Finding Life's Balance
Here I go again, finally finishing a book long after the book club finished it and moved on to another title. But this book, The Self-Driven Child by William Stixrud and Ned Johnson, was worth taking my time with. And
As a science teacher and a logical brain thinker, I laugh and state ‘of course science matters, what else would anyone believe?’ But in truth, the book by Robert M. Hazen and James Trefil is more than promoting the claim
This year as part of my work with a learning community of teachers, I decided to participate in all books chosen for our monthly book study group. That meant reading a book about math. MATH! Math and I do not
Perhaps this book wasn’t on my radar of books to read. Perhaps even when my district choose a summer book study I neglected it at first. Perhaps after a second reminder email, I signed up. Perhaps I even forgot to
Sometimes we are asked to read a book that isn’t on our radar of interests. There is no option but to find a way to plow through the first few pages. It is my experience, that sometimes this is the
Let’s just say Mary Roach has done it again. I really enjoy reading her investigative non-fiction. I first read ‘Stiff’ and enjoyed learning about what happens to the body after death. Now, in ‘Packing for Mars’ (a deceptive title) she
This was a super quick reading, ‘Rise to the Challenge’ by Jeff C. Marshall is just over 100 pages (but really fewer as the chapter end and starts take 3 pages each). At first, as I began reading this book
Let me begin by saying that this is a book I bought without giving too much thought to the content. As a new mom, I read the title and thought this might give me some helpful tips to raise a
This is the third book is a series of books for me that have created a real sense of what my classroom could look like. How I could integrate real change to help my students have more rewarding learning opportunities.
Having requested to be part of a teacher ‘book club’ this was the first book chosen for this past school year – Grading for Equity (What it is, Why it Matters, and How it can Transform Schools and Classrooms) by