Ruth Ayres has a link-up on Saturdays where people link to posts that are celebrations about their week. I love this reminder to celebrate every day. Here are some of my celebrations from the week in no particular order.
1. I got to attend a session of the CCBC Choices. This is a time when the CCBC brings copies of the books that they have chosen as the best of the previous year. It is a wonderful opportunity to see and even read many of those books and evaluate them for purchase. It's also a chance to chat with colleagues about books. It's a Nerdybookclub type of event.
2. Our spring break stretched to Tuesday and I had the house to myself since my daughter's school district went back a day earlier than we did. It was a treat to be able to wake up when I felt like it, watch a movie and then walk my dog leisurely on Tuesday morning when I would normally be teaching. It felt like I was getting away with something.
3. Our trees have buds on them!!! The grass if finally becoming green and I saw daffodils.
4. I got three really large boxes of books at school. It is so fun to unpack them. A large chunk of this order was biographies of women. Earlier this year I realized that not quite a third of our biographies were of women and so am working to even that out a bit.
5. I got to meet with the architects to go over the plans for our school building remodel. It was interesting to hear about and dream about the possibilities for the new library space.
6. Oops! I had to jump back in and mention Poem in Your Pocket Day. My pre-K class got to Skype with a class in Missouri and there were poems being read all over the school. You can see snippets of them here
I hope you had much to celebrate this week.
1. I got to attend a session of the CCBC Choices. This is a time when the CCBC brings copies of the books that they have chosen as the best of the previous year. It is a wonderful opportunity to see and even read many of those books and evaluate them for purchase. It's also a chance to chat with colleagues about books. It's a Nerdybookclub type of event.
2. Our spring break stretched to Tuesday and I had the house to myself since my daughter's school district went back a day earlier than we did. It was a treat to be able to wake up when I felt like it, watch a movie and then walk my dog leisurely on Tuesday morning when I would normally be teaching. It felt like I was getting away with something.
3. Our trees have buds on them!!! The grass if finally becoming green and I saw daffodils.
4. I got three really large boxes of books at school. It is so fun to unpack them. A large chunk of this order was biographies of women. Earlier this year I realized that not quite a third of our biographies were of women and so am working to even that out a bit.
5. I got to meet with the architects to go over the plans for our school building remodel. It was interesting to hear about and dream about the possibilities for the new library space.
6. Oops! I had to jump back in and mention Poem in Your Pocket Day. My pre-K class got to Skype with a class in Missouri and there were poems being read all over the school. You can see snippets of them here
I hope you had much to celebrate this week.
Some wonderful things to celebrate! I love that you are bringing in more biographies about women. I have enjoyed sharing more titles about women with my own children and my students. Lovely that Spring has finally come your way!
ReplyDeleteIt was challenging to find as many quality biographies as I did, but I am so happy to find some to add. The ratio of male to female bios was really sad before. The collection is looking a lot better. I hadn't looked at that section so intensely before.
DeleteMovies, books and poems. Sounds like a pretty wonderful week to me!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely. :)
DeleteLuckily there are more and more bios of women being written, too, Crystal. I'll look forward to hearing about some of those titles, too. Glad you had such a nice week, including the Poem in your Pocket day share.
ReplyDeleteYes, I will have to review some of the new biographies during non-fiction picture book days and It's Monday! posts. I am looking forward to digging in to them.
DeleteHaving planned and been in buildings when two new libraries were built, I can sense your excitement. It's thrilling to see the process unfold; even better when it's all done.
ReplyDeleteIt's difficult to make such huge decisions. Wonderful, but difficult. There are so many options. It will be exciting to watch it all unfold.
DeleteWhat a great week! How exciting to plan a new library space. New books are always a treat. They will make a nice addition to your collection, I'm sure. I dream of a day alone at home....sigh.
ReplyDeleteThose days alone at home don't happen so very often. I didn't even realize I would have that until Sunday when I looked at my daughter's school calendar. It was a nice surprise.
DeleteA day for oneself and unpacking book boxes would be plenty for me. Add some poetry, more books, planning for the future and signs of spring - a truly wonderful week.
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