Category: Book List
Classroom Royale
Continuing yesterday’s breakdown of the classroom as casino metaphor. Hmmmm. We left off yesterday with Mr. Lee’s observation that casinos bombard you with lights and sound, and since this is the intro to his section on the physical setup of a “happy” classroom, I assume that he’s going to make some sort of connection. Are […]
Continue Reading...Vacation Books
Can you tell I’m on vacation? I got up at 9:15 this morning… Usual time: 4:55. I went to bed at 1:00… Usual time: 10:00. I have read several books. I am sore from doing “honeydos” for the past several days. I have taken 5.5 naps in five days, and had to make my own lunch […]
Continue Reading...Relief is Nigh (dot dot dot)
Every year for the past three I have voted against the two-week spring break, but right now that stretch can’t be here too soon or last too long. I’m crabby and ready for a long break. And we haven’t even had any actual bad weather this year at all, like you all in South Dakota […]
Continue Reading...We Interrupt This Post…
I was going to post about some new books I just finished (there is some down time in Vegas after all), but then I got distracted. You know the old saw about becoming like the kids you teach? Remember, I was already there before I started teaching. I got distracted by another book that my wife was […]
Continue Reading...Rants and Raves
I have been illin’ on and off (mostly on) for over a week. I have attended an exquisitely useless meeting, forced to grind my molars to powder in order not to make enemies of an entire department, the kids are on glue, and Modern Family was a rerun after I stayed up to watch all […]
Continue Reading...Reading and a Rerun
I know, I know. Thanksgiving is over. Time for a new post. Well, I’ve been busy… I’ve been learning a lot about maintaining a thirty year old pinball machine. And, ummm, playing one. Digesting food. Seriously. I weighed myself TDay evening, and then again then next morning (barely–it was almost afternoon). Six pounds difference. I […]
Continue Reading...Five-Oh
I turned fifty last week. Or as we like to say in my room, fitty. I’d like to think that’s accurate too. Although, my sister-in-law gave me a big sticker to wear at my (surprise) party that said, “I’m 5 Today!” That’s probably most accurate. Then she went and wrote “decades” in small print under […]
Continue Reading...Victory!
Yesssssss, as the kids say when we’re checking a quiz or something, and they get a few in a row correct. If they’re on a streak as we go over it, it’ll be… “Number seven… D – savvy, the opposite of naive.” “Yesssssss.” “Number eight… E – none of the above.” “Yessssssssss.” It gets longer […]
Continue Reading...Didja Miss Me? (Summer Reading)
My. Oh. My. It’s been awhile since I’ve been here. Hafta to dust off the cobwebs before we get started. June has done disappeared, and July is well on its way to doing the same. How did that happen? I know I’ve been taking a lot of naps, but… I sound like a grandpa. Now […]
Continue Reading...This Year’s Book List
The 120 Seconds presentations are finished, and most of the kids have added their books to this year’s list of books they liked enough to read out loud. There are still about 25 or so kids who are lagging about adding theirs, but I’ll post an updated list in a week or so. Most popular […]
Continue Reading...Top Nine(?): Books
Uh oh. I’m listing again. No, not leaning to one side; making top ten lists. Thursday’s tv show list got me going again, like back in junior high. This time it’s books. I mean, after all, it IS supposed to be an English teacher’s blog. These are not teacher-books or class novels (well, one might […]
Continue Reading...120 Seconds Book List (So far.)
We’re pretty much finished with the 120 Seconds presentations, and my aide has typed up the list of books we heard from so far. Not everyone has remembered to add his/her book to the list on the board — I know I heard some Unfortunate Events and some Goosebumps (from the EL kids) and even […]
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