Summer Reading
Despite the hurricane that has been my life, I managed to make a pretty long summer reading list. This has been the year of change for me, for sure. These last few changes are more positive.
One is that my boyfriend and I (and our cat, Tallulah Rose Punky Brewster) are moving in together! That's a big ol' first for me and I feel really lucky to have this man. His strength has carried and hugged me through a painful few months. He is prepared for more waterworks though. I've been living with my sister and her bf for three years! Yes, we will be in the same city...but not the same apartment!
Another change is that I am also blogging for Pearson! Like, as in getting paid to blog. I've got a couple articles up now. My latest is about summer reading. Those blogs will be much more professional and a lot less about my cat and stuff.
The OTHER change is that I am going back to kindergarten! Well, teaching kindergarten. It has been my dream since 5th grade to be a kindergarten teacher. Back then, I worked with Mrs. Tita, my kindergarten teacher, in a teacher-for-a-day kind of thing. I went back to work with Mrs. Tita when I was a senior in high school. For a year I spent every Wednesday as a teacher helper. As life's twists and turns twisted and turned me, I somehow always ended up in a 3rd - 4th grade position. (With the exception of one glorious year as a kindergarten teacher.) This coming fall, I am going back!
I've spent the last three years as a special education co-teacher in a 4th grade classroom. But things shifted in our school and the kindergarten (they call it K2 here in good ol' Massa-chizzle) position opened up. I'm over the moon and obsessively read blogs, articles, books, etc. This is a very welcome change in my life. Be prepared, there are going to be glorious stories. And they are coming your way!
So my summer reading list is organized accordingly. There are adult books, kid books, and books I hope will better prepare me for the fall. I'm taking my Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Roald Dahl to France with me next week. (Another welcomed change...first international trip in 3 years!) What do you have on your summer reading list?
One is that my boyfriend and I (and our cat, Tallulah Rose Punky Brewster) are moving in together! That's a big ol' first for me and I feel really lucky to have this man. His strength has carried and hugged me through a painful few months. He is prepared for more waterworks though. I've been living with my sister and her bf for three years! Yes, we will be in the same city...but not the same apartment!
Super models, soon to be "former" roommates |
New roommate...we haven't quite mastered the super model couple thing yet |
Another change is that I am also blogging for Pearson! Like, as in getting paid to blog. I've got a couple articles up now. My latest is about summer reading. Those blogs will be much more professional and a lot less about my cat and stuff.
Oh, hey, that's me! I'm a "professional"! |
Time to celebrate...like I did when I was 5! |
I've spent the last three years as a special education co-teacher in a 4th grade classroom. But things shifted in our school and the kindergarten (they call it K2 here in good ol' Massa-chizzle) position opened up. I'm over the moon and obsessively read blogs, articles, books, etc. This is a very welcome change in my life. Be prepared, there are going to be glorious stories. And they are coming your way!
So my summer reading list is organized accordingly. There are adult books, kid books, and books I hope will better prepare me for the fall. I'm taking my Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Roald Dahl to France with me next week. (Another welcomed change...first international trip in 3 years!) What do you have on your summer reading list?
Adult Books
Innocent Erendira and Other Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
Teacher Books
The First Six Weeks of School 2nd edition (Responsive Classroom)
Reading with Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades 2nd ed. by Debbie Miller
Making Sense of Phonics: The Hows and Whys, 2nd ed. by Isabel and Mark Beck
Building Structures with Young Children by Ingrid Chalufour and Karen Worth
Kid Books
Boy by Roald Dahl
George by Alex Gino
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Summerlost by Ally Condie
Block City by Robert Louis Stevenson
How a House is Built by Gail Gibbons
Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty
Calvin and Hobbes (any of them)
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
The Imaginary Garden by Andrew Larson
Imaginary Fred by Eoin Colfer and Oliver Jeffers
Don't feel bad about not having mastered the supermodel thing yet. Steve and I haven't either. In fact, I think if I was bent over backwards like that, I just might fall over which wouldn't be a supermodel pose but rather American's Funniest Videos worthy! Love you! Have a great time in France and take lots of pictures. Remember, Nathaniel is with you always! I know you miss him as we all do but take comfort when the suns shines brightly that he is shining down on you in love. We all now have an angel in heaven!
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