I have not been as active as I would like to be when it comes to posting here. I do hope to improve as I have seen some changes in education that I do want to talk about. However, as my previous post said, between work and family, I don’t find a lot of time for anything else. It is a challenge!
I teach 9-12 English classes, then a fiction, and a creative writing class. That means I have to plan and prep for six classes every day. That is certainly a challenge, but I have favorite books and assignments in each.
One of my favorite projects I work on with my creative writing class is a children’s book project where the students read through a bunch of children’s books and then write and illustrate one of their own. While I was preparing for teaching that this year, I started making one of my own. (I always make one as an example, but this one felt different).
I am not an illustrator, so I used Canva Pro for the images and created an adorable children’s book. Canva has its limitations on what you can write because the images are already created but I chose to do an alphabet book because my two youngest kids are four and (almost) two, so it a perfect time to read the book. The book turned out so cute! Click on the picture to see the book on Amazon!
I used Amazon Kindle Direct to self-publish the book. I have a couple of other projects I am working on that I hope to finish before the summer.
Read, Write, Teach: North Dakota 