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. Happy Easter weekend! I have Good Friday and Easter Monday off this weekend, for which I am so thankful. I'm using the time to get caught… Continue reading Things Good Readers Do: Set Goals + Track their Reading
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March 2021: Recent Reads
{ Springtime is for planting } 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. It's that time again: time to review the books I've been reading in the last month! Also, for those of… Continue reading March 2021: Recent Reads
February 2021: Recent Reads
February is often seen as a month of romance and all that jazz, but for most of my life, it's been more about birthdays - particularly mine 🙂 And while the last half of January was pretty stressful and I didn't find much time to read (or much worth reading), I made up for it… Continue reading February 2021: Recent Reads
45 Educators Give Their Top 3 Reading Tips for Parents
Jump to Tips Picture this: It’s parent-teacher conference time. You’re sitting across from your child’s teacher (or perhaps, these days, seeing them on Zoom), and they’re telling you that your child is behind in reading. As a teacher, I know that’s disheartening for parents to hear, and perhaps the pronouncement even throws you into a… Continue reading 45 Educators Give Their Top 3 Reading Tips for Parents
Top Nonfiction Reads of 2020
Part Two Ironically, I couldn't narrow my nonfiction reads down to just 5. I say "ironic" because I read so much more fiction than nonfiction! So I decided, "Why limit myself to an arbitrary number?" Books can often be a "top read" based on when you and the book find each other. What I find… Continue reading Top Nonfiction Reads of 2020
Top 5 Fiction Reads of 2020
As promised, here is my first installment of: My criteria for including titles on this list are a combination of most of these: I ranked it with 5 stars on GoodreadsIt stuck with me for a long time after reading itIt made me thinkThe writing itself was beautiful, the characters were well-developed, and/or the storyline… Continue reading Top 5 Fiction Reads of 2020
December 2020: Recent Reads
A piece of nostalgia...the nativity scene I grew up with. I'll be honest, after reading so many FABULOUS books in November, this past month was a bit of a let down. I guess I've been in a some kind of a slump. Makes me want to go read some Anne of Green Gables just for… Continue reading December 2020: Recent Reads
5 Books on Technology, Productivity, and Relationships
Photo by Vlada Karpovich on Pexels.com When the pandemic hit this spring, I all of a sudden found myself in a very different position than normal: for the first time in pretty much ever, I had no set schedule. At that point, we hadn't created a fixed online school schedule. With an entire work day… Continue reading 5 Books on Technology, Productivity, and Relationships
Class vs. Teacher Reading Challenge
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com One of the things that has been killing me about teaching online is that I can't have my class do their 15 minutes of daily independent reading at the beginning of ELA class, nor meet for one-on-one reading conferences during that time. Last year, students read independently every day and… Continue reading Class vs. Teacher Reading Challenge
September 2020: Recent Reads
Photo by VisionPic .net on Pexels.com I'm sneaking in under the wire, getting this done on the 15th instead of before - happy #backtoschool to me! Back to school season is always crazy and lasts far longer than non-teachers realize. I don't know if this year is harder per se, but it is certainly a… Continue reading September 2020: Recent Reads
