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Makers, Then and Now

My new Focus on STEM column: Makers, Then and Now is in the August Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter.

Booktalk: Use these handy printable activities to help kids learn about makers throughout history.

Snippet: The term makerspace may be new, but being a maker isn’t. As you’ll see in these new picture-book biographies, people have been making things to express themselves and solve problems for many years.

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

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Families Write with Poppy’s Best Paper

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Poppy’s Best Paper
by Susan Eaddy (Author) and Rosalinde Bonnet (Illustrator)

Booktalk: More than anything, Poppy wants to be a verrrry famous writer. She’s sure Mrs. Rose will pick her paper to read to the whole class! Trouble is, she has tall ambitions but is short on effort, and her jealousy takes over when her best friend’s paper is chosen instead. In the end, Poppy discovers that she has to get out of her own way if her big dreams are going to come true.

Step 1. Read aloud
Listen to the author’s read-aloud video.

Step 2. Think aloud
Talk about the book. Has something like this ever happened to you? Did someone else get the praise you wanted? Have you ever gotten in trouble for being upset at someone else — or yourself?

Step 3. Write it down
Write your own story about trying hard to get what you want.

Need help guiding your young writer? Use these age-appropriate writer’s workshop tips.

The Naturally Creative Workshop is free to all June 21-July 17, 2020.
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