Why I Picked It Up: A lot of my “reading” is done via audiobook. ย I’m a multi-tasker and I like to have something to listen to when I’m doing housework or driving somewhere. ย Lately, I’ve been working throughย the 2014 Lone Star Reading List, and this was the first one I found that was available for […]
Technology
Top 3 Search Engines to Use with Students
Research is when I was probably on the biggest roller coaster of emotion as a teacher. ย I was so excited to see all my students engaged in topics of their interest, learning and diving in to great thinking and learning. ย After all, nothing is more inspiringย to a teacher than seeing self-motivated children engaged in the […]
App Smash: Biography
When we say “biography,” often images of social studies classes come to mind, but there are people to learn about in all of ourย subjects! ย Biographies are also not limited to real people – this app smash applies to fictional characters very nicely as well. Whether real or fictional, people’s lives are often hard to capture […]
Book Review: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Why I picked it up: The title. ย That’s all there is to it. ย This title called out to me like the aroma of freshly baked cookies – I HAD to have it. ย I love the lilting melody of the words in this title, and as a librarian, the idea of flying books was intriguing. ย Somewhere […]
Book Review: Sparky! by Jenny Offill & Chris Appelhans
I picked it up I was casually browsing through the New York Best Sellers list of books and chuckled out loud at the cover of this book. ย Normally, I’m not drawn to soft watercolor pictures, but this one caught my eye. ย It is simple, but so very clever. ย There is a brownish-black sloth who seems […]
App Smash: Vocabulary
ย Today’s app smash recipe is a variation on vocabulary. ย There are LOTS of different ways to do it, but this is one recipe I particularly like. ย As with any recipe, you can switch out ingredients depending on what you have and what you like. ย These recipes aren’t meant to be an extensive how-to manual for […]
