Snow Days in Maine

I have always loved living in New England because of the change in the seasons.  Although, I do have to say that Winter is my least favorite season except for days like today.  I enjoy looking out my window and seeing the snow cover the trees and spending time with my children.  Last week, was vacation week for the Maine schools and my children and I had the great opportunity to visit my parents in Florida.  It was a great time and we even got the chance to read some wonderful  books.  I would like to share some of those books.


My Name Is Memory by Ann Brashares
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Read this book while down here in Florida. I will recommend this to the Literary Ladies.






Midnight On The Moon by Mary Pope Osborne
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I read this to Xander while we have been down here in Florida.  He told me that his teacher is going to read it after vacation and he wanted to know about the story ahead of time.  He is a big fan of this series right now.




Deep Dive #1: Cephalox the Cyber Squid by Adam Blade
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I always like to read the first book in a series.  I would recommend it for boys especially ages 7-10.

September 16, 2012

I hope all of you had a great weekend.  I enjoyed my day of learning at the University of Southern Maine with my colleagues from the Southern Maine Writing project.  It was nice to have time to reflect on my teaching practice as I am doing a teacher research project on pre-writing strategies with some of the students in my Title I program.  One book that I would like to highlight is a book that I have been reading out loud to my boys.


The Way of the Warrior by Chris Bradford

This  book about a journey that one boy makes to become a warrior.

For students to read independently I would recommend grade 6 and above. Lots of twists and turns in this book.  Xavier was able to use visualizing a lot as he listened to this text.  Great Story!