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Goodreads Blog Post: 9 Tips for Squeezing More Reading Time Out of Your Day

Goodreads Blog Post: 9 Tips for Squeezing More Reading Time Out of Your Day

via Goodreads Blog Post: 9 Tips for Squeezing More Reading Time Out of Your Day I found this short list while on Goodreads.com, and I must say that this list will help not just me in particular, but ANYONE who wants to finish 2016 with a BAND. (Especially when it comes to reading books.)   All I can say is that if you follow these tips, you can accomplish your reading goals in no time flat. You…

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Teaching and Learning Literacy

Teaching and Learning Literacy

Do you know the skills involved in teaching and learning literacy?  There are many strategies and resources for students and teachers as we seek to build connection and continuity in learning. School communities are using common language to build awareness and encourage the sharing of best practice when it comes to these basic building blocks of learning and thinking. Here is an example of a…

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Harry Potter Ruined My Town

Harry Potter Ruined My Town

So what we have here is a town that pretends to be in the Harry Potter world? Yawn. These people need to see Dr. Phil, and possibly T.D. Jakes.

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The Trouble with Her (StoryADay Post)

The Trouble with Her (StoryADay Post)

The trouble with Shara Shinnok was that even though she was smart, responsible, and mature, she was stubborn, judgemental, and obsessed with being mature, often to the point of bossing other people around and putting them down for being immature or not growing up fast enough. Related articles The Angle: Ditch Your Trump-Loving Friend Edition (slate.com) Should friendships end over Donald Trump?…

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Top Gift for Preschoolers - School Zone Little Scholar Tablet

Top Gift for Preschoolers – School Zone Little Scholar Tablet

Top Gift for Preschoolers – School Zone Little Scholar Tablet

I’ve shared many times how important reading it to my husband and I in regards to our kids.  From the time we found out we were going to be parents for the first time we started buying top children’s books to build a collection.  We’ve read to my oldest since she was in my tummy and once she could read on her own we urge her to read to…

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If We Were Having Coffee... Reading and Blog Award!

If We Were Having Coffee... #AmReading #WeekendCoffeeShare

Today’s post is a part of the Weekend Coffee Share, graciously hosted by Part Time Monster every weekend. A time for us to come together, share a cup of coffee (or our beverage of choice) to share some of what is going on in our lives.  It’s a lovely check-in! If we were having coffee I would tell you that I’m pretty exhausted.  The week went well,  but it was busy and wore me out.  Thankfully,…

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JuNoWriMo, Day 5

Now we get to the part of the story where I seemed to have abandoned everything. In the original story, Jennifer’s younger brother Addison is attempting to recreate a fake World War 2 battle when he notices Jennifer and scolds her for being cruel to a random student. Jennifer accuses him of being a Lisa Brooks wannabe and decides to “seek her own company“. Pretty selfish, don’t you think? That…

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365 Themes Challenge: Exhaustion

365 Themes Challenge: Exhaustion

Stuart Greer had been running for most of his entire life.

He and his mother, Elisabeth, were always running from the cops who would have been able to help them  and strangers who always seemed to want to hurt Elisabeth and take Stuart for various reasons. There was not a moment in Stuart’s life where he wasn’t exhausted from trying to survive an unwanted life in poverty, not when Elisabeth had…

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