Billy Travis

2021 Indiana Teacher of the Year. Reader. Middle School Social Studies Teacher. Runner. (he/him)

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20 times this month students have fallen off this little balance chair. The routine is now make sure the faller is ok, enjoy a laugh / celebrate another fall, then the faller gets to either update the counter or pick someone to update it for them.

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@aishacs That would be amazing! My students would be ecstatic. I told them I was going to tweet it to you and they were excited enough just with that.

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The Homeroom crushed it with this door decoration. @aishacs

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Also needs to be said that 15 students will probably be 20 at the next meeting. @ProjectLITComm the numbers are growing.

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We had our first book club celebration today. 15 students enjoyed Hot Cheetos, Dots Pretzels, leftover Halloween candy, and Internment by @sam_aye_ahm

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They voted on Inside Out & Back Again by @ThanhhaLai as our next book, purposely voting on a shorter book so they can have another meeting/celebration before winter break.

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The People We Keep is about April, 16 years old, leaving home and trying to make it on her own. It’s all about the relationships along the way.

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#My2021Books

Book 28 - High School by @teganandsara

Book 29 - Demon Slayer by @KarasuHokoku

Book 30 - Enola Holmes by @NancySpringer

Book 31 - The People We Keep by @AllieLarkin

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Enola Holmes is about the younger sister of Sherlock and her using the power of observing and deduction to solve mysteries and crimes.

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White Bird is about Nazi controlled France and the resistance and kindness during the Jewish persecution.

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#My2021Books

Book 24 - The Disappearing Spoon by @sam_kean

Book 25 - Grenade by @AlanGratz

Book 26 - World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky

Book 27 - White Bird by @RJPalacio

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World Without Fish was a book about how fragility of ecosystems and the possibility humans destroy the fish population of the world.

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American Canopy is a nonfiction story about America’s long relationship with our trees and how the story of America can’t be told without trees.

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Catching up on #My2021Books

Book 20 - Thunderhead by @NealShusterman

Book 21 - The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by @candacemfleming

Book 22 - The Awakening of Malcolm X by @ilyasahShabazz @WriteinBK

Book 23 - American Canopy by Eric Rutkow

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Malcolm X is a narrative written about Malcolm’s early years spent in jail.

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Charles Lindbergh is a nonfiction book detailing how Lindbergh went from hero to father of a murdered child to Nazi supporter.

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Thunderhead is book 2 in a trilogy about a dystopian world where we’ve become immortal but kill off some people at random.