My painting TROUT WATER

Guys guys guys!! The entire digital F&G of Shrinking Violet *is* online. But I'm not sure whether you can see it without logging in... <wriggles excitedly> online.flippingbook.com/link/418062/

As I bit into a persimmon today, I was reminded that it's the same season that my Oregon Book Award-winning story THE VERY UNFORTUNATE WISH OF MELONY YOSHIMURA takes place. Please read if you're looking for a spooky middle-grade re-telling of a Japanese folktale! #kidlit

@iramarcks.bsky.social We’re going BIG this year! 7th graders have already read more than 144 books in 5 weeks this school year! They want to get to 1000! #bookgoals Let’s see if we can get more than 100 more with your books! 🎥🦈📚

I’m so excited to officially announce a third companion novel in the ALONE series! Publication is planned for Jan ‘27, but I need help with a title! Should it start with A? Should it be one word? If your readers have ideas, I would love to hear them! @simonkids.bsky.social @mgauthorcade.bsky.social

“Being a teacher is an essential connection between what is and what can be.” —Teresa Thayer Snyder #EduSky #teachers

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic guide on the writing process and the artist’s identity by Brenda Ueland, and #PWWritingPrompts on sharing the air, shorelines, and imperfect objects. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

Who’s in? 100 days in a row… #writinggoals #amreading #creativity #journaling #alchemyday1

I’m loving Anthony’s story 💜 I’m pulling for Roddy’s story next 🤞🤞🤞#amreading #graphicnovels #bookgoals #kidlit

Tomorrow is going to be exciting…it’s anyone guess who will get to change this to 6 ✋🤚… 🤣🤣🤣 The real celebration will be more than 60 books read in only our 3rd week of school!!! #reading #ELA #middleschoolmagic #bookgoals

Enter to win from @mgauthorcade.bsky.social 📚an amazing group of authors!!!

3 members of the Teach Like a Champion team explain why students need to read whole books—even when it’s hard: edut.to/3IWhzjS #EduSky #literacy

Book 12 ✅ #summerreading #bookgoals #ELA #ELAteacher #30booksummer #PD

To help teachers make design choices that optimize their classrooms for effective learning, we consulted dozens of studies and asked our community of experienced educators to share their favorite strategies. Here are some of the top classroom design tips we found. 🔎 🧵1/9 #EduSky #ClassroomDesign

Classroom design is partly an art, and partly a science. To make it easier for you this year, we compiled 27 research-backed, teacher-tested tips. Check ‘em out below. 👇 #ClassroomDesign #BackToSchool #EduSky

Haiku July, Day 28

Beautiful book! Book #11 ✅ #summerreading #bookgoals #poetry #kidlit #30booksummer #readthis

Book #10 #summerreading #30booksummer #poetry #bookgoals

Book 9 #summerreading #30booksummer #graphicnovels

Teachers: Check out our PBS @NewsHour Classroom #JournalismInAction Exploitation: Labor and Immigration Fun interactives, photos, videos and newspaper articles — all high-quality #primarysources from the @LibraryCongress! Gr 6-12. #sschat #civics #apgov #apush Case Link: https://bit.ly/44S8QpU

Haiku July, Day 17

Spark a lifelong love of reading with these 4 classroom strategies that will keep students turning pages all school year long. 📖✨ #EduSky #ElementaryTeacher #literacy #EdutopiaVideos

If an artist inspired you—even forever ago—tell them. We share the cool stuff when it happens, but most of our time is spent being quietly uncool. The one thing we can count on is knowing we’ve inspired others to chase their own cool things. This is a nice reminder ❤️

Well this snuck up on me. THE LONELIEST PLACE (Blight Harbor #3) is out in PB on July 15th. Now you can get Evie's whole story in paperback. And PENNIES - a Blight Harbor prequel - is coming on September 23rd. All my books available signed from Aunties and Wishing Tree in Spokane, WA. They ship!

