Go Patrick!! Jackie Mann, (she, her, hers)

City Spies City of the Dead comes out in 2 weeks and to celebrate, I'm giving away a copy. To enter for a chance to win, RT this post and make sure you follow me. I'll randomly pick a winner later this week. (If you don't want to leave it to chance, you can always pre-order one!)

Dr. Smith challenged his students to give their best performance at tonight’s winter concert promising them that he would do Wednesday’s dance from Netflix in front of hundreds of parents if they did. Guess what happened? What an incredible evening!

The combined 6th, 7th and 8th grade FA Day Chorus in “surround sound” at this evening’s concert. This is what joy and community sounds and looks like! Well done Dr. Smith and our talented students. Thank you parents and families for coming together this evening.

HAPPY 3 DAY WEEKEND! If you have a DonorsChoose or #Amazon #wishlist you can drop it here. Please introduce yourself and like / RT all so we can BOOST these lists! Trying to #clearthelist of yogaball chairs and a printer. Thank you! #BetterTogether donorschoose.org/classroom/mr-r…

Yesterday’s first ever Day Pep Rally celebrated the undefeated seasons of BOTH our Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball Teams. Dragon Pride!!!🏀

Congratulations to the incredible Day Cheer Squad!! Their season continues as they cheer on our Day Unified Team next month!!

Your Back to Back Boys Indoor State Champ!! Go Tigers!!

Earlier this year, I was pretty ready to be done teaching. That has since changed. The difference is that, though the problems still exist, I've also become intentional about noticing the good. If you want to give it a shot, here's a challenge for March.

DEAR EDUCATORS! My wife's a teacher and has often told me I should make things for teachers that are free and classroom-ready. I shared this with the amazing people at Simon Kids and this is what we came up with: This operation is hot! We are a go! simonandschuster.com/p/city-spies-c…

Writing Puzzle #63 A lipogram is composed of words not having a certain letter. So ... write a sentence describing the view out your window without using the letter "e".

Congrats NNHS basketball!!

Congratulations to the Day Tenacity Team! First in Leadership, Third in Math and Third Overall!! Day Dynasty and Dragon Proud!!

Happy School Librarian Day to all the literacy loving, research teaching, novel slinging librarians out there! Thank you for your tireless dedication to promoting literacy and fostering a love of reading in students! #ThankYouLibrarians #SchoolLibrarianDay #LiteracyMatters

Yesterday I was asked to make a statement about book banning and book deserts. Here’s what I said.

Great way to start the weekend! Thanks Officer Lau and Officer Leo!! Newton MA Police Dept.

Library kids are the best 💜💜💜

There is something magical about high school fall sports! 🍁🍁🍁🍁

Newly Updated! March Madness: Basketball Books for Every Kid (ages 4 and up)! bit.ly/2KGbhCE via PragmaticMom #ReadYourWorld #basketball #KidLit #readinglist

Teachers, librarians, educators, parents, & readers! It’s #giveaway time! I need to find these 20 middle-grade graphic novels a new home! Follow, ❤️, and RT/QT or Comment+Tag a friend to enter for a chance to add these great books 📚 to your collection! Winner selected 11/5.