It was suggested to me by a 7th Grade Texas History teacher, but its value goes well beyond that.Ĭalpurnia is an 11-year old girl surrounded by brothers, living in what we’d today consider an upper-middle class family in southern Texas.
I’d never heard of this book, although I’ve since learned it received something shiny from the Newbury folks and has several sequels – so clearly I’m behind the curve a bit here. By far my favorite, however, is The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, by Jaqueline Kelly. Several of the titles I’ve enjoyed during Duck-and-Covid have been wonderful surprises. Given that most of them are written with 12-year olds in mind, you’d think I’d do a better job keeping up. I’m a huge fan of reading across the content areas, although I try not to call it that because it sounds too much like the name of an expensive curriculum being pushed on desperate districts, like “Literacy First!” or “Pre-AP.” I even try to actually read the books before I add them to the list. I post them on Blue Cereal as a reference for other educators, and over the years it’s become one of the more visited sections of the site. (He was that quirky one that used full sentences and stuff.)Įach summer, I solicit suggestions from real live middle school teachers of books to use in social studies classes. Somewhat less tragically, I’m also finally catching up on some reading I’ve been meaning to do since, well… sometime during the Obama Administration.
I’ve organized random sections of the basement and made sure my entire music collection has accurate album covers in Media Player. On the other hand, I’ve watched some fascinating documentaries (those things formatted like Tiger King, but with better-dressed subject matter) which I’d probably never have gotten around to otherwise. There aren’t many advantages to being home for going on, what… seventeen months or so now? Considering all the extra time it seems we have, the kitchen and restrooms are dirtier than ever, my ‘To Do’ list is out of control, and I’m actually exercising LESS than I did when I was “busy.”
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