Room B305

4th Grade Teacher

[Christopher Martell @chriscmartell]

"School leaders have always added teaching requirements and duties without taking anything away. Now is the time to take things away." Spot on description of the pressures (that keep growing) on teachers from @palan57. https://t.co/fCeiZqGoRy

[Room B305 @MsStimsonSugg]

@NPRCoryTurner @NPRCodeSwitch Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes is a great read aloud novel for middle grades!

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

...and Thomas Jefferson?: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal ..." So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind.”

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Paulina Muratore @UCSPaulina]

🎶all I want for Christmas is a climate change bill, a climate change bill, a climate change bill🎶Let's go #MApoli! Move the roadmap bill w/ strong EJ protections by the end of this insane year. @tomtipagolden @rephaddad @RepBradJones @BarrettSenate @cindycreem @PatrickMOConnor

[Marcela E. García @marcela_elisa]

Must-read by @leung: Chelsea is about to become the country’s biggest experiment in giving out no-strings-attached checks https://t.co/RggyZXeAB7 via @BostonGlobe #mapoli

[Victoria Jamieson @JamiesonV]

In honor of our nomination for the National Book Awards, it would bring me great joy to give a class set (15 copies) of WHEN STARS ARE SCATTERED to an educator. R/T and follow to enter. I'll also donate $100 to https://t.co/6uAbotSgLf in your school's name. Ends 9/23, US only.

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

Let us pave the roads to a just and equitable world with love, trust, courage, and humility, knowing the little ones are studying us, are walking with us at our side.

[Katherine Applegate (kaaauthor.bsky.social) @kaaauthor]

Today's the day! 🦍📽️ The @IvanMovie is now streaming on @disneyplus.

To celebrate, I'm giving away a classroom set of 24 IVAN paperbacks (w/ signed bookplates!) to a US educator who RTs this. I'll notify a random winner on 8/24 at 2 PM PT.

Good luck, and enjoy the film! ❤️

[Katherine Applegate (kaaauthor.bsky.social) @kaaauthor]

Last month, my nonfiction IVAN picture book was rereleased with a great new cover. Today, I'm giving away three signed copies. 🦍🌸

RT and follow for a chance to win! I'll choose and notify three random winners tomorrow, July 22, at 2 PM PT. 🍃

#TheOneAndOnlyIvan #kidlit

[WBUR @WBUR]

“Is that more important than our policy that we support our Black coworkers and our community? Is that policy more important than our policy that we run on community values?” https://t.co/q39V2BY4XX

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

Myths are constraining too many parents from talking to their children about racism, and from actively raising their kids to be antiracist. I had to unlearn some of these myths too as a new parent, before writing #AntiracistBaby. Here are some of the myths.

[Dr. José Medina (él, he, his, him) @JoseMedinaJr89]

Reading this stopped me in my tracks. @choose_org

[Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks]

Hey, teachers, librarians, & educators of all kinds! I need to find these books a new home so it’s #Giveaway time!

RT & Follow by this Friday, 6/26 to enter for a chance to add these TEN books to your (eventual) classroom library! #KidsNeedBooks

[NPR's Code Switch @NPRCodeSwitch]

America has had racial reckonings triggered by videos and police brutality before now. But in 2020, white people are out in the streets in big numbers, and books about antiracism top bestseller lists.

So we asked some white people: What's different now? https://t.co/GXod1gmQYC

[Shereen Marisol Meraji @RadioMirage]

New @NPRCodeSwitch episode where we try and get to the bottom of what made so many more white people come out to protests and say #blacklivesmatter

@GeeDee215 found himself with a bunch of new IG followers (who are white) and he asked them: WHY NOW?

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

Black literature saved me, raised me, fed me, made me. Black literature taught me how to think, how to write, how to challenge, how to be me. This week, I’m supporting a campaign to buy two books by Black writers. Join us. #blackpublishingpower #blackoutbestsellerlist

[La Colaborativa @la_colaborativa]

We're thrilled to be in the new @VICE Essentials Series. In this new series, you'll hear stories of local biz adapting to the COVID-19 crisis. We invite you to join us on our journey as we work to help rebuild our community. Episode 1 is now live!
https://t.co/gZQnlJ46Gy

[Katherine Applegate (kaaauthor.bsky.social) @kaaauthor]

Educators! 🍏📚 I'm giving away 5 $100 gift cards to a few of my favorite indie bookstores. RT and follow me for a chance to win one. I'll choose random winners and contact them on 5/29 at 2 PM PT. US educators only.

This week's stores: @Powells, @AndersonsBkshp, @Copperfields