Today She’s My Birthday!

Well, people. I am the new face of 40! Today, she’s my 40th birthday! I can’t believe I’m 40! Where did the time go????

Happy Birthday Dakota!

Today is my middle son’s 19th birthday. Happy Birthday Dakota! Here’s to many more!

Happy Birthday Moriah!

Today is my beautiful little niece’s 3rd birthday! She was just a teeny tiny baby. Tee Tee loves shuuu Moriah!

He’s Gone!

My little sisters and brother’s father is gone. He was only 53 years old. He had a stroke on Monday which resulted in an aneurysm. He was declared brain dead @ 6:02 p.m. today. It was really hard seeing my sisters, especially my youngest sister, Dana, taking it so hard. I had to leave her [...]

Los Angeles Black Book Expo Will Be Here Soon!

Here’s the flyer for The Los Angeles Black Book Expo. If you have any questions, visit the website @ www.labbx.com

Elizabeti’s School by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen

Elizabeti’s School (2007), written by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen & illustrated by Chrisy Hale, is the sequel to Elizabeti’s Doll (1998) & Mama Elizabeti (2000). It is the third installation in the Elizabeti series. This time Elizabeti is on her own. She’s a big girl now and it’s time to go to school. But she is worried [...]

Happy Birthday Danielle!

Today is my little sister’s birthday. I cannot believe she is 24 years old. Happy Birthday Danielle!

But God…

Taken directly from divazonemagazine.com BUT GOD If we were to ever be totally honest with ourselves, we would be quick to acknowledge that over the course of our lives, we have done some things, been some places and said some things that we wish we could take back and that if it weren’t for God, [...]

A New Position????

I was contacted today by e-mail by a local school district. Apparently I’m in the running for a teaching position. I realllllllly hope I make it to the interview stage. Better yet I need to make it to the job. Pray for me. A sista’ needs a job!!!

SOS Million Teacher March

***I received this awhile ago, but forgot to post it. Please forgive me!*** Members of the Shoelaces for Teachers campaign are collecting shoelaces in honor of educators who work hard every day to help students to have a better future.  These teachers understand the true meaning of education and put the needs of students ahead [...]

Valuable Lakeshore Coupons for Teacher’s Club Members

The next time you’re in Lakeshore Learning Store, make sure you sign up for their Teacher’s club. It’s free to join. I just received my latest mini-catalog with 3 valuable coupons on back. One is for Buy 1 @ Regular Price, Get 1 50% off, for July 5-31, 2010. (COUPON CODE=40000). There’s another for Save [...]

Still Working on It!

The “it” that I speak of is my annotated Summer Reading List for grades K-6. I’m plugging away at it & should be finished soon. Look out for it!

Mr. Peabody’s Apple addendum

I found this on A-Z Teacher forum. I thought it would make a nice addendum to my review on Mr. Peabody’s Apples by Madonna. I use Madonna’s book Mr. Peabody’s Apples on the first day to introduce my glue activity. If you haven’t heard about this book it deals with how powerful our words are. [...]

Literacy Milestones (Age 5)

Taken directly from Reading Rockets.com By: Andrea DeBruin-Parecki, Kathryn Perkinson, and Lance Ferderer (2000) Identifying a reading problem is a challenge without a sense for what typical literacy development looks like. Find out what language accomplishments are typical for most children at age five. Most children learn to read by age 7. Learning to read [...]

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July to everyone! Be careful!

Literacy Milestones (Age 3-4)

Taken directly from Reading Rockets.com By: Andrea DeBruin-Parecki, Kathryn Perkinson, and Lance Ferderer (2000) Identifying a reading problem is a challenge without a sense for what typical literacy development looks like. Find out what language accomplishments are typical for most children at the age of three to four. Most children learn to read by age [...]

Max Elliot Anderson News

Lost Island Smugglers – Book # 1 in the NEW Sam Cooper Adventure Series Release Date- August 1, 2010 Max Elliot Anderson – Author Readers 8 – 13 – Especially Boys – Action-Adventure-Mystery Port Yonder Press – SharksFinn Imprint ISBN 9781935600022 Paperback – 263 pages – $12.95 US – $15.95 CAN Distributor – Ingram Captain [...]

Flower Girl Butterflies by Elizabeth F. Howard

Flower Girl Butterflies (1998), written by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard & illustrated by Christiane Krömer just happens to be one of the cutest books ever. I really love the illustrations. I reviewed this book for my childrens’ literature class. We had to read & review 25 current children’s books & make a page. Well, I made [...]