Terry Lanier

[Terry Lanier @TheRealMsLanier]

@lucasjmaxwell @MacmillanKidsUK @andthisjustin @amberivatt Oh! This is called Early Departures in the US, and it is FANTASTIC.

[Terry Lanier @TheRealMsLanier]

@emmasuffield @halseanderson My students are a little too young for Shout (I teach middle grades), but I keep a copy on my Personal Rec Shelf, just so I know to have the conversation when I check it out and when it comes back in. #BooksSaveLives

[Terry Lanier @TheRealMsLanier]

@emmasuffield @halseanderson My first year teaching, I bought 12 copies of Speak. Not a single copy came back to me. But it was $$ well spent—2 arrests/convictions, a plethora of conversations, & one life saved (that I know about). She spent months in a mental health ward instead. That book saved her life.

[Terry Lanier @TheRealMsLanier]

@MrsFraserSAB I don’t like adult fiction. It’s usually depressing, & there’s already enough of that in the world. MG lit deals with tough subjects, but there’s hope at the end instead of adults making terrible decisions to fix other crap decisions they’ve made & failing. (I DO read adult NF🙂)

[Terry Lanier @TheRealMsLanier]

@penny_hardaway1 @Lauren_Ty @WiseFarmerBrown @tonyhawk I have had a few black students named Rebecca. Most went by a nickname, though—I teach middle school, & kids try out different names. The only one who always went by her full name spelled it Rebekah—all her family had Biblical names. Brilliant, fantastic kid, wonderful family.

[Terry Lanier @TheRealMsLanier]

@lucasjmaxwell Mech Cadet Yu (❤️) is fantastic—one of my Y7 Ss (12 year olds? Still getting used to the UK system of labeling school years) recommended it to me last year. The whole series is lovely. Class Act is brilliant. Have you read Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka? It’s a nonfiction GN.

[Terry Lanier @TheRealMsLanier]

@MelissaDarrow Bc of my job, I have to teach those vision-based skills. I also use critical listening & teach skills related to that, & audio versions of texts are lovely. Usually, though, I use both: a print version and an audio, if I’m not targeting one specific skill.

[Terry Lanier @TheRealMsLanier]

@MelissaDarrow It depends upon my reason for engaging/having my Ss engage with the text. If we are working on decoding from print or annotation skills, no. If we are working on inferences or engaging for the purpose of pleasure, yes. Some text skills are vision-based & valuable for future use.

[Terry Lanier @TheRealMsLanier]

@eenalol @BarringtonStoke He’s my favorite, too. It’s why I dislike the book, even though it’s a great book.

I asked one of my Ss how she was doing, & she replied: “Ms. Lanier, it’s a Chapter 9 kind of day.” The rest of the year, that’s how we referred to horrible days.

[Terry Lanier @TheRealMsLanier]

@MissShelmerdine @lucasjmaxwell @_Reading_Rocks_ I’m in the US, not the UK, but my students love the Spy School series by Stuart Gibbs. Funny, fast-paced. His new one is Charlie Thorne & the Last Equation—girl genius meets Einstein’s last equation for clean energy for all—the best YA action book I’ve read this year.

[Terry Lanier @TheRealMsLanier]

@emmasuffield @SarahCrossan @louisareid @acevedowrites The Crossover series (3 books + a GN) by @kwamealexander is excellent. I second Other Words for Home by @jasminewarga. Long Way Down by @JasonReynolds83 (which just came out in a GN!)