Reading, Prepping, Reading some more.

I went to my classroom today to reorganize it and clean it up. I took home lots more science material. I also working on my syllabus and what I want to do the first day of schools.

Highly recommended read before the start of school:

How to Survive and Thrive in the first three weeks of school by Elaine McEwan. This book answered all my questions that I ever had on how to set-up the structure of your classroom. The only downside is it's more geared toward elementary and middle school. During the STEP program, Elaine McEwan was brought in as a guest speaker -I have an autographed copy of the book now!

How to be an effective teacher: The First Days of School by Harry K. Wong and Rosemary T. wong.


From my classroom library I stole and read today: Here is New York by E.B. White. Great little essay -beautifully written piece.

Related literary sidenote: I visited Bryant Park today and it has the coolest feature of open air library where you can read books and periodicals in the park. You don't need a library card to borrow material to read. What a great idea.