Tag: book review
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Weekly Reads: Short week/long days
It’s been so much fun getting back into blogging! Earlier this week I posted my NEH Institute experience from last summer and next week I have a post ready to go about how I adapted that experience in my classroom. This week has been a rough return to classes – Spring term began on Tuesday…
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Book Review- 180 DAYS: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents
180 DAYS: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents by Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle Rating: 4/5 From the publisher: “180 Days represents the collaboration of two master teachers-Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle-over an entire school year: planning, teaching, and reflecting within their own and each other’s classrooms in California and New…
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Book Review: Grace Not Perfection by Emily Ley
Grace Not Perfection by Emily Ley Rating: 3/5 In the interest of full discloser, I was fully primed to love this book. I have used and reviewed Emily Ley’s planners for the past two years and have followed her business journey after hearing about her through Lara Casey. Let me just say this book did…
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Book Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne & John Tiffany Rating: 4/5 Warning: this review contains mild spoilers! The plot is very broadly outlined below but I have tried to keep what I believe to be the major reveals a secret. While certainly a different medium, Rowling’s latest work retains the…
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Book Review: Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist
Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living by Shauna Niequist Rating: 4/5 Pub Date: August 9, 2016 It’s no secret that I have adored Niequist’s other books. I have given out numerous copies of Bread and Wine to friends, both for the recipes and the wise words. I am…