Nathan wasn't old enough yet to feel that this was unfair. We ran after him through the halls, pushing his IV pole.īecause through all of this, he was still running. We lived in the children's ward at Cornell in New York City. Hole after hole appeared in my child's body. They inserted a G-J tube so we could pump sustenance directly into his intestines. They cut his pyloric valve to help his stomach empty. Wronger.) They put a central line into his artery so they could feed him TPN, which is fancy Gatorade. Each time, I thought: this could be the time when things go wrong. Again and again I walked him into the operating room, clutching his teddy bear, so the surgeons could try procedure after procedure. He grew weak and pale, surviving on an IV drip. It's called gastroparesis, and it was just bad luck. Nathan's stomach stopped working altogether. What followed was a month-long nightmare.

Over the next year, he had two operations to pull everything back down and tighten that hole. All things considered, this is a fixable problem. His stomach, and most of his intestines, had slipped up around his lungs. He had a hiatal hernia: the hole for his esophagus was too big. It could be bad or it could be the end of the world. There's a universe of possibilities about that shadow. What could the shadow be? It could be anything. My goal with this website is to share teaching ideas that will strengthen your teaching and provide materials that will simplify your life.'We saw a shadow on your son's lungs,' is what they told us.

I’m thrilled you’re here! I am a teacher blogger and an education curriculum creator. Good luck implementing these read alouds and reading activities in your classroom! Thanks for reading this blog post all about Spring time reading suggestions.

Spring Readers Theater– 13 different scripts to enjoy!.

Spring Flip Book- This flip book starts with a passge about the spring season, then gives three follow-up activities.

Differentiated Spring Passages– There are three levels for each nonfiction and fiction text with spring themes!.

Fiction Spring Comprehension– Enjoy a collection of fictional spring-themed stories with follow-up comprehension activities.

If you’re looking for other spring time reading activities to use in your classroom, I offer more resources in my TPT store. The text is short and sweet, but is great for primary readers needing to visually see what spring is with simple sentences to explain! More Spring Reading Activities Ideas… This nonfiction text has clear, bright colored photographs that show new spring arrivals. Things I love about this book: nonfiction, clear images

Miss rumphius by barbara cooney