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Plan With Me! Books for “Week 6”
We’re getting ready to start “week 6” of Catholic Schoolhouse. I use the term loosely because I feel like it’s a lot for one week. So, we stretch each “week” over several weeks. Whenever we start a new unit I go through and pull books that are relevant to the topics. Some will be in…
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Wednesday With Amanda: 3/25/26
Our Wednesday begins around five-thirty. Phita started the day off having seizures. I had to give her an extra medication to help them stop. Once she was settled, I did my morning routine and sat down to write. Teeny joined me around seven and helped me make breakfast. She was very excited to crack eggs…
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Adam, Adam What do You See?
Title: Adam, Adam What Do You See? Author: Bill Martin Jr. & Michael Sampson Illustrator: Cathie Felstead Where I Shelve it: Bill Martin Jr. Fiction/Non-Fiction? The content is fiction, but the context is nonfiction Review: This is very much in the same style as Brown Bear Brown Bear. That easy rhyming, gentle flow. But, it…
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What we Read This Week: 3/16-3/22
Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: W were running errands all day and only read our bedtime books! But we did listen to The Circle C Ranch books and Thornton Burgess on audio! Saturday: It was my mom’s birthday! We spent the day with her and only read our bedtime books again! We listened to the…
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Mary Had a Little Lamb
Title: Mary Had a Little Lamb Author: Sarah Josepha Hale Illustrator: Tomie dePaola Where I Shelve it: Tomie dePaola Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: It’s the classic song, with Tomie dePaola’s lovely illustrations, what’s not to love? I especially like that it has all of the lyrics, not just the ones we’re used to hearing. I also…
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Albert the Albatross
Title: Albert the Albatross Author: Syd Hoff Illustrator: Syd Hoff Where I Shelve it: Syd Hoff Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: So silly! Albert gets lost in a storm and ends up in the city, trying desperately to find the ocean again. None of the birds he talks to know the way. He ends up as a…
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Amelia Bedelia
Title: Amelia Bedelia Author: Peggy Parish Illustrator: Fritz Siebel Where I Shelve it: I Can Read>Amelia Bedelia Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: The classic! Such a fun, silly read. We’ve read it so many times, and it never gets old. Amelia is always up to something silly. Misinterpreting everything and taking things very literally. It makes for…
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Amelia Bedelia: Takes the Cake
Title: Amelia Bedelia Takes the Cake Author: Herman Parish Illustrator: Lynne Avril Where I Shelve it: I Can Read>Amelia Bedelia Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: We teach phonics, not sight words, so I completely disagree that it’s a “level 1” reader. Lou Bae can read it independently and Evie needs some help, but it isn’t fully decodable.…
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Kites Sail High
Title: Kites Sail High Author: Ruth Heller Illustrator: Ruth Heller Where I Shelve it: Language Arts>Parts Of Speech Fiction/Non-Fiction? The material is nonfiction, but the context is fiction. Review: The illustrations are lovely. The prose is gentle and rhythmic. It’s a fun and engaging way to talk about verbs, until the very end of the…
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Imogene’s Antlers
Title: Imogene’s Antlers Author: David Small Illustrator: David Small Where I Shelve it: General Picture Books>Imaginative stories Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: This is a family favorite! It’s such a silly, quick read. Very light and fun. Imogene wakes up to quite a surprise and every member of her family handles it very differently. This is one…
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