Out of My Heart Pushes Through Fear to Follow a Passion
In 2010, Sharon Draper brought Melody to life in Out of My Mind. Melody is a young girl whose mind is full of curiosity and vast amounts of information but Cerebral Palsy makes it difficult for her to participate and communicate with her classmates and peers. Out of...
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Projekt 1065, A WWII Spy Novel You Can’t Put Down!
Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz, is an exciting, "can't put it down" WWII spy thriller. This historical fiction is a great novel to use in your classroom or homeschool for a whole class novel study, small book groups, or individual book studies to complement a WWII study....
Learning to Love Herself as Genesis Begins Again
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams, quite deservedly, is the winner of the 2020 Newbery Honor and the 2020 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent. This modern novel brings diversity and intersectionality to your classroom or homeschool for a...
Take a Journey to Self-acceptance and Growth in The Summer of the Swans
The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars is a great coming of age novel to use in your classroom or homeschool for a whole class novel study, in small book groups, or with individual book studies to explore the character's path to self-acceptance and the growth to...
Filling in the Holes with Small Steps
Louis Sachar has a special way of using wit and compassion to help his readers really get into the heads of his characters to understand their hearts. He does it again in Small Steps, the sequel to his wildly popular novel, Holes. It is a great book to use in your...
The School Story through the Eyes of a Tween
Andrew Clements followed up the wildly successful novel, Frindle, with a series of school stories with main characters working to push through adversity. The School Story is about two middle school girls who are determined to show that they have what it takes to...
I’m Shelley from The Teaching Bank. I have taught 3rd, 4th, and 6th grades.
My goal is to provide lessons and units for K-12 that are practical and ready to teach with minimal prep needed.