online learning

The inspir­ing image above is a spread from my upcom­ing pic­ture book, ELIZABETH WARREN’S BIG, BOLD PLANS, illus­trat­ed by the amaz­ing Susan­na Chap­man and releas­ing on May 5 (hooray!). These days, it often feels hard to con­ceive of big, bold plans. I’ll admit, some days just get­ting out of my paja­mas feels like a vic­to­ry. And for those of those par­ent­ing or teach­ing young­sters and attempt­ing #AtH­ome learn­ing for the first time? Hats off to you!
To try to help you with your big, bold plans–or even the just-get­ting-through-today plans–I’ve been work­ing to cre­ate and assem­ble what­ev­er mate­ri­als I can that might be of assis­tance. I’ll con­tin­ue to add to this list as I get more requests (feel free to reach out if there’s some­thing spe­cif­ic you’d like!), ideas, and time. Hope­ful­ly, you can find access to the books via an online read-aloud, ebook down­load, inde­pen­dent book­store, or your own book­shelves. I hope these resources are help­ful for your #AtH­ome learn­ing efforts!

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EMMANUEL’S DREAM: THE TRUE STORY OF EMMANUEL OFOSU YEBOAH

• Author “read-aloud plus” now avail­able by request! Please email me for details.
• Down­load the free Emmanuel’s Dream cur­ricu­lum guide, which includes CCSS align­ments, crit­i­cal think­ing dis­cus­sion ques­tions, and repro­ducible activ­i­ty sheets.
• “Meet the Author” at TeachingBooks.net: Book Read­ing | Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Sto­ry of Emmanuel Ofo­su Yeboah.
• There’s a free repro­ducible cross­word puz­zle based on the book at TeachersPayTeachers.com.
• Check out relat­ed pic­ture books for young change­mak­ers on my Pin­ter­est board.

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The TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE series

• Video: The sto­ry behind the TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE stories
• Video: Intro­duc­tion to TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
• An Educator’s Guide to Sup­port Infor­ma­tion Literacy
• The Two Truths and a Lie: STEM Game and Research Activities
• A Two Truths and a Lie: It’s Alive! Word Search Puzzle

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BE A CHANGEMAKER: HOW TO START SOMETHING THAT MATTERS

• Read my blog post on how to Empow­er kids and teens dur­ing COVID-19
• Down­load the FREE Be a Change­mak­er Work­shops guide
• Watch the You Can Be a Change­mak­er video webi­nar.
• Watch the Be a Change­mak­er intro video.
• View or down­load the Com­mon Core State Stan­dards (CCSS) Eng­lish Lan­guage Arts (ELA) Lit­er­a­cy strands and/or the full CCSS report here.
• Check out even more books for tween and teen change­mak­ers on my Pin­ter­est board

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MY DOG IS THE BEST

• Watch the author read-aloud video
• Down­load the free sto­ry­time and canine craft kit
• Watch the book trail­er video

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Again, my goals here are to be as help­ful as pos­si­ble for YOU to con­tin­ue lead­ing #AtH­ome learn­ing, so please email me if there is any­thing spe­cif­ic I might be able to do, includ­ing ways to con­nect with your stu­dents. We’re all in this togeth­er, even while we’re apart. So, until we meet again, stay safe, #Stay­Home… and stay sane. xoxo