Tsunami

I had a wonderful summer like always. I was busy at the beginning of the summer, and it was a good busy. I spent time working with some awesome teachers and vacationing. The summer was perfectly timed, meaning that I had the three or four weeks before school started to really, really relax. I was feeling a kind of peace that passes all understanding.

However, school started and it felt like I was hit by a tsunami. This school year, it did not feel like I had that honeymoon period that I think occurs at the beginning of most school years, or maybe that honeymoon period is all a figment of my imagination. (Memory is abstract!)

Emails and Emails about students who would need lots of love this year, getting adjusted to a new co-teacher, getting use to a new on-line system, and getting to know my new students. Many days, I felt like I was literally running around like a rat on a wheel.

However in the midst of the craziness, I managed to read eleven books and write two articles for Booksource's banter blog.

Here are the links to the articles:

How I Reimagined the Whole Class Novel and Transformed My Students Into Readers

Rethinking the Literary Canon for Today’s Learners

ENJOY, and Happy Thanksgiving!