Thing #12

Yes! I am HALFWAY there!!! Let's see...five days left...I can post 2-3 things per day and still finish on time!

Two points I think are important about commenting are: 1.) Ask a question to get some reader feedback (a comment)... of course...assuming that anyone is reading your blog in the first place which brings me to point 2... 2.) Find other blogs of interest, and make a comment on their blog because they may in turn, read my blog and answer my question(s); therefore, making a comment on my blog! Brilliant! I already have questions on some of my posts - I just need to get some people reading them!

Non-library2play blogs: I went to the Google Blog Search and typed in "middle school math teacher." I found one blog by a girl who teaches middle school math (go figure). She has not updated her blog in quite sometime, but I did post a comment to her as I noticed we also have some other things in common. In reading her blog, I discovered another blogger who commented on one of her posts who is also a middle school math teacher. I went to his blog and again, found that I have a lot in common with this blogger also! I posted a comment as well! In his blog, he talked about a book called Joke of the Day: 180 Classroom Appropriate Jokes for Middle School which I actually already purchased for $2.99! I like the idea of being able to liven things up a little bit in the classroom, and I would love to get the kids laughing a little. There is also another book he had listed (included in this link by the same author) that looks great too. I will check into that as well (it's not as cheap as the joke book!). His blog is very interesting: http://teach.ideasite.net/2008/05/another-blog.html and added to my Google Reader! ;)