So true.

"What if every book was an invitation to notice...different stories...same hearts." ❤ #NCTE18 #stayteachable

"Books are tools for conversation. If you allow the reader a place in the story, then you can create a conversation for a kid who's struggling emotionally." Matt de la Pena #NCTE18

...no longer consumed or concerned by the gaze of others... Christopher Emdin #NCTE18 #stayteachable

We are all emerging bilinguals at some point. Dr. Carla España #NCTE18 #stayteachable

Grand Canyon by Jason Chin is the recipient of the 2018 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children -- congratulations! #NCTE18 @authorjasonchin

After the Fall by Dan Santat is the recipient of the 2018 NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children--congratulations! #NCTE18 Dan Santat

Broken-ish. ❤️Peter H. Reynolds

Excited to recreate our #ncte18 experience for our @RockRestES_NC staff. "Exhibit hall" set, nerdybookclub roundtables ready, sessions prepared. #stayteachable #raisingRockRestvoices

Grateful to work with a staff who values learning, accepts new challenges, and is willing to have difficult, impactful conversations. They literally ran down the hallway to get to the session they chose at out mock#ncte18. @RockRestES_NC SetrinaByrd Maria Rorabacher #stayteachable

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) @RockRestES_NC @NCTE18 was so impactful we couldn't keep it to ourselves! Passing on what we learned and what we loved...and sharing some freebies! How many days until the next one?

Students enjoyed Hour of Code week with Danielle from Union County Library Students were able draw a track with written computer code for the robot to follow. So many "ooohhh and ahhh" moments. Andrew G. Houlihan #UCPSCodes #CSForAll @UCPS_MonroeNC

Don't forget to remember...

Whatever it takes! 💞

#MondayMotivation: "[Culturally responsive teaching] is about daily practices that bring students’ cultures into instruction, valuing each student and what they bring, teaching them as people first in order to maximize their potential." bit.ly/2wpLyrY 🌍 ναℓєηтιηα gσηzαℓєz

Working on your #NCTE19 proposal? You won't want to miss this month's #NCTEchat—we'll be talking about the 2019 Annual Convention theme, Spirited Inquiry!

"Our students should be discussing personal connections to poems, especially recently written poems, and using those connections to start conversations about important personal issues and also societal issues." —Jill edut.to/2Pw6Zmg via edutopia

What better way to teach students the power of good writing than by using models of good writing? @writeguyjeff & Whitney La Rocca have chosen the top 10 mentor txts for grades 1-5 and compiled them into a convenient collection for grammar instruction HERE bit.ly/2rPcOh4

"Our adult reading lives need nurturing every bit as much as those of our students. To insure that we continue to grow as readers, we need to find ways to be nourished in the company of other adult readers, doing what we love to do best." —Carol Jago bit.ly/2SHVztC

RT for the chance to win a signed copy of the Andy Shane bind-up by Jennifer Richard Jacobson! US Only. Andy Shane and his (know-it-all) friend Dolores Starbuckle have plenty to disagree over — and laugh about — in this four-in-one collection of tales. ow.ly/BZce30jKzY0