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Blog Awards!

April 1, 2010

Thank you so much to Tiny Reader for nominating me for not one, but two blog awards.  I consider it a huge honor!  And since, I still consider myself a newbie at blogging, I hope you will humor me as I pay it forward by selecting my own favorite blogs, many who have been around for many years:

  1. Getting Kids Reading
  2. Great Kid Books
  3. Moms Inspire Learning
  4. Jen Robinson’s Book Page
  5. The Book Chook
  6. The Reading Zone
  7. Scrub a Dub Tub
  8. teachmama
  9. No Time for Flash Cards
  10. The Children’s Book Review
  11. Classroomtalk.com
  12. Book Club for Boys
  13. Quirky Momma
  14. Picture Book of the Day
  15. There’s a Book

To my recipients:
For the “One Lovely Blog Award” you need to: * Thank & link to the person that gave you the award. * Pass this award on to 15 fantastic bloggers you’ve recently discovered. * Contact said Blogs and let them know they’ve won.

For the “Beautiful Blogger” award you need to: * Thank & link to the person that gave you the award. * Pass this award on to 15 fantastic bloggers you’ve recently discovered. * Contact said Blogs and let them know they’ve won. * State 7 things about yourself.

Seven Things About Me:

  1. I am a wife to one and a mother of two (ages 7 and 4).  I currently live outside Washington D.C.
  2. I am an educator, and though I have left the classroom, the classroom has not left me!
  3. My first book, Teaching Comprehension With Nonfiction Read Alouds: 12 Lessons for Using Newspapers, Magazines, and Other Nonfiction Texts to Build Key Comprehension Skills, will be published in September, 2010.
  4. I knew I wanted to be a teacher in third grade.  I never wavered.
  5. I loved my job in the classroom, but I’m thankful to be able to be home with my kids.
  6. I love that I have been able to translate my passion for teaching into new experiences, while staying home.
  7. I am a life-long learner!

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