I heard of Dispatches from Pluto sometime when I first found out I was placed in Mississippi, it was recommended by someone from TFA, as a depiction of life in the Delta. I had been meaning to read it for a while, but hadn’t gotten around to it. I finally got around to reading it, …
Month: January 2017
I’m having difficulties using MailChimp, the service that I use to send out Sunday stories, which is causing a delay in this week’s Sunday story. Thank you for your patience. I will send it as soon as I can.
In my first year of teaching, I’ve received a wealth of information on teaching reading, and a decent amount about teaching math, and next to nothing about teaching science. I’m not complaining! I understand why – so much of elementary school (especially lower elementary) is about building a foundation so that students can learn later …
I read this book because I heard someone recommend it, then I found out that it was set in Mississippi. One-click checkout, it arrived a few days later. This is the first novel I’ve read in a while, and the first young adult novel I’ve read in a longer while. Most of the reading I’ve …
At the end of 2016/the dawn of 2017, I spent a few days in New Orleans with my family. It was wonderful to spend some time with my family and explore a new city! I went to the NOMA, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and saw this piece of amazingness. Ya’ll. I was so deeply …