Mr. Giso's Room to Read

The leaves may have been falling, but poetry was in bloom among my first grade poets this week.  Each November, I kick off our new month wit...

Memoirs of a Goldfish Written By: Devin Scillian Illustrated By: Tim Bowers I grabbed this book on Amazon.com when it came up i...

Well, it's still not midnight!  This means I can get this post in as part of what went on in my classroom this Halloween Week.  I wanted...

The first grade in my school (all three classes) was fortunate to have pumpkins for each child donated this year.  WOW!  I had always wanted...

I'm sure many of you are familiar with this handy book with the repetitive text on which early readers rely to be successful as a beginn...

Sammy in the Sky Written by Barbara Walsh Paintings by Jamie Wyeth "His name was Sam.  But I called him Sammy. He had bl...