I appreciate “The Unread Shelf Project” because as a “project” it can be carefully planned to accomplish a goal in mind, but it can be ongoing with loose ends and tons of room for improvement. I say all this because my unread shelf is in shambles. I have no idea how many unread books I…
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Continuing To Change It Up In 2019
Welcome to 2019! I started blogging on this website at the end of the 2017-2018 school year to change things up a bit. This notion of changing things up become the theme of my professional life in 2018. Here are other examples of when I did just that: Took on a leadership role with the…
#25inFive – December 2018
With another semester of graduate school completed, I felt that it was time to refocus on the first “available” weekend. That weekend just so happened to also be a #25inFive Readathon weekend. The last #25inFive Readathon that I participated in was back in August. This month’s Readathon goal was to beat August’s total. Did I…
The Hate U Give – Identity and Activism Text Set
The following blog post is from a final project for a graduate class taken in the Fall of 2018 at Michigan State University – TE849: Methods and Materials for Teaching Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Blog post updated in November 2020 and December 2022 with resources utilized in the classroom for the teaching of The…
Article of the Week – Revision for Literacy Support
The following blog post is a final project for one of my graduate classes this fall at Michigan State University – TE846: Accommodating Differences in Literacy Learners. Disciplinary Literacy Project The project calls for a unit that I teach to be reviewed and revised to embed literacy support and accommodation. Instead of sharing unit and…
#25inFive – August 2018
During the month of July, I attempted to follow my own advice and read for a suggested twenty minutes a day. I encourage my students to read for that amount of time each day to make consistent progress on their Independent Reading unit – Reading Bingo. This graphic finds itself in every one of my…
Crime Course Reading List
True crime and crime fiction are two genres that have exploded in popular culture. I am just as guilty as the next person to be fascinated with the psychology of the killers, thanks to Criminal Minds; the plot surrounding a crime, kudos to Dateline with Lester Holt reruns; and the characters involved as depicted in…
The Unread Shelf Project 2018
While scrolling through Instagram at the end of the 2017, I stumbled upon several users posting about their plans to tackle the Unread Shelf Project in 2018. Being one to have a large amount of books that are unread, I was intrigued and motivated to tackle it. After counting up and sorting through all of…
Book Bracket 2016 – The Reveal
Beginning this week, a majority of the student body will be participating in a school-wide book-related initiative known as Book Bracket 2016 or #BookBracket2016. Book Bracket was created in an effort to combine March is Reading Month with the NCAA’s March Madness. A total of 200 students from grades 6-12 participated as members of the…