Vanessa Vigna

Public school educator. K-5 Literacy Coach. Eager Front Row Sitter. "Who's doing the thinking?" and "How does this benefit kids?" asker. She/her/hers

[elly swartz @ellyswartz]

Teachers & librarians, this #giveaway is for you!

I'm giving away a copy of THIS IS A STORY, words by @MrSchuReads, pictures by @studiocastillo.

I love this book!

To enter:
💛Follow John, Lauren, and me
💛RT
💛Tag a bookloving friend
*double your chances, hop over to my IG*

[Tim Rasinski @TimRasinski1]

For a Fluency Friday!
Finish this week’s commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by having students read and perform a few of his many inspirational quotes.
@ILAToday @ascd @DyslexiaIDA @reading_league

[Dr. Rachael Gabriel @RacheGabriel]

Open-Access :) @EstherQuinCo @DrSZuckerman @carolyn_strom @flynn
https://t.co/V8R3561X9S

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

15. Burnout https://t.co/3WuDOMzifN

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

11. Grief https://t.co/RO8vY8yfb5

[Bookish Ezioma @EziomaKalu]

A thread of some really hilarious book dedications. 😂

[Jarrett Lerner @Jarrett_Lerner]

EDUCATORS and LIBRARIANS!

I’m giving away two class sets of my newest graphic novel, Snack Cabinet Sabotage—one here, one on Instagram.

To enter here: follow me + RT this tweet.

Bonus entry: tag a pal who may want to enter, too!

NOTE: I will share the winner here, NOT by DM!*

[John Schu @MrSchuReads]

I'm giving away 10 signed copies of This Is a Story that I will buy from and sign at @AndersonsBkshp. The copies will be mailed on or around March 14, 2023. RT before 10:00 p.m. CDT today (10/9) to enter the giveaway. https://t.co/WJrXsxHAhN

[Franki Sibberson @frankisibberson]

This Week's Text Set-Great Short Read Alouds for Grades 3-6 https://t.co/YZ70Bx9aqZ

[Kim McNeill •📚🍂☕️ @joiedevivre9]

“I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.” — Virginia Woolf

[Dickie Bush @dickiebush]

The single most powerful habit for personal growth:

Journaling.

Over the past 5 years, I've journaled every single morning—and along the way, I've:

• Answered over 1,000 questions
• Tested every app, pen, & notebook

But I always return to a pen, paper, and these 5 prompts:

[Vanessa Vigna @msvigna]

Well, this series will be a gold mine.

[Eric Hand ☮️ @writtenbyhand]

Launching my youtube channel to provide “frontline”support on running a Writing Workshop. First up? narrative Writing!
https://t.co/JqOM7B8sYF via @YouTube

[Jennifer Fletcher @JenJFletcher]

There's a difference between learning how to do a writing assignment and learning how to write.

[Jim Knight 🇺🇦 @jimknight99]

I created coach's playlists to give coaches a one-page doc with the most important info on topics like questioning, listening, checklists, goals, playbooks, and so on. Here's a link to all of them https://t.co/zkytuD26hv

[Ian Cushing @ian_cushing]

Off-the-shelf, commercially produced curriculum packages will always be reductive, flawed and inappropriate because they pay no attention to - and have no knowledge of - the individual, local, specific contexts of schools and the communities they work with.

[Saadia Faruqi @SaadiaFaruqi]

🎊 Mid-week giveaway! Follow, like and RT for a chance to win one of four advance copies of my upcoming chapter book series Marya Khan and the Incredible Henna Party! USA only, ends Friday.

[Jennifer Powell @Ace_Librarian7]

I have made it my mission to unteach children that “fiction is fake.”

Here are my new definitions I started teaching today:

▪️Nonfiction = learning through information

▫️Fiction = learning through imagination

…

[Tyler Rablin @Mr_Rablin]

Me: *proudly explaining how I painstakingly tried to create spaces for independent work, group work, whole group, etc.*

My wife, an elementary teacher: "Oh, yeah, was it not like that before?"

My secondary friends, we have so much we could learn from elementary teachers.

[Vanessa Vigna @msvigna]

"Is taking things so seriously improving my performance? How can today feel like play?"

–@JamesClear

[Jarrett Lerner @Jarrett_Lerner]

EDUCATORS and LIBRARIANS!

Want to greet your new students with new books?!

I’ve got about 120 elementary and Middle Grade books to give away—half here, half on Instagram.

To enter to win half here: follow me and RT this tweet.

Bonus entry: tag a pal who may want to enter too!