Always learning, hopefully laughing.

North Carolina, USA
Joined December 2016
ERAS TOUR GIVEAWAY! ✨ ✮ We are teaming up with @TheSpaceGal to giveaway THREE pairs of tickets to the Eras Tour in LA! ✮ LIKE AND RT THIS TWEET for a chance to win a pair of tickets to The Eras Tour at SoFi Stadium on 8/3 ✮ OPTIONAL donations to help save kids from Malaria can be made here: gofund.me/2bf6fbe1 GIVEAWAY ENDS 7/17 at 5 PM EST
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Tuesday night lights! Let’s celebrate these middle and high school band kids! #artsmatter @NewHanoverCoSch
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It's another "Sotterday" giveaway! 🦦 I'm giving away a signed, personalized pre-order copy of ODDER each week until the book's release on 9/20. RT this post + follow me for a chance to win this week's copy! I'll pick a random winner on 8/22. Good luck! @MacKidsBooks #mglit
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Happily setting up my classroom library with all of these new books thanks to a grant from @IntracoastalRC Teacher’s Fund! @FirstBook makes great titles available for affordable prices. #buildingreaders
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EDUCATORS and LIBRARIANS! Want to greet your new students with new books?! I’ve got about 160 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!
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Melinda Wiggins retweeted
I'm giving away 2 signed copies of The Gift of Story: Exploring the Affective Side of the Reading Life purchased from @AndersonsBkshp. RT before 2:00 p.m. CDT tomorrow (June 23) to enter the drawing. andersonsbookshop.com/book/9…
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Happy to spread the picture book joy today! 5 years of #classroombookaday complete and now we share! Thank you @heisereads
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Melinda Wiggins retweeted
8 YEARS!!!! Over half of my life fighting for clean water. There are kids here that have lived their entire lives with toxic water. And what's even worse, is Flint is not alone. #FlintWaterCrisis
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It was a close battle but Scarecrow won over so many 4th and 5th grade hearts! Congratulations @BethFerry1 @opifan64 and Terry Fann! Thank you for such a beautiful, touching book.
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We aim to give our students "voice and choice" because we know it is invaluable in building competence and confidence. Yet FEAR continues to strip away educator autonomy with mandated increments until there is nothing left. Teaching is an ART that should be fostered, not mandated
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I can’t leave it alone. Our. Students may forget so much of the content that we share but they will never forget if we supported and engaged them.
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We deserve the same as educators. We have knowledge, experience, and research that you might not know about or recognize. We care about our profession and want to do well by our students. When an entire district is given a prescription, our autonomy is stripped.
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I can’t agree with this thread more.
“People” seem to think that I’m doing some kind of arcane magic to help kids become better readers and writers, but 90% of my pedagogy is reading aloud and high volumes of writing. If you have people fighting you over this- they’re just wrong. Stick to your guns. 1/
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Melinda Wiggins retweeted
Teachers, I am giving away 2 more free Zooms, 30 minutes each, to share I Survived, writing strategies, knowledge & anything else you would like. @LisaLiss22 & @teamcourage, I loved being with your kids so much I'm doing this again! RT to enter, I will announce winners 4/1
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When your very best social worker thanks your class for THANK YOU CARDS, you are reminded of the fact that her heart is 3 times the size of a normal human heart. Gratitude. @StacyConstanti6 @WrightsboroE
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The 2022 #bookbracket is up! Which book will @WrightsboroE 4th and 5th graders choose??
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