Being a teacher, a mother,
and a reader is sometimes overwhelming.
At times, I feel as if I am only successfully being two of the
three. The past two years, I’ve taken a
break from teaching, being laid off for 20 months. In those 20 months, I had just completed my
Masters in Reading, I became a full-time stay at home mom, and started a book
blog. I had all of this energy and
needed to find a book community to connect and share my ideas. In December I was called back into the
classroom. While I was thrilled to be
back to work, I knew my blogging would suffer, and suffer it did with a 6 month
hiatus. I don’t think I will be back to
daily blogging, but I am still reading both professionally and personally. I read daily to my Lil Guy, now age 4. We still try to visit the library weekly,
too. So, if any readers are still
interested on my take on being a Teacher, a Mother, and a Reader, I will try to
be back soon to weekly blogging. See
tomorrow’s post for a few books I’ve read lately.
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Being a Teacher, a Mother, and a Reader
Being a teacher, a mother,
and a reader is sometimes overwhelming.
At times, I feel as if I am only successfully being two of the
three. The past two years, I’ve taken a
break from teaching, being laid off for 20 months. In those 20 months, I had just completed my
Masters in Reading, I became a full-time stay at home mom, and started a book
blog. I had all of this energy and
needed to find a book community to connect and share my ideas. In December I was called back into the
classroom. While I was thrilled to be
back to work, I knew my blogging would suffer, and suffer it did with a 6 month
hiatus. I don’t think I will be back to
daily blogging, but I am still reading both professionally and personally. I read daily to my Lil Guy, now age 4. We still try to visit the library weekly,
too. So, if any readers are still
interested on my take on being a Teacher, a Mother, and a Reader, I will try to
be back soon to weekly blogging. See
tomorrow’s post for a few books I’ve read lately. 
Monday, November 5, 2012
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (10)
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? From Picture Books to YA!
is a meme hosted by Jen
and Kellee at Teach.Mentor.Texts
I wanted to try something new this week and
use a goodreads widget to show you what I’ve read. You will have
to let me know what you think. I hope it might work as a way to display
my current reads. It was ten times easier than uploading all of the
information as usual! (Books are clickable in the widget - it takes you
to the goodreads site)
As you can
tell we have still been enjoying Maisy Books and read a few Halloween
Books. Our week was busy and we didn't get to read as much as
usual. The big storm did take out out power for about 24 hours,
flooded our street, and rescheduled our Trick or Treat, but we survived.
Hoping all my bookish, bloggish, and twitter friends are doing ok, too. I
know a lot of you were hit hard. Well, for Halloween my Lil Guy
dressed as BOT (from Ame Dyckman's adorable Boy + Bot). And we are
now overloaded with candy! This week we'll have to get back on track with
more books, storytimes, and library visits. :)
Also, it's Picture Book Month! To see my ten ideas for how to celebrate you can look back at my post this week HERE
Also, it's Picture Book Month! To see my ten ideas for how to celebrate you can look back at my post this week HERE
This Weeks Books
For older students. The story is intriguing, how a pirate and a 'sand fiddler' connect their lives and learn from each other. The storytelling wasn't very natural, it just lacked finesse. That being said, I did enjoy the book and woul...
Perfectly blends the real life story of Jacques Plante and the story of a struggling youth hockey goalie who finds inspiration in the stories his grandfather tells about the Montreal Canadiens.
I rather liked this winter tale. Maybe I was just in the mood for something chilly. Parts of the story were a bit forced. (Do icicles really grow longer the colder it gets?) And the characters names didn't click with me. Otherwise t...
I prefer the Maisy stories, but young Maisy fans will enjoy the colorful and fun illustrations. I rather missed Maisy's friends!
Dinosaur teams (Veggies vs Meats) take to the ice in a fierce hockey battle. We liked the fun names, action, and hockey bits. Hockey kids will like this one. Others might not appreciate the over the top play action.
Pigsty is a hilarious book about a boy's room that is so messy it gets overtaken by pigs. At first it's cool, the pigs play games and don't mind the mess. But, when the pigs take over ... the boy has to decide if he can live with his r...
I reviewed Prairie Evers along with Prairie Thief on my blog
HERE @ Teacher.Mother.Reader
We liked this one! Maisy and the crew go camping and fill a tent with friends and fun!
I would have loved for this book to have featured some facts along with the humor.
A little booy is sent to wake the dragons before starting his own day. I kept having the feeling the dragons were symbolic, but it was never clear from the book if this was the case. Sparse rhyming text, Preschoolers might enjoy it.
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