You may or may not know that I’m in a ukulele club. And you may or may not know that I also play cajon. This weekend was my ukulele club’s ukulele festival, and I had the opportunity to sit in with one of our instructors, Danielle Ate the Sandwich. I can’t even tell you how … More Sitting in with Danielle Ate the Sandwich
Last week was teacher appreciation week. On the day when #thankateacher was a thing, I thanked one of the best teachers I know. … More Teacher Appreciation
Happy Monday, internet. I’m not a huge fan of shopping, but this weekend, after deciding not to see The Circle, T and I went shopping. This is a thing that doesn’t happen often, but I bought new shoes. Vans, to be precise. This wouldn’t be significant, and isn’t in the grand scheme of things, but for … More New Shoes! | Monday Musings
Without intending to, I went on a blog hiatus, neither writing nor reading, mostly because testing is exhausting and I didn’t want to do anything when I got home from work. Testing is over now. I’ve upgraded my Planet Fitness membership so I can make use of the hydromassage as I attempt to fix the … More Taking Time to Relax
Happy Monday, Readers. I hope you all had a good weekend, and are ready to have an awesome week. I definitely am. I’m committing to working on my dissertation, and have a set page count for each week. I’ve started already, and I’m feeling pretty good about it. Today’s musing is about I Am Not … More I Am Not Your Negro | Monday Musings
I had some challenges responding to people’s response to why they do or do not read diversely. Here are my thoughts on it. … More A Response to Responses
A few weeks ago, my friend A and I went to see Get Out, the new horror movie from Jordan Peele. I use the term horror loosely – it’s not your gory slash-em-up type film that my students tend to like. I thought the movie was an amazing satirical look at racism in America (and … More Monday Musings: A Question about ‘Get Out’
Every year, our school has a book fair. What’s nice about our administration is they give teachers money to use at the book fair to build up our classroom libraries. While I’m pretty happy with the three bookshelves that make up my classroom library, there’s always space for more books. Here’s what I picked up. … More Scholastic Book Fair Book Haul
I recently received a book I had on hold at the library, One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes. I had no idea what to expect; I think I put it on hold when I was reading picture books last week because I thought the cover looked cool. Little did I know … More The Golden Shovel Poetic Form
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