Category: Reading
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September 2021: Recent Reads
It’s already mid-September? Geez Louise. I feel like this past month zipped by. Now that I “have a life” again (aka I’m not stuck in my apartment seeing zero people besides my roommate), I haven’t had as much time to read. Nor have I quite had the energy to research…
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Book Talk: Why We Sleep
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. The book that has been sticking with me the most lately and coming up in conversations with people is called Why…
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Things Good Readers Do: Series Wrap-up
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. The Things Good Readers Do series is coming to an end today. Woohoo! My goal through this series has been to…
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Things Good Readers Do: Summarize
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. We’re coming down to the last couple of blog posts in this (admittedly long) series! So far, in part 1, we’ve…
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August 2021: Recent Reads
I know, I know…I’m a week late on this! – Although some of you may not actually know my personal deadline for my recent reads posts 🙂 Truth is, I had to take a sick day from blogging – along with a couple of sick days from work. Technically I…
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Happy Birthday, Blog!
This week A Look at a Book turned one year old! 🎉 I have had so much fun this year pushing myself to write more regularly, wading more deeply into the world of blogging, and, above all, sharing my love of reading and teaching with all of you. Thank you…
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Things Good Readers Do: Make Connections
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. In the previous post of this series, I went over the strategy of visualization and how I teach it. This strategy…
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July 2021: Recent Reads
It’s mid-July and I noticed that Walmart has its school supply section ready to go. Oh boy. I saw a quote on Facebook this week that said, “Seeing back-to-school sales in July is like stepping on legos.” I agree! New teacher orientation starts in just over a week for me,…
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Things Good Readers Do: Visualize
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. In part 1 of this series, we went through some essential habits that good readers develop in their lives. In part…
