Tidbit Tuesday: Random Recent Discoveries
*Douglas Florian, author and poet, has a blog, Florian Cafe.
*A fifth grader calls other kids “retarded and dork” because a step parent calls her that at home. Reminded her to think “cancel” when someone says that because she is smart.
*My tough classes are on Mondays.
*You can check the reading level of your writing if you use Microsoft Word. You can also go herefor a Lexile level. You need to register to use the Lexile analyzer but it is pretty neat.
*I am keeping up with the Comment Challenge. Yay, me.
*There is an amazing chapter (I believe Chapter 37 or 38, am listening so will need to check) in Little Women which all new parents should read.
Happy Reading.
MsMac
November 18th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Can I just say that I was giddy (yes, giddy) when I heard about Florian’s blog. I hope he shares tidbits about his forthcoming book!
November 18th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Teaching her to think “cancel” is awesome. Empowering and do-able and not likely to be forgotten when someone’s yelling at you. I think I may have to use that myself.
You are one one heck of a resource at your library and at your school, Jone. Brava!