Author Archives: Got to be LIT

Fall Poetry: Metaphors

Thanksgiving is. . . Thanksgiving is delicious, once-a-year foods. Thanksgiving is bonfires and roasting marshmallows. Thanksgiving is family and friends. Thanksgiving is giving thanks to God. I ran across a book by Gail Gibbons called Thanksgiving is. . . at my public library. As I read through it, I realized that it’s the perfect book to teachContinue reading “Fall Poetry: Metaphors”

Teaching Reading through Literature

Do you want your child or student to love reading? Do you want him to be an excellent writer? I know I do. When I started teaching, my principal gave me and a fellow teacher the opportunity to create our own literature units. She even bought us classroom sets of the books we chose. ItContinue reading “Teaching Reading through Literature”

Teaching: Sharing the love

I have always loved teaching. Even as a child, I “graded” comic books and my older brother’s homework! Can you imagine handing in homework with red crayon checkmarks and X’s all over it? Luckily, he forgave me, and I did become a teacher.  I have a bachelor of science degree from Texas A&M University inContinue reading “Teaching: Sharing the love”