Could not stop talking about how awesome #EthnicPen19 was! My 2 Ss who went w/ me shared what they learned w/ their class too. @AcevedoWrites is such an inspiration to them. BayShoreSchools ELA #nctevillage #dreamleadachieve #nerdybookclub #booklove #poetry

So excited that Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt 🗣⛈💦//🐟🌳 arrived yesterday and is already in the hands of its first reader!! Awesome book! Nancy Paulsen #nctevillage BayShoreSchools ELA #mgbookvillage #nerdybookclub #g2great #read2lead #shoutingattherain JoEllen McCarthy

Gorgeous day today! Went outside 9th period to enjoy the weather and learn about flowers! #classoutside Gerilyn Lessing #middleschool #tlap

Hey Joe La Puma - look at the new book in our classroom library at BayShoreMS BSMS Room 720 #booklove #dreamleadachieve #sneakers #1000sneakers #nerdybookclub

8th grade students navigating their way through an indoor orienteering course using maps and QR codes. BayShoreMS

Per 9 Ss checking on the flowers we learned about with some photography fun! Still waiting for the peonies! Gerilyn Lessing BayShoreMS #kidsdeserveit #tlap #dreamleadachieve #learningoutside

My Ss checking out the new books from DonorsChoose ... This S was excited to see a book she suggested- If This Were a Story! Thank you Sonic Drive-In and my other donors! Gerilyn Lessing BayShoreMS BayShoreSchools ELA #mgbookvillage #nerdybookclub #booklove

My 9th period 6th graders worked in groups to write the text to the wordless picture book The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney. Loved hearing them read what they wrote! #dreamleadachieve BayShoreSchools ELA BayShoreMS #enlclass #picturebooks Gerilyn Lessing #booklove

Looking forward to meeting my new students tomorrow! Some have already emailed me. Building relationships before the first day! #bsmspride #dreamleadachieve BayShoreMS Gerilyn Lessing #nctevillage #newadventures

Look at all of these #finishedbooks !! What a way to start the year!! #bsmspride #dreamleadachieve Jason Reynolds News Raina Telgemeier Kazu Kibuishi Gerilyn Lessing #nctevillage BayShoreMS

Gorgeous week! So happy we could read outside a few days. Today we were joined by our principal 𝒪𝓊𝓉𝓁𝒶𝓌 𝐼𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓋𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 Hope this weather continues!! BayShoreMS #bsmsreads #dreamleadachieve #bsmspride #nctevillage #nerdybookclub Gerilyn Lessing

Happy Monday! Starting off the week with these #finishedbooks #bsmsreads Bay Shore Schools BayShoreMS Gerilyn Lessing #mgbooks #graphicnovels #nctevillage

Post-Nerdcamp fun! Still thinking about what a great day it was. Loved catching up w/ Torrey Maldonado @gaepol Selene Castrovilla @nerdcampli #nerdcampli #nctevillage

Per 3 day 2 readers!! #bsmsreads BayShoreMS Bay Shore Schools #nctevillage

Some of today’s #finishedbooks - 3 Ss read A Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds News ... Anger is Gift by Mark Oshiro - JASMINE IS HAUNTED out now! got great reviews from its 1st reader. #bsmsreads BayShoreMS Gerilyn Lessing #nerdcampli

Stuff like this truly never, never gets old. I write for kids like this.

Scenes from Period 4 today #readingtime #bsmsreads Gerilyn Lessing #mgbookvillage #nctevillage #nerdybookclub BayShoreMS BayShoreSchools ELA

These 2 Ss came up w/ a new idea today. Together they chose 3 topics and each wrote poems about them. #gless54 BayShoreMS Bay Shore Schools #bsmswrites

Shared this story about Kool Herc and hip hop w/ my writing Ss this week. I had an awesome co-teacher for one class! #bayshore #hiphop Gerilyn Lessing Bay Shore Schools BayShoreMS #bsmsreads

Back from break... right into reading time! Switched up the nook a little too #bsmsreads BayShoreMS Bay Shore Schools Gerilyn Lessing #nctevillage National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) MG Book Village #nErDcampLI #booklove