I started this blog in 2011 when I took my first master's level poetry class with Dr. Sylvia Vardell at Texas Woman's University. Critiquing poetry and young adult literature is addicting! Teachers, be sure to note the curriculum connections I create at the end of each of many of my reviews!

Thursday

Great Math Sites!

Great Math Websites from the T.C. Marsh Library!  
The library is the perfect place for reading, research...and MATH! Have fun this summer (and all year long) at the library with these fantastic math games and awesome support sites for math! Special thanks to Mrs. Hons at Pioneer Heritage Middle School in Frisco ISD for sharing some of her favorite math sites. (This list has been tweaked and added to by Mrs. Meeks, T. C. Marsh Middle School librarian.)

Saturday

Noah Barleywater Runs Away

Noah Barleywater Runs Away
by John Boyne
Author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

     "Noah Barleywater left home in the early morning before the sun rose, before the dogs woke, before the the dew stopped falling on the fields. He climbed out of bed and shuffled into the clothes he'd laid out the night before, holding his breath as he crept quietly downstairs...Am I doing the right thing? he wondered, a great blanket of happy memories trying to break through and smother fresher, sadder ones.
     But he had no choice. He couldn't bear to stay any longer. No one could blame him for that, surely. Anyway, it was probably best that he went out to make his own way in the world. After all, he was already eight years old and the truth was, he hadn't really done anything with his life so far."
     

Thursday

Teachers Love Libraries




Marsh teachers and administrators share why they love the library! See great clips of students in action at the Bluebonnet Party, Read-a-Thon, Book Fair, and everyday happenings in the Russell Hughes Library at T.C. Marsh Middle School. The library is an integral part of academic success at T.C. Marsh...take a look and see!