Dear
Other Teachers,
It’s SUMMER! Sleeping late.
Working out when nobody is at the gym. Drinks (sweet tea) by the pool. Let’s get it started!
Whew!
Now that I’ve told you my summer plans, I am so excited to announce that I’ve
accepted a new position in 2nd grade at a public school in Louisiana
beginning this August. Of course we all know I won’t be stepping foot into that
room for the first time in August. I’ve already emailed my new principal about
getting my keys and seeing my new room. Hopefully she won’t think I’m crazy. I
know ya’ll have to be thinking about next school year too!
Speaking
of next school year, is anyone else as in love with new classroom books as I
am? In my house right now I have a huge tub full of nothing but children's books. As I've been making my rounds through the kids section at Barnes's and Noble I discovered this book called She Persisted, 13 American Women Who Changed the World written by Chelsea Clinton (no political connotation intended). If you have young girls in your classroom, you NEED this book. The theme of the book is of course She Persisted and frequently you hear it repeated through the book as the stories of girls changing America is told. Just a few stories included are Ruby Bridges, Claudette Colvin, Virginia Apgar, Sonia Sotomayer, Sally Ride, Oprah Winfrey. Here is the amazon link (I'm receiving no compensastion for the link...)
Once I started taking a look at that book, I was inspired to buy a few more books that celebrate women and girls in my library. Here are a few books that I purchased. Some may stay on my read aloud shelf for reference and others will be put into my library for students to read at will. One of my hopes is that young boys in my class see this and think of their female peers as equals.
1.Women in Science:50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
2. The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with Chimps
3. Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote
4. Amazing Grace (remember this classic?)
5. Catching the Moon
