...Although I have been on vacation, and away from, school for the past seven days, some of my responsibilities back at work have not been far from my thoughts. (Well, my fleeting, "nothing to worry about" thoughts, anyway.) Yesterday morning, I took the opportunity to drop into school to complete one such "job": to verify a shipment of books I had received on behalf of the seventh grade Language Arts department, and divvy them up for distribution. "Seventh Grade Language Arts Department" sounds much more important than it really is--there are three teachers including myself!
...As I read through the titles I became very excited for my students, some of whom would have the opportunity to read them! ...Up until this point, the only "classroom libraries" teachers had were limited to what could be found at discount stores and/or purchased by the teacher with their own funds. Consequently, those folks who taught other disciplines, like Math or Science, had few options for students, many of whom would not bring their own things to read. But, now...
Click-whirrr-snap... AWWW!<
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