Over the past few months, I have been trapped in an avalanche of recommendations from colleagues, students, peers, and friends. It has been a constant barrage. Now that I am finished with my teaching internship, I have some time to reflect and read in between #JobHunt2015 applications and interviews. With this time, posts centered around book reviews and ways to incorporate books into my classroom will be shared, and I need a rating system for these books. I wanted to keep with the theme of avalanches, so I did some research into avalanches. Scientifically speaking, there is an entire world dedicated to avalanches. There are a lot of excited people are out there who enjoy studying them and they are geeked. After reading about the different types of avalanches (dry, wet, slab) and the destruction sizes ("not enough snow to bury or kill a person"), I decided to loosely base my rating system on the destruction sizes according to the North American Public Avalanche Danger Scale. Please note: I am not making light the amount of destruction an avalanche can cause. I desire to keep a theme for my book blog. With this ranking system, reviews of books that I have read on my own or with my students will begin to be posted. The description of each category will depend on each book that is read and reviewed.
I am looking forward to sharing with you my thoughts and reflections!
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The Avalanche of Books
As an educator and avid reader, I am constantly hearing about books. I feel like I am being chased by a giant, rolling avalanche of titles and authors. Rating System
5 books - New fave! Read it now!
4 books - Shelf worthy 3 books - Quality read, but ... 2 books - Borrow it 1 book - Skip it Archives
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