The Book Bubble

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Committing to Community Literacy

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Our grade school does a Family Reading Night once a semester. It's run by the grade school teachers who do an amazing job getting the pa...
Monday, October 26, 2015

The Flipped Classroom

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We've all heard a lot about the flipped classroom these days. Students watch videos while at home and then we help them practice what th...
Thursday, October 1, 2015

Tracking Reading-- Leading by Example

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Donalyn Miller says, "Without question, I am a better teacher because I read." I need my students to know that I am reading just a...
Saturday, September 5, 2015

Books are Taking Over Our Classroom!

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Yes! The best thing about walking back into my room over the summer is seeing the books pile up. The new books I've purchased. The books...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

How do I organize my library?

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I have to say that I am incredibly lucky. I got the largest classroom (minus the gym) to call my own. I have the luxury of 6 student compute...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

How Do You Pick Books with Limited Funds?

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Another way I help generate interest in books, especially new books, is that I involve my students in selecting the new books for our room. ...
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Saturday, August 22, 2015

Get Books in Their Hands

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Only about half of the books I acquired for my room over the summer.  If you're like me, you spent your summer acquiring books for ...
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Momma Folkman
I went to a small liberal arts college here in the Midwest called Millikin University. It was completely different from the town around it and people talked about the campus being the Milli-bubble. Inside the bubble was very academically focused. It was warm and inviting. Everywhere you looked, it was undoubtedly a college. You were surrounded by like-minded people. It was home away from home where you could learn, explore, attempt new things. When I think of my classroom, I want it to be like that bubble. I call mine the Book Bubble. I want students, teachers, administrators, and parents to walk into my room and know, undoubtedly, that it is an English room. I want books to be the first thing someone sees. I would not be offended if someone asked me if it is the school library. I want to fill my room with students who are book-minded. They don't always come to me that way, so I have to develop that. In this blog, I hope to explain how I attempt to make my own Book Bubble so that perhaps you can create yours, too.
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