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Kay McSpadden

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The United States

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http://www.notesfromaclassroom.com

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Nonfiction, Parenting & Families, Biographies & Memoirs

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For the past 40 years I have taught English in a high-poverty high school in rural South Carolina, and every other week I share the voices of my students and my concerns about education and parenting in an op-ed column in The Charlotte Observer. "Notes from a Classroom: Reflections on Teaching" is a compilation of some of those columns.

"A Child's Book of Virtues" is my retelling of class stories and myths for intermediate readers.

"Orphans in the Black" is an anthology by 19 terrific science fiction and fantasy writers and includes my short story "The Alien."

I have also published in "We Are Not This," Luck, Main Street Rag, and the Charlotte Writers Anthology.

My short story "Why Women Moan in Bed" won the Norman Mailer Fiction Prize in 2012 ...more

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	Orphans in the Black: A Space Opera Anthology by Amy J. Murphy (Goodreads Author), Anthea Sharp (Goodreads Author), Chris Dietzel (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon A Quest by Annie Bellet (Goodreads Author), Rachel Morgan (Goodreads Author), Alethea Kontis (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon A Ghost by Melissa Marr (Goodreads Author), Alethea Kontis (Goodreads Author), Anthea Sharp (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon a Star by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson (Goodreads Author), Sarra Cannon (Goodreads Author), Alethea Kontis (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon a Wish by Devon Monk (Goodreads Author), Alethea Kontis (Goodreads Author), Colleen Gleason (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notes from a Classroom: Reflections on Teaching really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Child's Book of Virtues by Kay McSpadden (Goodreads Author), Creations for Children International (Illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Alien 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Libro de los Valores para Ninos by Kay McSpadden (Goodreads Author), Teresa Sanz (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Teaching Crazy Kids

All kids are crazy the week before school gets out for Christmas holidays--and so are all teachers! I don't really mind....after all, I teach high school kids, and as crazy as they can be, I imagine that my friends who teach elementary school are dealing with much more noise, wiggling, and giggling than I am!

Still, sometimes I wish my 16 year-olds were a bit noisier and wigglier--when we begin a d Read more of this blog post »

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