Reflection of Blogging

My blogging experience has allowed me to learn to talk more about what I do in my classroom and allowed me to be more open for other to see into my world. At first I was hesitant to allow strangers from the web into my world but now I see that there are benefits. I have shared about my struggles and successes and also read other blogs that shared about their struggles and successes. I have enjoyed using technology to share about my classroom and see how blogs can be used as a very useful tool in learning. I am going to try to keep up with my blog but feel that it has been a struggle for me to find the time to continue posting.

Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn

 A very scary story. A family moves and on their property there is a graveyard. The story is how there seems to be a ghost that is haunting them. The ghost is putting the kids little sister in danger, the ghost, who they call "Helen" is trying to slowly get the little girl to come with her (to drown her in a pond also near their house). The ghost has done many things that they do not appreciate, like messing up their house and trying to kill the other siblings who don't seem to believe in this so called "ghost" that their little sister keeps warning them about. There is a burned down house right on the outer side of the little pond and the kids ask the ghost how she died. She said her house was caught on fire. Her parents died also in the fire, looking for little Helen. She was mad and felt like she had ignored her parents and felt like she was the one that started the fire.