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AAAHH! State testing is now behind us! Hallelujah!
It is the week that teachers look like this:
And yes, my students think this:
HAHA. They get a grade every day for the rest of the year. 7th Grade Boot Camp begins with book clubs and amped up writing projects. They think I’m lying when I tell them next year will be hard. Ahhh.
I’m already starting to plan for next year, rearranging some things and adding new things that we can now cover because someone somewhere finally got smart and moved our state testing to the end of May. I’m hoping next year is much more streamlined.
That thing I was excited to share with y’all a while back but couldn’t yet…well, it fell through.
~ Last Week on G1000W ~
- Review ~ The Amazing Adventures and Unbelievable Family History of Whitney Wallace
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- Top Ten Tuesday ~ ALL TIME Favorite Authors
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- WWW Wednesdays
- Review & Giveaway ~ Treasured Secrets
- Cover Reveal + Giveaway ~ You Can’t Get Blood Out of Shag Carpet
- Review ~ Maisy and the Missing Mice
- Feature Follow Fridays
~ This Week on G1000W ~
- Guest Post ~ Writing Historical Fantasy by Karen Kincy
- Top Ten Tuesday ~ Characters Who Have Moxie
- Review ~ Bing & Nero
- Cover Reveal + Giveaway ~ The Tale of Willaby Creek
- WWW Wednesdays
- Review + Giveaway ~ Robin’s Reward
- Feature Follow Friday
~ Around Town in the Spotlight ~
- Carrie wants to know who’s going to BEA 2015
- Rachel shares what a great reader is
- Becca and Lisa tell how they differentiate in buying the audiobook, physical book or ebook
- Tara updates on her year-long book buying ban
- The Book Cove wonders if you have daily themes for your blog
- Kelley has books that make her cringe AND fall down
- Shannon questions rating books with your head or your heart
- Parajunkee has ten copywright tips you need to know
Girl of 1000 Wonders 
I’m sorry to hear that the thing fell through. Hopefully something else great will come along. My kids have mentally finished school (especially the senior!) so I can’t even imagine how frustrating that would be for a teacher. Have a great week!
Oh, Katherine, I have mentally finished school, too. It’s not just the kids. It wasn’t like this last year, but this year for whatever reason, I am ready for June 4th! Although, our last six weeks is always great work that allows me a lot of freedom to work with small groups – hurrah for book clubs!
I love the picture of the owls. My mom used to be a teacher, and that’s pretty much how she looked by the end of the year.
Yep! It’s pretty accurate!
Enjoy the last days of school, although I know you will be busily preparing all through the summer…and you might even be teaching during the summer…
Once upon a time, I thought about becoming a teacher and was inches from the credential…and then moved to a place where I had to stop my work on it. Luckily, I decided to get my MA instead and started working with children individually and in small groups (social work). That suited me more…but I always wanted those summers off…sigh.
Here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES
Oh, yes, we are definitely preparing for summer and next year already. Summers off, though, are not what most think, at least not today. We get sent to multiple trainings (usually 2-4 days at a time), and if you want your room ready and your first six weeks’ of assignments back from the copy center, we are working through the summer! …and all those doctor and dentist and eye appointments you can’t get to in the school year! haha
It’s good that you continued to pursue something you wanted, even if you changed directions slightly. Working with kids can be so rewarding.
I’m sorry whatever it was fell through. Your owl cracked me up. LOL I can only imagine!
My Sunday Post – http://fuonlyknew.com/2015/04/26/whats-new-on-my-bookshelf-106-and-the-sunday-post/
Yeah, I was sorry too. Oh well, though! I can’t do anything to change it. And that owl, oh, it is for real!
Shannon’s discussion post was great and Parajunkee’s article about copyright issues was wonderful. Have a great week!
Terri M., the Director
Second Run Reviews
I am excited to come back for your guest post on writing historical fiction.
Thanks, Elizabeth! Karen Kincy did a fantastic job with both Deadly Delicious and Shadows of Asphodel.