Today in ELA10, we had our first book club conversations! We’re all reading Jason Reynolds News’s LONG WAY DOWN. It’s my 1st time with book clubs, so I’m jumping in & reflecting for the future using Dana and Sonja’s (I'm on IG, Threads, and Bluesky -@sonjacherrypaul’s) BOOK CLUBS guide. #NCTEVillage 🧵 1/X

Humbled!

I have always admired @GwenBlumberg’s sketchnotes of units of study! I felt inspired this weekend to try it out on my own! These are my sketchnotes of the Third Grade TCRWP unit - Character Studies. This has helped me dive into the goals of the unit 📚#cecheetahs #literacycoach

How Book Clubs Can Thrive In Both Physical And Virtual Classrooms. A blog post from the authors of Breathing New Life into Book Clubs, Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul and Dana Johansen. I'm on IG, Threads, and Bluesky -@sonjacherrypaul Dana and Sonja #Teachers #Students #Schools hubs.la/Q012h8jD0

How Book Clubs Can Thrive In Both Physical And Virtual Classrooms. A blog post from the authors of Breathing New Life into Book Clubs, Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul and Dana Johansen. I'm on IG, Threads, and Bluesky -@sonjacherrypaul Dana and Sonja #Teachers #Students #Schools hubs.la/Q012Dmfk0

Teachers, if you have not been affirming Blackness since the start of the school year, please recognize that your Black History Month lessons about Black oppression are a kind of educational violence many Black children are forced to endure during the month of February. 1/4

It’s not hard to see that a whole lot of people who currently care about what kids read don’t appear to read much themselves. They don’t seem to understand what books do. Books provoke, heal, inspire, and educate! The power and joy of books are well-known to readers! #readingjoy

For #tvdsbliteracy Factual Friday, I’m recommending this fascinating graphic text by ⁦Brian Box Brown⁩. I found it unputdownable! 📚❤️

Joy! Recentering the inclusion of Black joy & genius in February so it can be centered & celebrated all year long & all young people can thrive & see the joy in themselves & others all year long. #BlackHistoryMonth #Blackhistorymonthiseverymonth #Blacklivesmatterinschools

Teachers Are Obsessed With Wordle, Too. See How They're Using It at School edwk.it/3HxgYj0

Still thinking this might’ve been a mistake, but it sure looks pretty. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

NYPL Launches “Vibrant Voices,” Great Books for all Ages by Authors of Color ow.ly/b7nL50HHpwr

My seat for the day and the company I’m keeping. Congratulations Dr. Kim Parker (she | her)!!

Last week the nation witnessed a weaponjzation of the words from Stamped (For Kids) at the SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing. Thank you to all who responded to that disturbing display with antiracist actions. I couldn’t be more humbled and proud!

My author copies of The Joy of Reading arrived today. I wish that Teri Lesesne was here to see it, but I know she would be proud. It’s not ours anymore. Readers will have it soon! #readingjoy

Yvette Rosario-Perez she/her/ella I learned a lot about managing book clubs from Breathing New Life into Book Clubs by Dana and Sonja. Definitely a book I wish existed when I was a new teacher!