I Need a Hug! by SpanPress My rating: 4 of 5 stars Read this to the kindergartners. We read half the book one week and I had students asking me in the hall what would happen to red bug! They loved it! View all my reviews

September 18, 2014 4:00 - 5:45 September 19-26, 2014 7:45-4:00 Daily (we will be closing at 2:30 on Friday 9/26) Teacher Preview (with breakfast!) - September 18, 2014  7:30 a.m.   Students will come to the book fair during their regularly scheduled library class.  Students may come during the school day with their teachers permission (if you have money with you). Students may come before school beginning at 7:45 or after school until 4:00  with a parent or guardian. Please note that the school day starts at 8:45. Students should be in their classrooms for attendance at this time.   View the catalog, make a wishlist or even order online at http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/moorees . You can buy books online from September 9, 2014 until September 29, 2014. Books will be sent to the Library after 9/29 and delivered to your child's teacher. While you are online, get information about the mobile app!

I arrived home to find a beautiful Crossway ESV Reader's Bible waiting for me. Thanks to Nick Norelli from Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth . Follow him on twitter at @NickNorelli  which is where I found out about this gem of a giveaway.       

I mentioned a few posts ago that Thom Tillis and Pat McCrory were featured in a ridiculous ad about a brighter future for our children . This is the beginning of the election season's rewriting of educational history - especially those who are in office and would like to be seen in a favorable light. Claims will be made that they teachers one of the largest raises in NC history. I wrote about those raises earlier.     To get this raise, they had to take the money from other places.  NC budget pays for teacher raises from reserves, lottery, cuts to programs Critics say pay claims in NC budget not accurate And the budget is a mess. Oops! McCrory Racing To Fix Budget He Just Signed The NCGA has treated teachers poorly. I could list all the ways again, but I've already done that . As wonderful as the start to this year has been in the school house, apart from the job itself, this has been a demoralizing year for educators.  The NCGA needs some fresh faces. Faces that support publi...

I guess this is actually week 2, but it is week 1 with the kiddos. We reviewed procedures and everyone (but K) got to check out a book! I worked about a day a week this summer in the library. I wanted it to have a different feel this year. Changing schools in the middle of the year has some limitations (even with a smooth transition). There is just not enough time to learn the library and move things to where you want them. We did make lots of changes last year. I had great assistance from Kim, Bobbie and Stephanie. I couldn't have picked 3 better or tenacious workers if I'd advertised! There were unused shelves and unclear division lines between sections. We made some displays and reorganized some labeling. We used index cards in places to help identify popular books and sections. All that helped with students finding what they needed. And we weeded and weeded and weeded. I was a little surprised this summer that I still found books to weed.  This summer though, I worked on a ...

There has been a lot - ranking right up there with baby and pet pix - on social media about the Ice Bucket Challenge. Most of it has to do with ALS. Your friends have done it, their friends have done it, George Bush and Ben Affleck have done it. AND ALS has had a huge financial benefit. Great news for ALS! If you have chosen to participate in this icy challenge, please know what I'm saying here is in no way a criticism of your generosity and participation. The whole ice bucket thing just makes me uncomfortable. I'm a stick in the mud, I know, but I don't like wearing my PJs to school or dressing wacky for crazy day either. I've been cringing since this started. I was wondering about the beginnings of this challenge, and I ran across multiple articles that explained it.  This Is Why Critics Are Slamming the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge  does a decent job, and you don't have to take a subscription or log in like so many I found. I'm not sure the title is really all th...