Who I Am
I am a daughter, sister, wife, step-mother, grandmother, teacher, reader.
I live in Conroe, TX on 9 acres with my husband, 7 horses, and 3 dogs. I teach in the Cypress Fairbanks school district, where I’ve been for my teaching career of 12 years. I have been fortunate to teach 2nd grade – Math/Science, Kindergarten, and 3rd grade – LA/Social Studies. This year I do not have my own classroom as I am the Title I Reading Teacher. I go into classrooms and work with at-risk students on reading skills and strategies. I LOVE my job because I get to share my love of reading with students.
I am passionate about books. So much so that I continuously get asked, “Why aren’t you a school librarian?” I do have my Masters, but it is in Educational Leadership. That could change, but for right now I’m happy with what I’m doing and where I am in my career.
I started blogging in May ’08, but got real serious after school started in August ’08. I viewed my blog as a way to share what was going on in my classroom. Plans changed with a new job, and now I want it to be a place where I can review books and share reading “a-ha’s” from my students.
October 21st, 2008 at 1:48 pm
I just wanted to thank you for visiting my blog and commenting. I have bookmarked yours and look forward to cruising your pages!
P.S. I am also a HUGE animal lover, I have 1 dog, 3 cats, 1 rabbit, 1 gerbil and 1 rat. Quite a collection, but they are so much fun! What kind of dogs do you have? Mine is a toy rat terrier and weighs 9 pounds. We got her since we’re in an apartment and it wouldn’t be fair to get a bigger dog, but as soon as we have a house I plan on getting my dream dog, a Golden Retriever!
December 12th, 2008 at 6:08 am
Hi.
We just discovered your site.
We would like to send you a review copy of Snow Valley Heroes, A Christmas Tale, the latest book in our Planet of the Dogs book series. The series is recommended for children 6-12 and dog lovers of all ages.
For sample chapters and more information on our books, please visit http://www.planetofthedogs.net.
For information on the concepts behind our books and our involvement in therapy dog reading programs, please visit http://barkingplanet.typepad.com.
Please email us a postal address at barkingplanet@aol.com and we will be very pleased to send you the book.
Happy holidays,
Robert McCarty
Barking Planet Productions
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:56 am
Hey, thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting! You’re going to enjoy blogger when you move over, it’s easy to learn and use.
BTW ~ My little sister is so jealous of you right now! After I went to school, she and my parents moved out on some land outside of town. We have two horses and a barn cat. She’s drooling over you list of animals!
January 5th, 2009 at 12:44 am
Hey I am just wondering if you could review my book Kids on a Case: The Case of the Ten Grand Kidnapping. You can see a sample chapter at http://www.tonypeters.webs.com. If you are interested send me an email at tpeters745@hotmail.com, and make sure to put in a subject.
Thank You,
Tony Peters
Kids on a Case: The Case of the Ten Grand Kidnapping
http://www.tonypeters.webs.com