The Nurse's Office Vocabulary

(TESOL Materials--School Vocabulary)

* Slideshow: slides, pub

* Coloring Sheet: docs, pub

I used Gemini Storybook to create the story that is on the slideshow.  However at the time I created this lesson, I was having problems with Gemini Storybook in my personal account.  So I created the storybook with my work account.  I am unable to share stuff created from my work account, but I copied and pasted the images from that account onto the slideshow.  (Unfortunately Gemini Storybook seems to sometimes glitch from time to time.  I'll have several days at a time when it is unusable, and then it will start working again.)  

[Note: These are all materials that I used to supplement the lesson p.50-51 The Nurses Office from Oxford Picture Dictionary Content Areas for Kids, and the specific choice of vocabulary in the storybook and other materials is influenced by that lesson.   But I believe this material could also be used independently for any lesson on school vocabulary, so I'm posting it here.]

The Seriously Well-Read Tag

This tag was created by Randy Ray: https://youtu.be/gzqBEFNupfg?si=fSbU709XGrjHIIOt

I was tagged by jim's books reading & stuff: https://youtu.be/BIjTFumeQX0?si=Obz7tlEdtAK5vqAC

1- What book made you take reading seriously? 

2- What book did you pretend to understand? Be honest. 

3- Which three books are on your personal “required reading” list?

4-  What author have you been avoiding? 

5- What’s the hardest book you’ve ever finished?

6- What’s a book that changed how you read? 

7- Quality vs. quantity — would you rather read 100 good books in a year or 10 great books?

8- Which genre are you embarrassed to say you have not read?

9- Which book do you think most people misread? 

10- What does “seriously well-read” mean to you? 

Tag others.

I tag:

 @DerekGreen1  

 @mindysbookjourney  

 @WilliamsLibrary  

 @Bucky749  

 @bethannebruninga-socolar  

Links to stuff mentioned:

Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction: https://youtu.be/PG8OYXT1onE

The angry comment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG8OYXT1onE&lc=UgwUgxlSkZC9hyrLzCh4AaABAg

From Reader to Reading Teacher: https://youtu.be/w11zC8oBo_g

Tag Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x68GfUHYtDeSJLo6gwRKIID

Titans: Total Chaos: Book Review

(Book Reviews--Teen Titans)

Started: April 5, 2026

Titans: Total Chaos: Book Review

Part 2: Titans: Total Chaos: Book Review

* My review of The New Teen Titans Volume 1: https://youtu.be/YfJuYJwEXx4

* My review of The New Teen Titans Volume 2: https://youtu.be/sVJmXvR8m_I

* My review of The New Teen Titans Volume 3: https://youtu.be/NqHtQI4YiQI

* My review of The New Teen Titans Volume 4: https://youtu.be/y5hi4aEZGjU

* My review of The New Teen Titans Volume 5: https://youtu.be/xICpJAh77sQ

* My review of The New Teen Titans Volume 6: https://youtu.be/jN2H5jFbvL0

* My review of The New Teen Titans Volume 7: https://youtu.be/8fKVBgvoNjc

* My review of The New Teen Titans Volume 8: https://youtu.be/qK3_Kqp2CLA

* My review of The New Teen Titans Volume 9: https://youtu.be/h1eaqqwMc8o

* My review of The New Teen Titans Volume 10: https://youtu.be/VJRRN716L5o

* My review of The New Teen Titans Volume 11: https://youtu.be/Ej6uk_rvBwo

* My review of The New Teen Titans Volume 12: https://youtu.be/fHqzrTao-60

* My review of The New Teen Titans Volume 13: https://youtu.be/hM5I8uWA3eM

* My review of The New Teen Titans Volume 14: https://youtu.be/dZXew23CUTw

* My review of volumes 1-14: https://youtu.be/Ngcze1IEzU8

* Who is Donna Troy?: https://youtu.be/Sr9ZLeovizk

Related Playlists:

Graphic Novel Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6NMoYW6CBw6Qj_cqK8DIeb

DC Comics Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6kPikhXNalrSh9BnvzZi2f&si=4rAijTT4v9u_06q2

Book Review Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7dao6py7ODX_PkUvrAEch7&si=EJ7CG8iO9IouNaYY

Books I Read in 2026: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7YYl7seud9ov0n6dtdHzvj&si=iMERlWtiF0Rq2-uy

Teen Titans Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4_-BaiPwS0J-LsMStZZlJq&si=EwPsg0qwXoP9MqVi

Marv Wolfman playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6afOHmmBE0sgNunNp7YmAb&si=O3vs5KtzlRPGlR_P

Titans: Total Chaos: Book Review Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6Ji5j9pCXSR22rEX0EfxPp&si=nnX5VRlpztRaM42S

Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik

(Graded Readers)

I recently used this book with some of my students who were beginning readers.  It worked well.  The book is just about the perfect level for beginning readers.

