This was the last "read aloud" of the school year. Picture this: my smart phone is plugged into the speakers and I'm streaming the book through Audible. My high needs fourth graders, during the last few weeks of school, sit transfixed listening intently. Listening as if their lives depended on it. When, at the end of the audio (before we watched the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie with Glenn Close-the only movie my kids watched with me all year, thank you very much), I asked my kids which they preferred: their dear old teacher reading aloud or an audio version. You guessed it...me. Score one got the teach-though this particular audio was exceptional. And in case you're wondering...yes, I do have state standards to hang on the movie viewing of the book.
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