Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away

November Book Talks

Author: Meg Medina

Illustrator: Sonia Sánchez

Summary: Daniela and Evelyn are best friends...they live across from each other, in apartments that are mirror images of the other. Today is a big day because it’s moving day for Evelyn. Daniela and Evelyn spend the day playing make believe, hiding in their best spots, and promising to always be friends even when Evelyn moves away.

Virtual Bluebonnet Wall of Fame

This is my 11th year as a librarian, and over that time I’ve made many changes to my systems and  lessons in the library.  Well, now that we know we will be starting this school year virtually, I’ve had to rethink how I celebrate the Texas Bluebonnet books with my students.   So after brainstorming, I…

Choice Boards for the Upper Grades

I previously posted about using Choice Boards to introduce the Texas 2×2 books to my Kinder, 1st, and 2nd graders.  You can read more about that here.  I had such fun creating those choice boards with my fellow librarians that I decided to use the same idea to create Choice Boards for the Upper Grades…

Using Choice Boards With the Texas 2×2 Books

With the possibility of having to go back to distance learning at the start of this year due to the Covid-19 virus, I’ve been spending a lot of time this summer trying to figure out a way to create lessons that could be used in person (in case we’re actually able to go back to…

How I Got Organized With My Digital Planner

I have always been an organized person….and every year I would search in vain for “the perfect planner”.  Some years I found simple ones for $25, and other years I would spend $50-$60 for the more elaborate planners. Despite all these trials, I never really found one that REALLY worked FOR ME.   Last year, I…