My students weren't terribly enthusiastic about the story. (The story is about the relationship between a baby bear and his mother, which is not something that young boys are very interested in.)  But they put up with it well enough, and it was good reading practice for them.

The book has a very familiar feel to it.  I don't remember clearly, but I must have been exposed to it in childhood myself.

The illustrations also have a very familiar feel to that, but that could be because it's illustrated by Maurice Sendak, most famous for Where the Wild Things Are (a book that I definitely remember).

When using this book in my class, I played used this Kahoot game as a review at the end: Quiz over the book "Little Bear"

Seidman Park (Early Spring)

(Travelogues--West Michigan)

Seidman Park (Early Spring)

Address: 8155 Conservation St NE, Ada, MI 49301

Related Playlists:

Travelogues Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x71JnPJ1gs_uaswSALX-7V9

West Michigan Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4D-0HPmovcbB6cCqlVVGEL&si=IEFmZ3UMgJxI0F4F

Kent County Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5EOMa9ZWDBtdpQFwtlk_ev&si=t8952PnDfrJQTvBY

Ada Township Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4wNsw_zHE0L7HrkSYPaBuV&si=7gzHNdFhq6iauNhe

Blandford Nature Center (Early Spring)

(Travelogues--West Michigan)

Blandford Nature Center (Early Spring)

Part 2: Blandford Nature Center (Early Spring)

(Microsoft Clipchamp was giving me problems when I tried to make this into one long video, so I had to split it into two parts.)

Address: 1715 Hillburn Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504

According to Google maps, it looks like Blandford Nature Center is half in Grand Rapids, half in Walker, so I'm putting it in both playlists.

Related Playlists:

Travelogues Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x71JnPJ1gs_uaswSALX-7V9

West Michigan Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4D-0HPmovcbB6cCqlVVGEL&si=IEFmZ3UMgJxI0F4F

Kent County Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5EOMa9ZWDBtdpQFwtlk_ev&si=t8952PnDfrJQTvBY

Grand Rapids Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x73ypfpMOZfYbKtensuu4B_&si=96WBxbMtcrLrVFp3

Walker City Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6R67ZEz-QsoXASH8rPzn94&si=bMsCWPuhKVxj46yw

This Week in Booktube: April 12, 2026

(These are the Booktube videos I watched this week. As always, I encourage you also to check out each of the videos I've linked to down below.  Support Booktube.  And let me know what you've watched this past week.)

Google document: docs, pub

Michael K. Vaughan Recent Marvel Epic Collections and DC Finest Volumes

Randy Ray Why You Can't Focus on Reading Anymore

Michael K. Vaughan Justice League Detroit: Even I Could Be On This Team

Steve Donoghue World's Finest Comic Book Wednesday: The Justice League's Detroit Breakdown!

Reading is a Skill Lessons learned getting kicked out of grad school

Derek Green The Honest Booktuber Tag!

jim's books reading & stuff The Hardest Book I Have Read: The Bible

Bucky749 Easter special (silent)

Grand Rapids Community College

(Travelogues--West Michigan)

Grand Rapids Community College

Address: 143 Bostwick Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Related Playlists:

Travelogues Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x71JnPJ1gs_uaswSALX-7V9

West Michigan Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4D-0HPmovcbB6cCqlVVGEL&si=IEFmZ3UMgJxI0F4F

Kent County Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5EOMa9ZWDBtdpQFwtlk_ev&si=t8952PnDfrJQTvBY

Grand Rapids Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x73ypfpMOZfYbKtensuu4B_&si=96WBxbMtcrLrVFp3

Futility by Wilfred Owen: Poem

(TESOL Worksheets--Poems ESL Listening)

Transcript: docs, pub
Video: HERE

Futility by Wilfred Owen: poem

Video: https://youtu.be/iBGnFSSl47w

Move him into the sun—

Gently its touch awoke him once,

At home, whispering of fields unsown.

Always it woke him, even in France,

Until this morning and this snow.

If anything might rouse him now

The kind old sun will know.

Think how it wakes the seeds—

Woke once the clays of a cold star.

Are limbs, so dear-achieved, are sides

Full-nerved, still warm, too hard to stir?

Was it for this the clay grew tall?

—O what made fatuous sunbeams toil

To break earth's sleep at all?

Related Playlists: Poems ESL Listening Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7ReDXIOlVgC1Ci0mGdDWqd ESL Listening Exercises Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7xq-zLjulU2DRTjg2TNmAx Wilfred Owen Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7Ym1NH43ynv0Lqscq716CV&si=18P0dJaSFd8X8wFx https://sites.google.com/view/reading-and-listening-practice

Started: Wizards of Mickey