https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx Mrs. Dorr ADORES books en-us 2017-08-22 00:54:20 UTC 2017-08-26 23:47:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hearts.png mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/181984899 I remember being very young and visiting the Port Arthur Public Library. There were these alphabet books that I must have been obsessed. My family moved to a different city when I was six, but I still clearly remember them. I loved the Z is for Zebra book. I loved that library. I even got to tough an alligator once during a summer reading program.]]> 2017-08-22 00:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/181984899 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/181985070 I have an older sister and we would read together all the time. Our books of choice were the Berenstain Bears books and Little Critter Books. We would play school and I was always the student. Our younger brother was never very interested in playing these games with us.]]> 2017-08-22 01:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/181985070 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/181985616 2017-08-22 01:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/181985616 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/181985728 Thanks to my fourth grade boyfriend, I developed a hunger for the Goosebumps series. I read every single book that R.L. Stine wrote and would get so frustrated when I had to wait on the next book in the series to be published. I also watched all the TV movies based on the books. When I got a little older, I read my way through the Fear Street Series. ]]> 2017-08-22 01:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/181985728 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/181986277 For a while, I thought I was weird because I was the only person in my immediate family who enjoyed reading. My two siblings would only read what they had to for school, and I never saw my parents with a book in their hand. I was comforted because they always bragged on my love of reading, but it still felt weird that nobody else enjoyed it as much as I did. Luckily, that feeling didn't sway me in the least and I never lost that feeling of excitement whenever I started my next book.]]> 2017-08-22 01:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/181986277 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182879047 Throughout most of middle school, I stayed true to what I loved- The Babysitter's Club and Nancy Drew. There wasn't a lot of branching out for me at this time since there were so many books in both series. I devoured them. My favorite time was Friday during Reading class because we did SSR for the entire period. It was heaven.]]> 2017-08-25 18:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182879047 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182880105 2017-08-25 18:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182880105 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182880564 Once I hit junior high and high school, my reading was pretty much limited to whatever was required of me. I got involved in my after school activities, and I didn't make time to read unless it was homework. That being said, I found my love of classic literature. About halfway through high school, I realized I was one of few in class who seemed to really thrive when discussing books. ]]> 2017-08-25 18:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182880564 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182881459 I got told quite often that I was pretentious in college. I couldn't help myself. If books got brought up, I would blather on and on until people got tired of listening to me. I judged peoples' apartments on the kinds of books they had on their shelves (or- gasp- if they had NO books). I always asked a guy what his favorite book was if I was interested in him. My love of reading was well known by all my friends and I adored getting recommendations from them. I get a little mopey when I realize I'll never be able to read all the books on my list. ]]> 2017-08-25 18:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182881459 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182882830 2017-08-25 18:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182882830 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182889209 2017-08-25 19:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182889209 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182889452 2017-08-25 19:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182889452 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182889820 2017-08-25 19:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182889820 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182890108 2017-08-25 19:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182890108 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182890289 2017-08-25 19:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182890289 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182952980 2017-08-26 23:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182952980 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182952997 2017-08-26 23:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182952997 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182953011 2017-08-26 23:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182953011 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182953032 2017-08-26 23:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182953032 mindydorr https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182953062 I only taught for two years before staying home after my son was born. One of those years I taught 4th Grade Math, but I still managed to sneak in some literature. I'd read to my students for 15 minutes everyday after lunch. We read things like "Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing" and "Hooray for Diffendoofer Day." I taught 4th Grade Writing my second year and mostly got to discuss books with my students. We would talk about books they liked and how it could relate to their writing. ]]> 2017-08-26 23:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mindydorr/cs4cu1v9g9kx/wish/182953062