Are your tried-and-true scaffolding strategies still effective? If you’re looking for new ways to support students, @toddfinley.bsky.social shares eight lesser-known techniques that will make you ask: Why didn’t I know this? #EduSky #EdChat 🧵1/10

Make the mistake! 💯 #EduSky #teachers #WhatWorksForMe

Book 8 ✅ Compelling, heartbreaking, and hopeful as always, talented author #readthis #summereading #bookgoals #30booksummer

Today on the Incidental Comics newsletter, a look inside my top secret sketchbook practice: incidentalcomics.substack.com/p/what-to-pu...

THE NEW GIRL by Cassandra Calin (Scholastic) is a funny, feel-good MG graphic novel inspired by author's own immigration experience. 1st in a series, can't wait to read the next! www.scholastic.ca/our-books/bo... More about Cassandra: linktr.ee/cassandracalin #CanKidLit #SchwartzAwards #EduSky 📚👍🏽

"Reminder: Teachers Make Mistakes!" Something we should put in front of our students way more often, I think.

Book 7 #amreading #summerreading #30booksummer #bookgoals

Book 6 ✅ fascinating story #summerreading #bookgoals #30booksummer

"The white clouds are scudding across the blue sky." -Anne Brontë, "Lines Composed in a Wood on a Windy Day"

“After years in both the classroom and leadership roles, I’ve watched a familiar pattern unfold: we plan with intention, teach with care, and still, students forget. The problem isn’t motivation—it’s memory. And that’s where the science of learning offers us a lifeline.” 🧠 #EduSky

Book 5 ✅ Beautiful story #SummerReading #30booksummer #bookgoals #graphicnovels

You’ve seen the signs of cognitive overload: the deer in the headlights look, procrastination, or students saying “I don’t know what to do.” So how can you support students? 🧠 These resources can help them develop the metacognitive skills they need. #ElementaryTeacher #EduSky #metacognition

Subtraction is an action—one that teachers can use strategically. Educator @crystalfrommert.bsky.social offers a guide for trimming your to-do list. ✂️ #EduSky #teachers

My favorite Google Document over this final stretch of the school year: a brainstorm of "Learnings" from this year + "Imaginings" for next year (Also: so many imaginings 100% the result of the ideas/strategies shared by folks on here! 🙏 @humanrestorationproject.org, @heymrsbond.com, etc.)

I'm dismayed to run into a people who aren't convinced that human writing - rather than LLM text generation - is an important experience worth continuing to make available to students. Though I suppose if it were obvious, I wouldn't have written a book on it www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...

Amen to the whole thread. Why are the skeptics framed as being in the way of progress when it's the past work of the enthusiasts that has already been shown to have failed?

Book 4 #summerreading #30booksummer #readinggoals #graphicnovels #bookgoals

#readthis This is an important one.

Bookstr just posted a pretty amazing interview with @rajanilarocca.bsky.social, @claudialupemtz.bsky.social, Duncan Tonatiuh, Yuyi Morales and me about immigration issues and children's literature. Definitely worth a read!

Want to help your middle school students grow into stronger writers? Try these strategies to strengthen their process and confidence. ✍️⭐ #MiddleSchoolTeacher #ITeachEnglish #literacy

Looking for ways to get students to actually do their homework? This veteran teacher designed a nifty homework tracker for her students—and then made using it part of her classroom culture. 📝 Download a template here: edut.to/4i151Ua #EduSky #MiddleSchoolTeacher

Even when students need help, many won’t ask for it. So how can you change the dynamic? Research points to 3 effective strategies that help students go from silent frustration to actively seeking help. 🙌 #EduSky #MiddleSchoolTeacher #HighSchoolTeacher

Student-led teaching put students where they should be: at the center of learning. Get started with this guide from @rdene915.bsky.social 👇 #EduSky #MiddleSchool

23 ways to keep calm and carry on with a rowdy middle school class, gathered by Edutopia’s @annenoyessaini.bsky.social 😌 #MiddleSchool #EduSky