Reading Through Life

Today is Harry Potter's birthday. Happy Birthday Harry! For the past week, I have been watching all of the Harry Potter movie...

Jen & Kellee over at  Teach Mentor Texts  host a meme every Monday that invites people to share what children's and young adult bo...

This week I was lucky enough to be part of a group of educators preparing to implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). I am lucky be...

Just last week I wrote about how I was relaxing, recharging, and ignoring my as yet unwritten lists of things to do. Now, I am getting a bit...

I read 24 books over the past week, so again, I will just highlight some of the best. Newbery Challenge: Carry on Mr. Bowditch  has b...

Pete the Cat has been very busy this summer. He's been to Madison, WI, Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. Along the w...

  I think I had a long list of plans for this summer, but somehow I am just letting life flow instead of checking off my list. Gre...