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MG and YA reader, curator of learning experiences, parent, executive function coach, baker, and poet. I work toward a more just world with little choices every day.
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“Hundreds of thousands of people rely on these vaccines,” said Saltzman, 71, of Sacramento, California. “For people who are immunocompromised, if there aren’t enough people vaccinated, we lose the ring that’s protecting us. We’re totally vulnerable.”🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...

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"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Maggie Hasson (NH) asked Noem to define Habeus Corpus "Noem replied, saying that it allows the president to remove people from the US." Aieee! Can we make @lindamonk.bsky.social required reading for all government employees? www.bbc.com/news/videos/... #sschat

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Before diving into summer to-dos, take a moment to breathe. 👉 Are you tired—or truly depleted? 👉 Do you need rest—or real recovery? This s a gentle reminder that not all fatigue is the same—& neither is the healing. ➡️ buff.ly/RMVcoMt via John Spencer #edusky

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A🧵 On Compliance (1/9) Once upon a time, I had a student in my class who was often dysregulated when he entered the classroom and always on the move. He was an ADHDer. I invites his family to collaborate on strategies for regulation.... 🍎 #2e #ADHD #humancenteredteaching

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📖 Does anyone have any recommendations on reading fluency work for dyslexic second language learners who never learned to read in their first language? I would love to read some articles!!! Thanks!

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📚👍 The Davenports (book 1) follows 4 young women in Chicago around 1910. There are activists, business dreams, motor cars, elections, prejudice & segregation, and light romance. This books fills a hole in YA lit that desperately needed to be filled. Book 2 is out, too! krystalmarquis.com

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🗺 A history of thinking about disease and vaccines through the lens of Small Pox that is appropriate to share with MS and HS students. Its slow paced, which allows for note-taking and processing. However, I know some kids who would listen at 3x speed.

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🗺 If you use this LoC site for primary sources w/ students, download the pdfs. The Chron. Am. site is not being taken down, but the org that adds to the archive is. Read the🧵 for more info. LoC is asking people who care about the site to write to their reps. Go #iteachsocialstudies team!

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I’ve spent 2 years trying to track down a primary source book. Only about 5 surviving copies exist in the world. Then I finally reached out to my librarian and she was able to track down a copy within a week. For every of historian, there are librarians making our work possible. 🗃️

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🗺 Many students would be shocked at how recent this was. It could be a good "spark" question for learning about fighting for Gay rights... What year did the major global health organization...

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📚👍 Vanya and the Wild Hunt is a #middlegrade fantasy where there is a magical school with a cool library. It is also original & new: books talk & are kind of salty. The MC is an ADHDer, & the book models strength-based thinking around the way her brain works. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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🌟 OPEN NOW! Join our award-winning #literacy Think Tank as a member of the 2025-2027 Associate Cohort, an intensive 2-year cohort of progressive literacy educators. 📝 The 2025-2027 Associate Cohort Application is LIVE. Closes June 1. ↖️ Learn more and apply: theeducatorcollaborative.com/associate

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We should always remember two things: 1.) #Gifted education is not a privilege. 2.) Gifted work is equity work. #EduSky #GTchat

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In recent years, the kids who read the most novels in a lot of classes, are the kids blowing through horror and romance. Be ready with recs for romance.... 📖 #iteachenglish

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