Early in my teaching career, a very wise building administrator told me:
“In the classroom, you should be teaching the standards, not the textbook your administration has given you.
As a teacher, you should be trusted to use your judgment
to determine what will help meet your student’s needs to learn those standards.
You will need to pick and choose from a variety of sources to do that.”
Those words help guide me every year.
This page was created Nov 10, 2025 and last updated: November 12, 2025
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Newbery and Caldecott Award
Companion Resources
I’ve used Balderdash! by Michelle Markel as a read aloud
to introduce students to the Newbery Award.
Sharing the YouTube link I found
in the event this book isn't available in your school or public library; length for this read aloud is 8:27 minutes.
I’ve used Tomfoolery! by Michelle Markel as a read aloud
to introduce students to the Caldecott Award.
Sharing the YouTube link I found
in the event this book isn't available in your school or public library; length for this read aloud is 8:48 minutes.
