The 2026 CCIRA Conference, Hit Refresh, is just around the corner! Join us for three days of transformative sessions focused on literacy, reading, writing, and student engagement. Don’t miss this opportunity to collaborate with fellow educators and deepen your skills. Register now! conta.cc/4aGTZDA

Amy Ludwig VanDerwater shares her thinking in this great new blog post: ccira.blog/2025/12/15/w... Amy will be a featured speaker at the 2026 CCIRA Conference on Literacy in Denver (Feb 5-7). You can register at ccira.org @coloradoreading.bsky.social #CCIRA26 @amylvpoemfarm.bsky.social

Check out Katie Kelly's blogpost: ccira.blog/2025/12/02/p... Katie is a featured speaker at the 2026 CCIRA Conference on Literacy (Feb 5-7). You can register at ccira.org @coloradoreading.bsky.social

Dan advocating for hands on math mathforlove.com/2026/01/mani... @mathforlove.bsky.social A wise teacher taught me his no.1 point and I >never< regret it.

Excited to hear teacher/author (& Idina Menzel's sister), CARA MENTZEL at CCIRA 2026 (Feb. 5-7)! Check out: www.caramentzel.com Register for conference at ccira.org Her luncheon topic "The Complete Idiom’s Guide to Being a Literacy Educator in 2026". Don't miss her! @coloradoreading.bsky.social

We look forward to seeing @ctovani.bsky.social at the 2026 CCIRA Conference on Literacy. Register today at ccira.org Come learn alongside Cris and other literacy leaders. Register today!

Carl Anderson will be joining us at the 2026 CCIRA Conference on Literacy (February 5-7, 2026) in Denver, Colorado. Come hear what @candersonwriting.bsky.social has to say about young learners. Register today at ccira.org We hope to see you there!

We are looking forward to learning alongside Sarah Zerwin @sarahmzerwin.bsky.social at the CCIRA Conference on Literacy (Feb. 5-7, 2026) in Denver. Register today at ccira.org

Exciting things will be happening with John Schu at the 2026 CCIRA Conference on Literacy (Feb. 5-7, 2026). We hope to see you there! @mrschureads.bsky.social Please register today at ccira.org

Several @stenhousepub.bsky.social authors will be presenting at the 2026 CCIRA Conference on Literacy - Aimee Buckner Haisten, Jennifer Vincent, John Schu, Cris Tovani. Join them by registering today at ccira.org See you in Denver, Colorado February 5-7, 2026.

The Colorado Conference on Literacy is February 5-7, 2026 in Denver, Colo. Register at ccira.org Join us. The list of presenters is amazing! Shake off the February blahs and refresh your teaching! If we get 50 new attendees signed up this week, I will give away 5 books from my personal collection!

Now that the holidays are over, it's time to register for the annual Colorado Council on Literacy Conference. February 5-7, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Please join us! Pass the word along.

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Know an aspiring educator doing great work in the classroom? Encourage them to share their discoveries of learners and learning. It's not too late to do a poster sesssion at the CCIRA 2026 Conference: www.ccira.org/new-poster-s... @coloradoreading.bsky.social

Looking forward to this gathering in Denver in February. Have you registered up yet?

December 10, 2025

Fantastic theme... great conference... lot of planning! Hope to see you in Denver, February 5-7, 2026!

Register today for the 2026 CCIRA Conference on LIteracy: ccira.org February 5-7, 2026. An amazing lineup of speakers and presenters. Join your colleagues in Denver, Colorado.

We're happy to join BlueSky. Please follow us and invite all interested literacy leaders to do the same. CCIRA is going strong after 60 years. You can register for our annual conference at ccira.org Join us in Denver, Colorado from Feb. 5-7, 2026. Plan an extra day to explore our beautiful city.

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The THURSDAY luncheon speaker at CCIRA 2026 in Denver, CO is Cara Mentzel (February 5, 2026). She a superb teacher, speaker, and author (www.caramentzel.com). Register today at ccira.org Her topic, "The Complete Idiom’s Guide to Being a Literacy Educator in 2026"! Read her blog! Read her books.

I told my planning colleagues that before December 31st, we will get an ADDITIONAL 100 Educators to register for the Colorado Literacy Conference in Denver, CO (Feb. 5-7, 2026). Register at ccira.org Please bring a colleague or two & make this happen! The line up is superb! Please pass this along.

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Every time I open Blue Sky I hum "Blue skies Smiling at me. Nothing but blue skies, Do I see..." Then I forget my password and have to change it!

