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"You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it."

matters

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2019-06-28

How do we get kids to love reading? LET THEM READ THINGS THEY LOVE! Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, comics, sports reports – whatever gives them pleasure, it will make them into readers, and change their lives forever.

(Art: Bill Watterson)

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2019-06-26

Don’t let the summer slide happen at home browse or download RAISING A READER to learn how comics can help improve reading skills, comprehension, vocabulary, visual literacy and more! https://t.co/VhKIL9K7cb

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2019-06-25

"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart."

matters

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2019-06-24

"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking"
Haruki Murakami
matters

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2019-06-09

Finished logo for Tender Little Hearts - Mini Tales, a non-profit that brings pocket-sized equines to children for literacy programs! Their donkey and mini horses are SO cute. And what a great cause!!

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2019-06-09

Identification of Animals + Plants is an Essential Skill Set —"Take the time to engage with both the little and big things growing around you and discover the joy of re-connecting with Nature." https://t.co/loOaHCZv00—This is critical to our work!

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2019-06-04

How can you use these comics to teach about media literacy? Join and I at 3:30 in room 705 at

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2019-06-02

Don't miss Bouchercon—the world’s largest conference for readers/authors of crime fiction, which includes mysteries& thrillers. In 2016, I received their Lifetime Achievement Award. I'll interview James Patterson onstage Wed evening about the literacy problem in the US.

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2019-05-31

you know whats romantic?? literacy

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2019-05-30

"You fail only if you stop writing"
Ray Bradbury
matters

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2019-05-25

ICYMI - most of us don't think of adjectives and verbs when we think of but makes Ss do just that! Take a look at her LitLinks lesson about infusing POWER into science - https://t.co/bHFE7Kyhx8

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2019-05-24

EVERYDAY JOURNEYS OF ORDINARY THINGS (Libby Deutsch, ) was featured among Literacy Daily's "STEM Stories" reviews, from ! Take a look: https://t.co/hz5e6VxRuT

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2019-05-21

Family Literacy Night 5/15, 6-7pm! Raffles, Reading, Activities, and FUN!

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2019-05-14

Students used Google Draw to recreate the moment when Olemaun ("Fatty Legs") comes home to her family after being in the "Outsiders" school for two years. So much power in digital literacy!

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2019-05-14