A Quest for the Best

http://www.deceroadoce.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/buscando-el-libro-perdido-biblioteca-valencia.jpg For the rest of the semester, I have the opportunity to create my own reading goal. I am excited to take what I’ve learned in this class thus far and apply it to books that interest me. I decided to take this opportunity to start building my own classroom library! When I think back, …

Touchy Feely Reflection Time!

As long as I can remember, I’ve loved to read. I’ve always had a positive attitude towards reading and get excited thinking about my favorites. As a child, all I did was read. Fast forward a few years, I’ve got the same attitude, but not the same practices. Since I started college, it has been …

I LOVE READING!!

Do you love reading? I think by the end of this video, you at least do a little. The reason I love this so much is because I believe wholeheartedly that students feed off the energy of the teacher 100%. If we want a student to be invested in a cause, we have to show …

You can always find the time! Even if you have to look for it…

Last Monday, you should have seen my planner! I had all my assignments planned out, and I knew when and where I was going to get all my reading done. I was pleased and ready for the week. And then life happened. And then it was Friday. And I still had 3 ½ of my …

Creating Readers

Teacher friends: I highly recommend looking up Donna Miller if you haven’t already. Her interview, Creating Readers sheds light on some very important things to think about when trying to nurture young readers. As a self-proclaimed “book whisperer”, Miller has turned many students into lifelong readers. She puts a big emphasis on reading in her …

Blog posts, comments, and memes, oh my!

I consider myself to be fairly good with technology…that is until I get on the Internet! If you ask me to navigate anything beyond Facebook, Pintrest, or CSC’s website I’m pretty clueless…haha. Right as I figure some concept out, there are ten more that I didn’t know existed. Blogging is completely new for me, and …