A House is a House for Me

A House is a House for Me | Mary Ann Hoberman

Quick housing update:

Thanks to everyone who expressed condolences & anger on my behalf (in response to the sudden shift in our living situation mid-pandemic). Thank you, especially, to @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick who said she wanted to “mentally punch” my landlord & the new owner (ME TOO!) & to @Laughterhp who kept an eye on the RI rental market for us.

We‘re signing a new lease tomorrow in one of my absolute favorite towns. We‘ll be just fine.

kspenmoll What a lovely home!!! Sorry you had to go through so much grief to get here though. (edited) 4y

LiteraryinLawrence I‘m so glad you have your new direction now! It looks beautiful! 4y

Laughterhp The place looks great! Nice backyard too! 4y

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monalyisha @Laughterhp There‘s the most gorgeous mint plant I‘ve ever seen, a little plot for gardening, & Concord grapes growing along the fence. We‘re looking forward to spending some quantity/quality time out there. 😉 4y

monalyisha Thanks @kspenmoll! Our sentiments EXACTLY. 4y

Lreads I‘m so glad things are working out for the better! It looks lovely! 4y

monalyisha Thank you, @QuietlyLaura & @LiteraryinLititz 💕! 4y

Laughterhp Oh that‘s great! If grapes are growing, it should be pretty easy to plant other things! 4y

Megabooks Oh fantastic!! So glad you‘ve found something good! 4y

Megabooks Also, I love the mint!! 4y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick It looks so cute! Totally digging the pop of color on the trim. I'm glad you found a great option so quickly. (Sending a few more mental punches to the new owner, just because!😁) 4y

Sharpeipup How lovely! So thankful you found something so quickly. Karma will get them both...and their little dog too (maniacal laugh) 4y

Chrissyreadit Yay!!!! 4y

NeedsMoreBooks Congratulations and love your new place ❤️❤️ 4y

TheAromaofBooks Your new place looks super happy!!! Hope you have many happy times there!! ❤ 4y

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Very happy to hear that everything turned out in the end! ❤️ 4y

DaveGreen7777 Congratulations on the new digs! 😀 4y

monalyisha @Sharpeipup Love that! 😆 The temperatures today have me feel like I‘m *melting!* 4y

mrp27 🎉🎉🎉 4y

BarbaraBB That is fast! And the house looks absolutely lovely! 😍 4y

Crazeedi Congrats and may your new home be blessed with love and happiness 4y

Eggs So lovely 👍🏼👏🏻🙌🏻 4y

quietjenn That place looks cute! I'm glad you found something so quickly. 4y

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monalyisha

A House is a House for Me | Mary Ann Hoberman

Got some pretty devastating news this week. Our landlord suddenly sold the property where we‘ve been living for the past 4 years. The new owner is a rich, trust fund kid who considers himself an "artist" working to "create a more open & cooperative world." In a super open & cooperative move, he‘s kicking us out so he can move a bunch of his friends in. We‘ve LOVED this spot. It‘s more than an apartment. It‘s been our home. It really, really sucks.

Bookwormjillk Oh no! Good luck finding your new place. 4y

Hestapleton Oh no! That‘s horrible. I am so so sorry. 💔 4y

DaveGreen7777 Uggh! So sorry that happened to you! ☹️ Hope you find a much better place to live soon! 4y

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Lynnsoprano So sorry to hear this❤️ 4y

Laughterhp Oh no! That‘s so horrible. Good luck finding a new place! 4y

TheAromaofBooks Oh NO! That is so sad!! Hopefully you are able to find a new happy place soon!!! 4y

Kimberlone What a bummer! Moving is so stressful, good luck with the process! 4y

ralexist Boo! I hope you're able to find a new place you love just as much. 4y

MallenNC Oh no! That really sucks. I‘m sorry. 4y

Lreads That's awful! I'm sorry this is happening. I hope you can find someplace nice. 💕 4y

PurpleTulipGirl Ugh. I‘m sorry. 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Aww. So sorry. 😰 4y

TheLibrarian That‘s terrible. I‘m sorry. Hopefully you‘ll be able to find another wonderful place to live. 4y

BookishBelle So sorry! Hang in there! 4y

Jas16 I am so sorry! 4y

Jen_Reads Oh that sucks! I hope you find a nice place! 4y

sprainedbrain I‘m sorry. What a horrible thing to do. 🙁 4y

vivastory Trust fund kids are the worst. I'm sorry to hear this 🙁 4y

Librarybelle So sorry! 4y

BarbaraBB That sucks. How is that even possible? Don‘t you have rights that protect you as the one who rents the place? 4y

