Teachers who are using whole class novels AND expecting students to keep up an independent reading life, how are you keeping them accountable to the ind. rdg without killing the joy?

I told a Ukrainian student of mine that we always have pierogi on Christmas Eve, so she showed up on Friday with a bag of frozen ones made fresh by her mom. So thoughtful (and delicious)!

Middle school teachers: does your school give semester exams? If so, in all academic areas?

Time for a book giveaway!

If you'd like me to mail you an advance copy of my Apr. '25 MG novel in verse THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES, follow & share this post. Bonus entry if you also reply w/ a pic from a recent hike!

I'll draw winners on 12/1.

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English teachers: are lit essays argument, informational, or neither? Working through #srsd writing training and debating which organizer to use. #EduSky

11 days post-election and my mom is already sending me allll the articles about the scary Venezuelan gangs infiltrating our state. Going to be a long few years…

“Mrs. Ruf, I had to buy you a new copy of Call Us What We Carry because I started annotating without even realizing I was writing all over your book!” It’s a great day when an 8th-grader reads/annotates poetry on their own for fun!

A couple of years ago, a teacher on the other app talked about a Romeo & Juliet/Long Way Down unit. Anyone remember who that was?

Pumped to have found a new place to network with educators! #EduSky