As research continues to stress the importance of student engagement and exploration with nonfiction texts, I have been on the look out for good nonfiction resources. I am really careful to check over the nonfiction before I buy it though. It has to be a purposeful nonfiction piece in order for me to grab it up. I must say that these Looking at Nature books are fabulous! They have a lot of nonfiction text features that are going to be a perfect addition to our text features unit in the fall. The pictures are gorgeous, and they are actually on a reading level that my second graders should be able to work with. If you are at Target..go see if you can find these and grab them up, y’all!
That’s A Steal Thursday!
Happy Thursday! During the school year, Thursdays are my second favorite day of the week. I am sure we can all guess why! During the summer, I like Thursdays because my new friend Miss Kayla at Meet Miss Parker is hosting a Thursday linky party!
I spent the last two days in an AMAZING Common Core Math training. I cannot wait to share some of what I learned over the last couple of days with you throughout the summer. My goal is to create a summer Common Core Math series focused around the benefits of using math tasks in your math curriculum.
The trainings were about an hour away from where I live which I am totally okay with! Why? Because that means that I can visit some of my favorite stores( Target and Home Goods) which I don’t have where I live. Target was the perfect fix for my frazzled, fried brain and a horrible scenario for my bank account. Teacher problems, anyone?
Here are some of my “Thursday Steals” from Target!
I also ran across some more nonfiction books. The “I Can Write a Book!” series is my favorite find of the day. This series may just require its own blog post! The book identifies and defines key vocabulary terms needed for writing a book on specific topic, gives the reader tips on how to find information on that topic, explains the body of a book, as well as a million other beneficial tips to help young writers create their own book. Again, if you are at your local Target and you see these-GRAB THEM!!!
I grabbed several of these adorable magazine holders. I don’t need book boxes for the kiddos because we have cute book bags(thanks to my parents who own an embroidery business), but I just couldn’t pass these up. I will use them to help me loose organize something.
So, those are my Thursday steals! Have you found any good “steals” lately?
Lana says
I am heading to Target today! I will be looking for those magazine holders!
A Rocky Top Teacher says
Lana,
If those magazine holders are there then it was worth the trip! 🙂
-Sarah
Unknown says
I love it all! Thank you so much for linking up! You are so awesome! I am so glad you did too because I NEED to get to Target and look for those books! How great are those?! Thank you for sharing! Looking forward to you linking up in the future too! 😉
Kayla Parker
Meet Miss Parker
A Rocky Top Teacher says
Thanks for hosting it! I am LOVING meeting new people and connecting with everyone. Thanks for the link party and I will for sure be linking up again!
-Sarah