but the students get the day off. Which means it's probably Tuesday now for all of the students reading this message. I hope you enjoyed your day off. That brings us to

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There are some cool signs that are hanging in my school. Here's the first one: The sign made me think, "If you don't have superpowers, how can you be a superhero?" But then I noticed these other two signs: If there are superhero rules or directions on how to be a superhero, I expected things like flying, super-speed, super-strength, or invisibility, stuff like that. But those powers

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It's been a long time since we've had a new challenge. Week 12 started the week before winter break so there was a week of school, a week of vacation, a week of some vacation and two days of school, and finally, here we are with a new challenge. It's been three weeks, and that's a pretty long time! But what is a "long" time. I think we would all agree that 100 years, for example, is a long time.

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School starts back up again today (Thursday) after winter break for everyone in our school district, but that means it's only a two-day week. Also, there are teachers and students who participate in the #PictYourBooks challenge from schools in other districts who might not start until next Monday. So week #12 will continue through this week, and week #13 will start next Monday. That means there

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It's the last week of school before the holiday break which means time to read, play in the snow, visit with friends and family, and celebrate the holidays. So whether you celebrate a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or Happy Kwanzaa, have a great holiday break from school, and we'll see you in the New Year. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. We still have this week's #PictYourBook challenge

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I remembered! The last #PictYourBooks post explained how I forgot to share an update with everyone about how Week #10 was actually going to last for two weeks. I was going to post that on Monday, but forgot. Then it was going to be on Tuesday, but I forgot. So it finally appeared on Wednesday. In that post I said that maybe forgetfulness would be part of the next challenge. Well, the next

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Week #10 was a strange one since there was a short week for Thanksgiving followed by another short week (at least in our district) because students had Monday off so the teachers could have a professional development day. Regardless of the reason, there were only two books shared for week 10 so there's no video for this week. Good luck on week #11, everyone!

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