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Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

The @canva Text to Image feature has brought me joy today. Creating promos for our new books and needed the "just right" book-smelling pictures.

Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

Yes! I love my PLN for inspiration, collaboration and opportunities for our students.🤩

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Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

A lot of great discussions happening in grade 8 today! #GlobalGoals #TeachSDGs

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Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

The crawling spider GIPHY really ties it all together 😱😅

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Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

Creating a collection of spooky reads for grade 7 to browse was fun. Click on the spider in the bottom right corner to return to the creepy doors🕷️🕸️
#middlegradebooks #halloweenreads #spookybooks

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Copy of Gr 7 Spooky Book Recs

Get caught up in a good book...

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Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

Looking forward to attending and being inspired at the 21CL Library Connection Conference online in November. See you there @becinthelibrary @DannyGlasner @gittins_kerry @libraryjet #21CLHK #inTLchat

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21CL Library Connection 2025 - 21st Century Learning Conference

Ensure our libraries are welcoming for students, and the entire learning community, creating a sense of belonging for everyone

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Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

The retellings display I created for autumn has generated some good conversation in the library. Sometimes I don't know what I would do without @canva!

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Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

'Punching The Air' was our first #ProjectLITBookClub for this school year. A lot of great discussion with an amazing group of students.
@EspiOnFire @projectLITcomm @ibizoboi @dr_yusefsalaam @acsabudhabi #ProjectLITcomm

Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

Spent the weekend at the Foundations of Adaptive Schools training. It was great to attend face-to-face professional development, connect with so many educators, and continue to build a collaborative culture for our students @Think_Collab and @AdaptiveSchools #ACSLearns

Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

I love to start the year with book tastings. Getting students talking about books and into the library 😍📚 @acsabudhabi

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Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

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Thirst

The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her …

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Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

'Thirst' by @varshabajaj is an excellent middle grades novel. I have been thinking of the many ways that it could be used to support the teaching and learning around water scarcity and #GlobalGoals. 'Thirst' would make an excellent read aloud or book club option. #Goal6 #SDG6

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Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thank you @picklennium and @taraethridge for the inspiration. It is nice to look back at a summer well spent. I didn't read as many middle grades books as I usually do, but I have a TBR list ready 😁📚

Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

Summer is coming to an end and I am thinking of my great summer reads.

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Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

It is amazing to have teachers that join in on the #Books2Eat fun with you! @ACSAbuDhabiMS

Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

This #Books2Eat made me smile. The students that created them, called them "Charlie Brown(ies)" @ACSAbuDhabiMS @SchulzMuseum

Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

My #Books2Eat was inspired by @dbhiguera's The Last Cuentista. Imagine sleeping for 380 years, waking up and this is the only thing you eat, nutritious “bioloaf” and mood-altering tonic. Bioloaf is described as what would occur if, "kale, hay, prunes and vinegar had a baby.

Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

This #Books2Eat is based on 'Poison' by
@sarahalbee This student calls this "Radium Bars with a dusting of Arsenic" @acsabudhabi @ACSAbuDhabiMS

Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thrillingly good cakes for our #books2eat These series have been so popular this year! @HoJay92 @maureenjohnson @ACSAbuDhabiMS @acsabudhabi

Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

Do you ever read a bunch of books by the same author and feel like they get you? For me, it's @AmeDyckman I am a bit late to the game with 'Dandy' but the timing was perfect. It's almost dandelion season.

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Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

We added magazines on Sora this week and students are already loving them! I had fun (actual fun) curating these collections to make browsing for magazines easier. @Sorareadingapp

Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

Building our summer reading TBR list in middle school this week. I feel like this is such an exciting time to be a reader! #middlegradeslit #mglit

Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

We have so many crafty entrepreneurs in middle school. How cute are these?!

Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

Be afraid - be very afraid. Once you start realizing the pebbles on the beach are actually plastic - you can't unsee them. The massive, unregulated source of plastic pollution you’ve probably never heard ofvia @voxdotcom #nurdlepollution @greatnurdler

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The massive, unregulated source of plastic pollution you’ve probably never heard of

“We’re making these nurdles and basically spilling oil, just in a different form.”

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Mary E. Lawson @maryelawson.bsky.social · Apr 25

I am a huge fan of using @canva to create my library displays. Here is the template I used and adapted to create my Ramadan Reads poster - I love the colours!

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