The Marauder's Map

     Hi and welcome to my blog! First let me introduce myself...I'm Brittany. I am the mother of a two year old, wife of an Airman, assistant to an author, community volunteer, and student at the University of Great Falls. What can I say? I love to multi-task.

      I am currently studying to become an Elementary teacher! I will be starting my student-teaching soon so I've been thinking a lot about what my goals are as a teacher. My biggest goal is to get my students to love learning. We are all life-long learners who are constantly learning new things about the world around us so it helps if we love to learn and welcome the experience. I also want my students to love reading. Reading is a skill we all need in order to succeed in this world but, more specifically, reading is a way for students to expand their vocabulary, gain a better understanding of other cultures, become better decision makers, and increase verbal fluency. I do not want my students to view reading as a forced assignment; I want them to view it as a roller coaster experience they get to take their minds on.

     Well the whole point of my blog is to review children literature so here is a map to my reviews. Each review will contain all the basic information regarding the book: title, author, publisher, copyright date, and number of pages. I will always include a picture of the book, genre and the age level for the book. You can expect a summary, but don't worry, I won't spoil anything for you. I will also include a way this book can be used in teaching. At the end of every review, I'll use the rating system that you see below which includes a description of what each rating means for each criteria. The last column will be where I say what I am rating each criteria for that specific book and my reasons for that rating. 

     I hope you find my reviews useful! Now, let's get these kids reading!!