RRISD teacher-librarian passionate about growing kids’ love for reading
Joined July 2015
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BREAKING - YOUR REACTION: Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@jasmineforus) suggests that Thomas Matthew Crooks was not considered a threat, resulting in almost assassinating Donald Trump because he was male and white. She claims that in America, black people are considered a threat, but white people are not, even when they are holding long guns at rallies. That might be why Secret Service agents did not act until it was too late. WATCH
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It's just so important to see things from a different angle.
So here is how an IT helpdesk experienced the #Crowdstrike outage. 🧵
Please, read this even if you no interest in IT or know nothing about it. It doesn't matter. It's about appreciation for those who keep us going.
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Every. Time.
A conservative trustee in Lovejoy ISD explains that 4 challenged books can’t be judged based on out-of-context passages.
“When I first saw the request, some of the language was concerning to me. Then when I read the books in whole, I had a different perspective.”
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I meet and talk to so many people who believe that ALL school librarians do is check out books and put them back once kids return them. Here is just SOME of what they ACTUALLY do. And not on this list: foster a lifelong love of reading. And what could be more important than that?
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Kindergartners are using @Sphero Indi to do coding. It’s amazing to hear them already beginning to develop a geometric language for angles. It makes my fourth grade geometry heart so happy! @EMathRRISD @RRISDTech @BPEWildcats @LibPrairie
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We appreciate the @statesman for continuing to follow this book banning story from Lake Travis ISD. kxan.com/news/education/auth…
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Today @katyisd informed staff librarians they can no longer request to purchase books they have not read in their entirety. @katyisd will also publish the name of the campuses next to the title of the book on the public purchase order request dashboard.
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Librarians in @katyisd are being now required to read every book they want to order, then put it on a list for 30 days on a website. Recently the book Superconvergence was on a Katy order. It's 454 pages. When should they read that? amazon.com/Superconvergence-…
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BREAKING: The March 2024 primaries will be where vouchers in #txed are decided for 2025. Not the November general, it will already be decided by then.
Feeling dispirited because of the failure of the #txlege and state leaders to pass safety funding or to increase the basic allotment (which would have funded a teacher raise), then read on to learn about dangers of political tribalism, and what you can do in the upcoming primaries in March of 2024
Political tribalism is unwarranted allegiance to a political party. The leaders in the #txlege who failed to enact any additional school safety or education funding this session, are counting on your political tribalism to cause you to forget/dismiss their failure. They know with this being a presidential year, you are most at risk to blindly follow party allegiance in the ballot box. You cannot do that if you are pro #txed
Here is my first suggestion: Vote for who you want for President, but VET every candidate in the #txlege regardless of party
Here is my second suggestion: Vote for the most pro public ed candidate in the primary of the party most likely to win your district.
Your vote in the primary does not require you to vote for that candidate or that party in the general election. But by voting in the primary of the party most likely to win your district, you can influence the selection of pro-public ed candidates.
Most people with moderate views don’t vote in primaries, but that is a mistake. The primary is where those with extreme views ALWAYS vote. Therefore the primary is where the candidates with the most extreme views are rewarded.
A failure to protect pro public ed candidates, and to replace pro voucher candidates in the March 2024 primaries will result in vouchers becoming a permanent part of #txed in 2025. Even if your view on vouchers is nuanced, you are still better served by a voucher program being developed by folks who also support #txed rather than being developed by folks who think you are "Educrats" or "Indoctrinators".
The Governor has already begun campaigning against those in his own party who rejected vouchers. The Pro-voucher PACS are already supporting their primary candidates to replace those who rejected vouchers.
You may not have the influence of the Governor or the money of a PAC, but you do have a vote-so use it in the primary 🙂
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Happy 99th birthday, President Carter! You’ve inspired so many people around the world with your leadership, character, and commitment to service. Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful birthday and send our best wishes to you and Rosalynn.
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INBOX: A group of Texas bookstores, including Austin-based @BookPeople is suing @teainfo, @TXSBOE and @TSLAC over HB 900, the bill requiring vendor who sell to schools to rate their books and which bans sexually explicit books. #txed
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Today, some of the books that shaped my life—and the lives of so many others—are being challenged by people who disagree with certain ideas or perspectives. And librarians are on the front lines, fighting every day to make the widest possible range of viewpoints, opinions, and ideas available to everyone.
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Former President Barack Obama Writes Letter Thanking Librarians
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DUST releases one month from today on 8/15 🥳 To celebrate, I'm giving away four signed hardcover copies! To enter for a chance to win a copy, please RT/F! Thanks, everyone 😁💛🏜️🌪️
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GIVEAWAY TIME! Follow me & RT this tweet for a chance to win a stunning, signed hardback of my next middle-grade ghost story, IT FOUND US -- BEFORE IT RELEASES! Tag friends for extra entries! 👻 – at Chicago, IL
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DUST is finally releasing next month, so I'm giving away my very last ARC! If you'd like a chance to read it before it releases on 8-15, please RT/F! Thanks, everyone 🏜️💛😁🌪️
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As someone who taught reading intervention at middle school in a school that focused on a phonics-centric Science of Reading approach, here are a few concerns I see with this new trend and how it might be applied to older students:
1. I worry that we will focus so much on skill development that we fail to see the need for reading for pleasure in order to develop reading endurance. At the middle school level, one of the key elements in helping students increase their reading scores was the role of endurance.
2. An emphasis on phonics, blending, and phonemic awareness at the middle school level sometimes fails to recognize the role of critical thinking, vocabulary, and prior knowledge in reading comprehension. I’ve seen highly fluent readers fail reading tests for these reasons.
3. The one-size-fits-all systematic approach that rejects balance might work at younger levels but the reasons a 13 year old is behind will often be far more varied.
4. I’m really worried that some of the people screaming the loudest about research haven’t read the research in-depth and seen the limitations in actual studies, the nuances in the finding, and the context of the studies (rarely about middle school)
5. I want to make sure we are paying attention to accessibility. I know many people who are dyslexic and became avid readers once they could use voice-to-text and audio readers. My fear is that readying will be defined solely as decoding written text and certain people who might thrive as readers will be forced to do drills where they lean into their weakness without learning about assistive technology.
I’m no expert in early literacy but I am concerned with prescriptive approaches that treat middle school students in the same way as a second graders. I’m worried about prescriptive, singular solutions.
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Read Superintendent Gregorski's message regarding the ending of the 88th Texas Legislative Session. bit.ly/3MJwNqn
Contact Governor Abbott's office: gov.texas.gov
