Featuring: "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Published about 15 hours ago • 1 min read
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Welcome again, teacher friends! This newsletter is back and it's an honor to share a new book recommendation with you every Tuesday. Some of my recommendations will be better fits for middle school, others for high school. I hope you'll stick around to use what's helpful for you and your students.
On the shelf today: a historical fiction disguised as a mystery that acutely captures the heartbreak of war
Genre: Historical Fiction
Age Range: 11-15
Bring The Bletchley Riddle into your classroom as a...
Book Club Option. Ready to swap in new titles for your historical fiction book club unit? Protagonists Jakob and Lizzie are a quirky brother/sister duo whose puzzle-solving smarts land them at the code-breaking factory at Bletchley Park, charged with deciphering the Nazi's Enigma cipher. The math and technology content will draw in STEM-focused students, providing an access point for learning about WWII.
Resource of the Week
Theme Analysis Graphic Organizer
Students use this graphic organizer to analyze two obstacles a character faces and overcomes in order to reveal a life lesson (theme!). Use it with any book you teach.
Have a good one and learn everything you can,
Hannah
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