Hannah's Reading Room

  This post contains affiliate links.  I receive a small commission if you purchase from my Amazon links. One of my favorite animals at the zoo has always been the peacock . I cannot get enough of watching these incredible birds fan their feathers around the park, showing zoogoers all of their beauty. There is an old saying, " Proud as a peacock ." It tends to mean a vain or self-centered person when it is used in our everyday language. Kids can't help but get excited with these interesting birds . When I first read the poem by Effie Lee Newsome entitled, " Peacock Feathers ," I thought the poet did such a delightful job of describing the feathers of these amazing birds.  It is a wonderful poem to talk about adjectives and how to describe something to someone who has never seen an object before. A fun science experiment to do with this unit is to take a CD , a sheet of white paper , and a light source and help students create rainbows .  This science experi

  This post contains affiliate links.  I receive a small commission if you purchase from my links.  Every purchase helps keep th is blog going.  Period, Question Mark, Explanation Point, Comma, Apostrophe, Semicolon, Colon, Hyphen, Quotation Marks & Ellipsis  - MEET ALL the  Punctuation Family  in this fun, creative, interactive curriculum. Too many students progress through the grades never fully understanding how punctuation works. It is never too early to introduce the different forms of punctuation to your students. This unit is designed to not only introduce but hopefully help your students  fall in love with these fun characters. The teacher reads fun introductions from: Percy Period Qwerty Question Mark Ella Exclamation Point Carrie Comma Apollos Apostrophe Sammy Semicolon Colin Colon Hayden Hyphen Quaid & Quincey Quotation Earl, Eli & Eva Ellipsis Students then practice with  beginner reader  worksheets designed to help them succeed in using punctuation correctly. A

   This post contains affiliate links.  I receive a small commission if you purchase from my links.  Every purchase helps keep this blog going.  We just finished our unit study on the state of New Jersey.  The list of children's books below are all the books we read together to help us discover and explore this state, along with a short review of what we liked about each book.  Do you have any good ones that I missed?  If so, leave a comment and let me know so we can read it.  We hope you find this list helpful as you use living books to help you learn about New Jersey. G is for Garden State: A New Jersey Alphabet   by Eileen Cameron is a great introduction to the state of New Jersey for young and old.  There is a cute little rhyme that goes through each letter of the alphabet for the younger children and then there is more information for older children and adults.  The illustrations are beautiful. The Mars Family: M&M Mars Candy Makers  by Joanne Mattern tells the story