Danielthewriter Damn. That's rough. How long were you guys given to find a new place? 4y

monalyisha @BarbaraBb @Danielthewriter We have time. Supposedly, until October (according to our old landlord [who moves out on Monday]). We were told that it all happened very quickly but there‘s been a lot of work done on the place recently & we suspect it‘s been in the works for awhile & we were kept in the dark so that if the deal fell through, my current landlord wouldn‘t lose income if we left. It‘s all legal. It‘s just not especially moral or kind. 4y

monalyisha Thanks, everyone! We had a great deal; it was really a find. We‘ll inevitably be paying more money for less apartment wherever we go. We were just starting to feel comfortable & had just talked about being able to start saving to buy a house. We planned to be here for a couple more years while we saved. Now, those plans are pretty much moot. Ugh. And it‘s a PANDEMIC. And my husband is a wedding photographer; events are canceled. It‘s a mess, tbh. 4y

monalyisha Littens/friends: Thanks for all of your sympathy, good vibes, & well wishes! 💖 We‘ll be fine. It‘s just incredibly sad. (edited) 4y

Tamra I‘m sorry - that just sucks. I hope you find a new home that you come to love just as much. 4y

BarbaraBB Echoing @Tamra 🙏 4y

Nicole01070 I will keep y‘all in my prayers🥺❤️ 4y

BookmarkTavern That‘s awful! I hope everything works out for you! ❤️❤️ 4y

quietjenn That's so terrible. I'm very sorry. 4y

Butterfinger I had been thinking of you this week. I noticed that I hadn't seen any of your posts for awhile. I hate that. So sorry. 4y

NeedsMoreBooks Sorry to hear this. Hopefully you will get an awesome house, soon ❤️❤️ 4y

RainyDayReading I‘m so sorry to hear this. People are the absolute worst sometimes. I hope you‘re able to find a place you like just as much! 4y

Megabooks I am so sorry!! 💜💜 4y

batsy So sorry to hear this. That's awful behaviour. I hope you'll be able to find a place that's suited to your needs soon 💕 4y

Cupcake12 Sorry to hear this. I really hope you can find another house that will hold new memories xx 4y

LeahBergen Ah, man. That‘s heartbreaking. 💔 4y

Hooked_on_books I‘m so sorry. That really does suck. 😢 4y

Birdsong28 So sorry that is awful 😭😢 As much as you probably love this place another better place is waiting for you that you can make more memories. This your next chapter. 😘📚📖 4y

ravenlee Oh no! That‘s awful. 🤞🏻for finding something good soon. 4y

Eggs So sorry to hear-that‘s crummy ☹️ Prayers for your search for a new nest 🙏🏻💗🙏🏻 4y

Cheshirecat913 Oh that hurts. So sorry that it happened and that the old owner wouldn't give you a heads up. 4y

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm So very, very sorry. 💔 Wishing the best for you guys! 4y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I'm so sorry! I'm mentally punching the little twerp for you. Good luck with the search. For what it's worth, this is a great photo! 4y

Laughterhp So not sure where you are going to start looking for apartments, but I wanted to let you know I know someone renting one in Cranston.. I don‘t have any details on it, but let me know if you‘re interested. Laughterhp3@yahoo.com 4y

monalyisha @Laughterhp Oh man! I would have taken you up on that...but we‘re actually signing a new lease on an apartment in Warren tomorrow! Thank you SO MUCH for keeping an eye out for me! I‘m tempted to ask for details but I don‘t want to second guess our decision. 😅 4y

Laughterhp Well I‘m glad you guys were able to find a place so quickly! I‘m sure it‘s a great apartment! 😊 4y

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A House is a House for Me | Mary Ann Hoberman

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I would consider this book as a P book. It rhymes about a variety of animals and where they live. This would be a good book for a CR with the teacher and students. They rhymes can help build fluency and self-confidence. Although this book has not won any awards a great activity that can be included is for kids to create a model of their own homes, like in the resource below.

Estradan https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/house-house-me.... This activity aligns with ESOL strategy 11 because students can recognize a home is where you live and having them create their home provides context to the word home. This also aligns with UDL 1.1 being able to display what they‘ve learned with a hands on activity. #ucflae3414su19 5y

Summerm I love how this book can help with fluency. A lot of young readers struggle with that, so being able to practice that would be very helpful!
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DMoux Loved this activity where students are able to create their own homes. Giving student freedom to create with different items like cereal boxes and paper towels is cost-effective and engaging! 5y

DrSpalding I read this book every year to my first and second graders. Excellent choice and I love the hands-on follow-up activities. 5y

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