Why I Picked It Up: A lot of my “reading” is done via audiobook. I’m a multi-tasker and I like to have something to listen to when I’m doing housework or driving somewhere. Lately, I’ve been working through 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. I was so excited to see all my students engaged in topics of their interest, learning and diving in to great thinking and learning. After all, nothing is more inspiring 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 our subjects! 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. That’s all there is to it. This title called out to me like the aroma of freshly baked cookies – I HAD to have it. I love the lilting melody of the words in this title, and as a librarian, the idea of flying books was intriguing. 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. Normally, I’m not drawn to soft watercolor pictures, but this one caught my eye. It is simple, but so very clever. There is a brownish-black sloth who seems […]
App Smash: Vocabulary
Today’s app smash recipe is a variation on vocabulary. There are LOTS of different ways to do it, but this is one recipe I particularly like. As with any recipe, you can switch out ingredients depending on what you have and what you like. These recipes aren’t meant to be an extensive how-to manual for […]
