Saturday, April 18, 2026
Townsend Park (Early Spring)
(Travelogues--West Michigan)
Address: 8280 6 Mile Rd NE, Rockford, MI 49341
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
Cannon Township Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6hkF2A59svTyIrJ15P8d8j&si=KiNUNTLvjcFxfewr
Friday, April 17, 2026
Pickerel Lake Park - Fred Meijer Nature Preserve (Early Spring)
(Travelogues--West Michigan)
Address: 6001 Ramsdell Dr NE, Rockford, MI 49341
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
Cannon Township Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6hkF2A59svTyIrJ15P8d8j&si=KiNUNTLvjcFxfewr
Thursday, April 16, 2026
The Nurse's Office Vocabulary
(TESOL Materials--School Vocabulary)
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:
The angry comment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG8OYXT1onE&lc=UgwUgxlSkZC9hyrLzCh4AaABAg
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Titans: Total Chaos: Book Review
Started: April 5, 2026
Related Playlists:
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
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
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)
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
Monday, April 13, 2026
Blandford Nature Center (Early Spring)
(Travelogues--West Michigan)
(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
Sunday, April 12, 2026
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.)
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)
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