A 'Book Tasting' is a fun way to introduce students to a wide array of novels. Seventh grade tasted 14 books today in preparation for their first Book Club. @mrlievanos will be joining in and reading along, too! 📚📚#WeAreWildwood #literacyrocks

After thinking and reflecting, students penned #oneword to define their 2019-2020 school year💫 #WeAreWildwood

First #bookclub meetings are underway: this group (The Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki) talked about how the main character Neil stands out from the other characters in this eerie mystery! #WeAreWildwood

While walking around and listening in to today's book club meetings, this Unstoppable group (by Tim Green) was discussing how tragedy makes for a compelling story line! #literacy #WeAreWildwood

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Jumping for joy because it's FriYAY! #WeAreWildwood #teacherslife

Per a student's recommendation (thanks, Reese!), classes spent part of the block independently exploring a type of folklore using a hyperlinked document. We conducted this in #Starbucks mode! ☕️ #nocoffeethough #bigfoot #caseyjones #lochness #folkloreunit #WeAreWildwood

Ric Vice conducted a workshop with my CCLA/Stretch students, modeling public speaking/storytelling skills and critiquing some brave students who chose to present 🎤 Thanks Rockwood Partners in Education for bringing Ric to us! #wmslearns

Tall tales, fables, fairy tales, myths, legends, and personal narratives were shared today at the annual 7th grade Campfire Storytelling event 🔥🗣️🌳 #WeAreWildwood

Two of my LA classes began the 6 week Global Read Aloud journey. We're reading Padma Venkatraman #TheBridgeHome #BornBehindBars 's captivating novel The Bridge Home, set in Chennai, India. I've partnered up with two LA classes somewhere in the world... where or where?? #notintheUSA #staytuned #GRA19 #TheBridgeHome🌎 📚

Today we welcomed Mrs. Fisher and Ms. Reichert from Guidance as they presented "Rewriting Our Story of Kindness"💓 #WMSlearns #choosetobekind

FLAG REVEAL: the 2019-2020 Gold Team flag was creatively designed by my last hour student Piper Dunn! Huge thanks to our talented PTO volunteers for bringing her concept to life! #WeAreWildwood

Students collaboratively worked to unlock four locks, using Industrial Revolution clues. Next week we will read 🎄"A Christmas Carol"🎄 adaptation set in this time period. Thanks to Brian Reed for setting up the Breakout Boxes! #wmslearns

On Friday sulmarwms and I opened the wall so our classes could play the "Twas the Night Before Christmas" gift exchange game! 🎄#wearewildwood

In December, students in my Challenge classes formed book clubs, picked a fiction book to read, and met multiple times over the month. Today they creatively showcased their books to other book clubs📖 #readingrocks #wearewildwood

Emily Mcllvoy from St. Louis County Library book talked to our 7th graders today, exposing them to high interest nonfiction titles and providing many ideas for future reading 📚#readingzone #whattoreadnext #wmslearns

HUGE thanks to Missouri Retired Teachers Association for funding my grant proposal “Building Community, Conversations, Confidence through Diverse Book Clubs and Read Alouds” featuring thought-provoking 📚 written by Jason Reynolds News Padma Venkatraman #TheBridgeHome #BornBehindBars Alan Gratz wendy mass Thanhha Lai (WHEN CLOUDS TOUCH US is out now!)

School starts in 4 weeks! #Amazonwishlist #teacherslife #wheredidsummergo amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls…

In spirit of Talk Like a Pirate day, students read about the hunt for Sam Ballamy's sunken pirate ship the Whydah! Wildwood Timberwolves #wearewildwood

Gallery walking today! Students researched the Victorian era prior to reading A Christmas Carol by Dickens. #charlesdickens #gifted #handsonproject