I love it when my students notice things I hadn’t. Reading and sharing makes my heart sing.

Advice to my students reading Paperboy: It takes a veteran writer to be successful without commas. Like the warning on car commercials, “Professional driver. Don’t try this at home.” You and I still need commas! :-) Vince Vawter Betty Vawter #paperboypart1

To all my students past and present: check out this vocabulary word. Can you use verisimilitude in a sentence? Share it with your quarantine circle.

What quotes and passages can you find that reveal Little Man’s moral compass? #PAPERBOYPART1

Make sure you listen to this audio recording of "Pullin the Skiff." It's one of the songs Mam called "rounds." See page 73. youtu.be/t_6IyLSdDYM #PAPERBOYPART1 Vince Vawter

Bobble-head dogs. Sid Caesar. Ryne Duren. Howdy Doody. Voltaire. Privet hedges. And what exactly is a scimitar? What do these things have in common? Have you seen my Symbaloo? #paperboypart1

Read the last line of Chapter 11 and then the last lines of Chapter 6. What has changed for our paperboy? #Paperboypart2

I love how small words can pack a lot of punch. Bias only has 4 letters, but 5 definitions. Do you know them all? See p. 136 for one of them. #paperboypart2 Vince Vawter

I hope everyone in class will weigh in on this. Is it too “religious” to use in a public school? Thoughts? #PAPERBOYPART2

My students rock! I love their responses and reactions to the wonderful book we are reading together, yet at a distance. Such keen insights. They make me so proud. Vince Vawter Betty Vawter #PAPERBOYPART2

Not just young me. Grown-up-should-have-it-all-together-by-now-me struggles with asserting my own needs. I know there are some other people-pleasers out there. #paperboypart3

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#PAPERBOYPART2 What has changed for Little Man at the end of Chapter 11? Compare the last sentence of that chapter to a similar statement at the end of Chapter 6. Hmmm.

“But I was still glad he crashed his bike.” (p. 159) So glad to see that our paperboy is a normal kid after all. #PAPERBOYPART2

A question for my students: can you identify the end of your childhood? Was it a moment in time or just the passage of time? What about for our paperboy? #PAPERBOYPART2

In case you missed the Publishers Weekly Book Deal announcement: Nick Healy of Capstone 📚 bought Vince Vawter’s YA novel COPYBOY. Vince Vawter, who won a Newbery Honor for his 2013 MG novel PAPERBOY (Delacorte), continues the story he started in that title: bit.ly/2Ei6wKy

Just taught nonfiction today! Love this article!Understanding—and Teaching—the Five Kinds of Nonfiction - slj.com/2018/04/standa…

📕 Educators, how does "read aloud" give you opportunities to highlight #vocabulary or ask good questions? mhed.us/2IpwG0k

The language in this book is as beautiful as van Gogh’s art. I am savoring every word (and truth be told, looking up many). Croquis. Crepuscular. Extant. Thank you DEBORAH HEILIGMAN goo.gl/images/AZA2FW

So students, do you see why I predicted PAPERBOY would win the Newbery? It rocked my world! Nothing like hitting a home run your first time at bat Vince Vawter Betty Vawter #paperboypart3