CCIRA welcomes Cris Tovani @ctovani at the Colorado Conference on Literacy in Denver, CO (Feb. 5-7, 2026) tovanigroup.com Register today at ccira.org You don't want to miss her energy and enthusiasm! @stenhousepub.bsky.social #PEBC #CCIRA26

Excited to have Sarah Zerwin sarahmzerwin.com at CCIRA 2026 in Denver, Feb. 5-7, 2026. Register today at ccira.org #CCIRA26 @heinemannpub.bsky.social

Rajani LaRocca will be sharing her work at CCIRA 2026 in Denver www.rajanilarocca.com February 5-7, 2026. Register today ccira.org @ColoradoReading Don't miss her! #CCIRA26 @rajanilarocca.bsky.social

Penny Kittle, Gravity Goldberg, John Shu, Katie Kelley, Aimee Buckner Haisten, Rajani LaRocca, Amy Van DerWater, Louise Borden, Colby Sharp, Jen Vincent, Sarah Zerwin, Cris Tovani, Cara Mentzel, Ashlee Saddler, Carl Anderson and many more! CCIRA 2026 in Denver, CO (Feb. 5-7). Register ccira.org

The sessions at the annual CCIRA conference include many speakers who have written amazing proposals for their sessions. Check out the registration booklet at ccira.org Register today (early holiday gift to yourself)! February 5-7, 2026. What a line up! #CCIRA26

Join Colby Sharp www.mrcolbysharp.com at CCIRA in Denver, CO in February. Register at ccira.org Colby brings literacy alive and will share his contagious enthusiasm for learners and learning! @colbysharp.bsky.social This conference can't be missed! Time to "Hit Refresh"! #CCIRA26

Aimee Buckner Haisten will be speaking at the CCIRA Conference on LIteracy in Denver, CO (Feb.5-7, 2026). Register at ccira.org Her book Sentence Digs is the perfect addition to your instruction! Join Aimee as she share her amazing work! @stenhousepub.bsky.social #CCIRA26 See you there!

Join John Schu johnschu.com at the 2026 Colorado Conference in Denver. Feb. 5-7, 2026. Register today at ccira.org There are big surprises in store! #CCIRA26 Bring your friends! @stenhousepub.bsky.social

Louise Borden will be presenting at the CCIRA 2026 Conference on Literacy in beautiful Denver, Colorado. Check out her work: www.louiseborden.com You can register today at ccira.org Be there Feb. 5-7, 2026 to join edcators as they learn together! #ccira26 @louiseborden.bsky.social

Carl Anderson is speaking at the 2026 Colorado Conference on Literacy in Denver (Feb. 5-7, 2026). carlanderson1.com/about-carl-a... Register today at CCIRA.org Time to "Hit Refresh" and learn together! #CCIRA26

Dr. Ashlee Saddler will be a luncheon speaker at the CCIRA Conference on Literacy in Denver (Feb. 5-7, 2026). Look at her website: www.saddler-consulting.com/about You don't want to miss her. Register at ccira.org #CCIRA26 See you there! Ashlee will bring energy to you and your colleagues!

Cara Mentzel will be a luncheon speaker at the CCIRA Conference on LIteracy in Denver, CO (Feb. 5-7, 2026). Register at ccira.org Check out her website here: www.caramentzel.com You don't want to miss her! #CCIRA26

Amy Ludwig VanDerwater will be presenting at the CCIRA Conference on Literacy in Denver, CO (Feb. 5-7, 2026). Register at ccira.org Check out Amy's website here: www.amyludwigvanderwater.com

Attention fans of @mariapwalther.bsky.social. Maria is speaking at the 2026 CCIRA Conference on Literacy in Denver, CO, Feb. 5-7, 2026. Register today at CCIRA.org @stenhousepub.bsky.social

Registration is open for the CCIRA Conference in Denver, February 5-7, 2026. Great line up of speakers: www.ccira.org/2026-confere... Looking forward to seeing you & your colleagues (register at ccira.org). The conference theme is "Hit Refresh. Reenergize, Reconnect, and Re-VIsion". #CCIRA26

A great post by Cara Mentzel. She is the luncheon speaker on Feb. 5, 2026 at the CCIRA Conference on Literacy in Denver, CO. Register today at CCIRA.org. Join us Feb. 5-7, 2026. #CCIRA26 A great time in Denver. Bring your colleagues. ccira.blog/2025/09/22/i...

A great post by Jennifer Vincent. Jennifer is a featured speaker at the 2026 CCIRA Conference on Literacy in Denver, CO (register at ccira.org) Bring your colleagues to the conference, February 5-7, 2026. An amazing line up. #CCIRA26 @stenhousepub.bsky.social ccira.blog/2025/10/14/w...

A great post by Dr. Ashlee Saddler. Dr. Saddler is the luncheon speaker at the CCIRA Conference on Literacy in Denver, CO on February 6, 2026. Join us! Register today at CCIRA.org A great line up of speakers. #CCIRA26 #PEBC ccira.blog/2025/11/10/t...

A great blog post by Katie Kelly ccira.blog/2025/12/02/p.... Katie is a featured speaker at the CCIRA Literacy Conference in Denver, Colorado - February 5-7, 2026. Register today at CCIRA.org #CCIRA26

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Since Trump really start declining in early June nothing he and his regime have done have been able to stop his fall. He just keeps dropping. It's pretty remarkable.

The Department of Unsubtle Metaphors continues to exceed expectations

Billionaires in the US now hold $7.6 trillion in wealth, an increase of almost $5 trillion in less than eight years.

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom