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Round Robin Review Revisited
How’s that for alliteration? Every Wednesday, during our prepratory hours at school, teachers meet with their professional learning teams. It’s like the in-school version of a PLN, really. The PLTs have become similar to a mini-staff meeting every week, where we go over policy, are given news updates (like NM received a waiver for NCLB), … Continue reading
#bookstack Great Whale Talk, Bad Ones
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Book Preview: First Kill
First Kill by Heather Brewer Hardcover, 309 pages 830L If you liked The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod and want to find out about “the other side of the stake,” First Kill, the first book of The Slayer Chronicles is for you. If you’re looking for an action story with plenty of hand to hand combat — including … Continue reading
Photo of my TBR pile for #nerdybookclub
Because I just emailed off the photo of one of my TBR piles to the Nerdy Book Club, I thought I’d post it here as well. I would like to point out that I started First Kill by Heather Brewer today, and this photo was taken yesterday. Slowly but surely the pile gets smaller (yeah, … Continue reading
2012 Bookstack Archive
I want to keep a record of the bookstacks that I’ve posted for the year 2012. This will remain as a sticky post and appear on my homepage. It’ll be updated weekly with links to bookstack posts. Week of January 8: Reclaiming Zen and a Rockstar Endeavor Week of January 15: The Fault in our … Continue reading
#bookstack Prom Dreamer
This week’s bookstack: Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson and The Dreamer by Scott Massey. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Ten Things Every Teacher Should Know About the Common Core Standards
This is via Don Zancanella from the University of New Mexico. I’ve been hanging onto this one for a while – my scanner wasn’t working. I think what he has to say about the Common Core standards is important for teachers to know.
January Reads
My favorites for the month were The Fault in Our Stars (hardcore nerdfighter here) and This Dark Endeavor. Now I want to read the original Frankenstein (I was a literature major – not sure how I missed this one). Because I’m not carpooling to class this semester, and I spend four hours on the highway … Continue reading
Book Preview: Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick Paperback, 273 pages 940L Steven is an eighth grader who’s so good at drums he plays with the high school All-city jazz band. He’s had a thing for the hottest girl in school, who hardly notices him, since elementary school. He has a five-year old brother, Jeffrey, … Continue reading
Round Robin Review
I had an opportunity to participate in a Round Robin Review activity in a training I attended a few weeks ago. I enjoyed the activity so much that I brought it back to school and used it last week with my students. The results were pretty awesome. Here’s how it works:
Book Talks on YouTube
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