30 Days of Blogging Challenge

I just signed up for the 30 Days of Blogging Challenge.
I said I would write 500 words every day for 30 days, not necessarily consecutively, and will post at least twice a week.

This makes me a little nervous. What if I can't think of something to write? What if what I have to say no one wants to read? Oh, well. I will give it a try. :-)

I said I would write 500 words, but I have no idea how to have the system count them. Oh, well. I will just write and hope it is long enough.

Have you checked out my BFF's new blog--Dr. Jill Reads? You can learn so much about books and blogs from her.  She is pretty phenomenal when it comes to books and literacy.

Our other BFF, Robin, is a professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and she is pretty phenomenal when it comes to literacy and educating teacher candidates.

The three of us make up The Literacy Triad, and we love to attend conferences, present, hang out together, and share all we know about literacy.

Today, a co-worker and I worked with two History departments to help them use more literature and passages in their classes. I can't wait to see how it goes.

TALE 2015

Today, my BFFs and I attended and presented at TALE (Texas Association of Literacy Educators). We led a session on Be an Active Reader and a round table session about building a culture of literacy in a school. It is always great meeting authors and talking with fellow educators.

Book signing with Donalyn Miller

 Me doing my part of Be an Active Reader.  

Sorry they aren't clearer.

The Literacy Triad

Book signing with Steven Layne

Our selfie before heading to the Board Meeting and dinner.

TCTELA 2015

Texas Council of Texas English Language Arts Conference 2015

The Literacy Triad with Donalyn Miller

The Literacy Triad with Jeff Anderson

The Literacy Triad getting ready to present

The Literacy Triad with Teri Lesesne

ALER October 31-November 2

One of my BFFs, Robin, and I went to Delray Beach, Florida October 30th-November 2nd to attend ALER (Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers).  I attended some great sessions, enjoyed presenting with my BFF, and enjoyed seeing the Atlantic Ocean.

Here are a few pics:

 Photo Op at the Airport

 The view of the Atlantic Ocean from our room.

 It wouldn't be a great trip without a little excitement.  Yep!  That is a fire truck at our hotel, which had to be evacuated, and no, we did not hear the alarms to evacuate. We found out and evacuated as the firemen were loading up and everyone was returning.

 I'm almost always working. Just kidding!  We were resting.

Our Selfie on November 1st

My feet in the Atlantic Ocean!

 The Atlantic Ocean

Checking out the beach again before we left.

Our gift to our other BBF, Jill, who couldn't attend.

For some reason, I don't have any pics of our presentation.  Oh, well!

The Literacy Triad

Please bookmark our new literacy related website.
www.theliteracytriad.wix.com/theliteracytriad

My two BFFs and I have been working hard on our new site and developing a plan for our futures.  We would love for you to join us on our new adventure.