Monday, July 17, 2017

Some of My Favorite Quotes


“Well done is better than well said.” Franklin
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” Disney 
“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.” Franklin
“Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.” Roosevelt 
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you don’t stop.” Confucius
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Tzu
“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”  Twain
“Set your goals high and do not stop until you get there.” Bo Jackson
“Never, never, never give up.”  Churchill
“The way to getting started is to quit talking and begin doing.” Disney
“Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.” Hinckley
“The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.” Drummond
“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” Hill
“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” Andrews
“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” Marshall
“After a storm comes calm.” Henry 
“Act as if what you do makes a difference.  It does.” James
“Always desire to learn something useful.”  Sophocles
“The more things you do the more you can do.” Ball
“You will never win if you never begin.” Rowland
“You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream the farther you get.“ Michael Phelps
“The most important thing in this world is family and love.”  Wooden
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.”  Keller
 “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career and lost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over again in my life and that is why I succeeded.” Michael Jordan













Sunday, February 19, 2017

Classroom Reads Part II

This is the reading list for grades 5-8.  As I've stated before, please feel free to email me any other amazing reads for any grade level.

Grades 5-8
  • Tuesday's at the Castle (5th)-series
  • Circus Mirandus (5th)
  • Out of my Mind (5th)
  • The Misadventures of Maude March (5th)
  • A Single Shard (5th)
  • The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (5th)
  • Amelia Lost!: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart (5th)- non-fiction text
  • Wonder (5th)
  • Number the Stars (5th)
  • Esperanza Rising (5th)

  • Tuck Everlasting (6th)
  • The Thing About Jelly Fish (6th)
  • Holes (6th)
  • Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere (6th)
  • Where the Red Fern Grows (6/7th)
  • The War That Saved My Life (8th)
  • Chains (8th)