It’s Monday! What are you reading?

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Trying to get back on track with writing. I’ve been making excuses and getting sucked into my depression, but here we go.

Currently Reading:

The Music of Dolphins, Karen Hesse

I’m reading this with some of my students. I think I’ve finally figured out how to make small group instruction work during my literacy block. It involves using a rubric where I take notes during group meetings, so I can then input all my anecdotal notes into my gradebook. That’s been my biggest challenge — getting my classroom evidence to be reflected in my students’ grades. My students also have a shared Google Doc where they can ask each others questions and seek clarification.

Chomp, Carl Hiassen

I was originally planning on having this as our last read aloud of the year because it’s on next year’s Battle of the Books list, but after reading the first hundred pages, I decided to make a different pick. Actually, my students made the pick and they chose:

The Twenty-One Balloons, William Pene du Bois

I love this book, and we attempted to read it aloud last year, but we ran out of time before the year ended. Hopefully we’ll be successful this year.

The Bible

I’m 45% of the way through the Bible. I had always thought of Luke as just being the gospel with the Christmas story, but I’m really enjoying JC’s parables in this translation.

Here we go!

It’s Monday! What are you reading? 5/27/13

Welp, I’ve been avoiding the last big push to finish my National Boards, and I have now discovered my coping mechanism: devouring Shannon Hale princess books.

This week I powered through The Goose Girl, Enna Burning, and Princess Academy, and the only reason I stopped there is because I’m on the hold list at Seattle Public Library for all the rest. Here are some other items I’ve been reading:

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It’s Monday! What are you reading?

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I’ve been reading quite a bit in the past week, mostly before bed as I’ve been a slacker as far as taking the bus goes. Yesterday my iPad fell on my face while I was reading The Second Siege in bed. Whoops.

Here’s what I’ve been reading.

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I was most thoroughly disappointed in Not My Bag, and most excited by Lincoln’s Grave Robbers.

It’s Monday… What are you reading? 01/21/13

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Happy MLK Jr. Day! I’ll be spending today as a day ON in service, not a day OFF. I’ll be serving in a high-needs classroom in Federal Way……. my own classroom. It might seem like a cop-out, but I’m doing what I can.

I gorged myself on Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novel adaptations of the Baby-Sitters Club books this week. Olive liked them too:

oliveI also met Kadir Nelson and shared his new I Have a Dream book with my class.

kadirnelsonHe doesn’t look that thrilled to see me, but it’s OK.

Here are the other books I’ve been reading this week!

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Have a good week, and an enjoyable day of service!