Saturday, February 1, 2014

Phones, teammates, parties, and books!

                                  So excited to join Saturday Celebrations with Ruth Ayres! 
                     It is fun to live my week thinking about what I will celebrate on Saturday.
Discover. Play. Build.
                                  A week filled with moments to celebrate and remember!

 One:   I celebrate phones!  The bill from Ma Bell no longer frightens me.  I don't have to set a timer or remind myself that each minute I chat is costing me money.   Fox Photo is no longer a major budget item.  I celebrate the ease with which I can take many pictures, delete the bad ones, save the good ones, crop a picture, enhance a picture - all with the push of a few buttons.

Two:  I celebrate my content team!  I'm blessed to work with a team that inspires me, pushes my thinking, helps me iron out my technology mishaps, shares freely, and makes me laugh.  Our time together is always fun.

Three:  I celebrate our Share the Newbery Love party!  Our Monday field trip and the shortened time to celebrate the Newbery announcement forced me to think outside the box.  The new event I created encouraged us to celebrate all the Newbery winners.  I'll write more about it in my slice of life on Tuesday.

Four:  I celebrate books!  After I watched the ALA Youth Media Awards on Monday, my fingers were busy requesting titles that I hadn't already checked out from the library. 
Look what was on my hold shelf at the library yesterday.  I can't wait to dive into some of these books this weekend and share with my students on Monday.


12 comments:

  1. Looks like you've got a busy weekend ahead of you. Can't wait to read more on Tuesday. Teammates are so important, sounds like you've got a good group.

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  2. I'm looking forward to Tuesday too. I would love to do this next year. Thanks for sharing book love.

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  3. Woo hoo for all you have to celebrate this week, Ramona! Looking forward to your Tuesday, SOL, too.

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  4. It was such an amazing week. I'm requesting this afternoon too. I predicted the Newbery, two years in a row. It makes me happy inside. xo

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    1. Wow, I'm impressed! I chose Counting by 7s and One Came Home as my top choices. We're all sad that Counting by 7s didn't get any recognition.

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  5. So much book love here! Look forward reading more on Tuesday!

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  6. My library check-out pile looks like yours :) I think we'll be busy the next couple of weeks! Happy reading!

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  7. Love the piles of books, Ramona & the good things about your week. So nice to have good colleagues!

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  8. I am also writing my slice about my experience with the Newbery Awards and my Newbery club. Can't wait until Tuesday!

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  9. I did the same thing - went right to the library and got the award winning books I hadn't read yet! :-)

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  10. Technology, colleagues, and books! That makes for a happy week in my book!

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  11. I have a list of books on reserve at the library too. I guess I could have celebrated that I didn't go out and buy them all. That's what I really wanted to do, but I refrained. :) Have fun reading and have a wonderful week!

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