Busy Teacher's Cafe Blog

I don't know about you, but I'm am thrilled to finally be on summer vacation!! It has been a hectic year for me working, graduating, and trying to keep the site updated and running.



One of the things I really look forward to is catching up on my reading. A stack of books await me these next few weeks.



For those of you who are interested in doing some summer reading yourself, I've added some recommended books (see side panel). These are books I am currently reading or have read and found enjoyable or helpful. Some are about literacy or education whereas others are for pure enjoyment.



Hope you find something worth reading!

Many have asked about the penpal exchange!

Well, it's now back in a new platform! The Penpal Exchange is available as a forum for a few reasons:

1. I was unable to keep up with the sheer number of submissions in the old Penpal Exchange. Now, individual teachers can place their own submissions in grade appropriate forums.
   
2. Others can reply to teachers via the forum without having to give out their email addresses. This protects users from exposing their email to junk mail and other unsolicited emails.
3. Teachers can update their information once they have found a class to correspond with, helping keep the Penpal Exchange up to date.

You can find the Penpal Exchange at http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/resources.htm.

The following pages have been updated:

Class Site of the Month
Educational Site of the Month

June Resource Page is now available. New files have been added:

• Two certificates of promotion
• Memory Book

All files are customizable -- text can be typed into certain boxes.

Enjoy!

New pages have been added to the site!

• Listening Center and Language Arts Center pages have been added to the Literacy Center section.
  
• Balanced Literacy Framework page discusses one way to structure literacy instruction in the classroom.
  

Coming Soon!

• Fairy Tale Packet
• Literacy #2 File Folder Games
  
• Guided Reading page
• How to Find Child's Reading Level
  

By popular demand, some of the monthly calendars have been updated for 2008 - 2009 school year. Also, July has been added as well.

The remaining months will be added by the end of the summer.

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/printables/forms.htm

Well, I finally got my laptop back and reorganized the site. Busy Teacher's Cafe now has a new look! Many changes have been made ... many pages and sections were merged with others. A few pages were eliminated. There may be a few broken links here and there but it will be fixed soon!

If you have a hard time finding what you're looking for, use the search boxes at the bottom of the pages.

Hope you like the new face of BTC!