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Section 1: Introduction
I'm Sharron Sims, and I teach 4th and 5th grade language arts classes at the Davis Academy. What I love most about my job is inspiring a love of reading in my kiddos. I teach kids who have language processing, decoding, or comprehension issues, so many of them have not been successful readers in the past, and they avoid it at all costs. As the year goes on, I find that they will come to me with a book, excited about a connection they've made or a type of figurative language that they've identified. It's awesome. I know I've succeeded when I have to ask them to put a book down during math class or after a transition. I hate having to ask them to put it down, but I just can't stop smiling once I know they've been hooked. :)

Section 2: Favorite Things

 * Anything written by Neil Gaiman, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, or Christopher Paul Curtis
 * Running on a cool day
 * Wakeboarding and boating with my family
 * Movies: The Sure Thing, My Favorite Wife, All of John Hughes' movies, O Brother, Where Art Thou?
 * Lazy mornings with coffee
 * Old school Rap--Run DMC, Beastie Boys (pre-1992)
 * Lyle Lovett, Etta James, Francine Reed, Otis Redding, Bonnie Raitt, The Eagles, Don Henley, Taj Mahal

Section 3: Burning Question
What's your favorite back-to-school ice breaker activity?

Section 4: Web 2.0 Stuff
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Giant Mosquito statue by SeanMc Tex []

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Mosquito note by mikelemmon http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmmnfrsh/2770574196/

Mosquito Banana by Ramesh NG []

Dead bloody mosquito by sousuk3r []

baby larvae by hankplank []

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