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The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Posted by: eiela on: 19 August 2008

I read The Boy Who Cried Wolf by B.G. Hennessy to one of my classes today, since they’re studying fairy tales and fables in reading this week.  Before reading we talked about how a fable is a story that’s meant to teach a lesson, and I asked them to be thinking about what lesson this [...]

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This man has just won my vote

Posted by: eiela on: 5 March 2008

I don’t want to get too much into politics on this blog, but AMEN.  If he can actually do what he is promising here, he’s got my vote.  This is from a speech in Beaumont TX.

This is very cool!

Posted by: eiela on: 18 February 2008

I just discovered LibraryElf. It will check your library card account for you and email or RSS reminders when things are due, overdue, when holds come in, etc.  Check to see if it works with your library.  You can put several cards on your account (so, if you have a card for all your kids, [...]

Purpose. . .

Posted by: eiela on: 8 February 2008

What is this blog going to be about?  A lot of things.  Sometimes it might just be a vent, a rant.  Sometimes it might be a book review of a book I simply HAD to read to my students today.  But, mostly I want it to be about teacher librarianship.  What is that?
The teacher part: [...]