New: BUILD YOUR RESILIENCE IN JUST TWO MINUTES A DAY.
Moehrle and Boushey suggest a practice focused on balance, calm, adaptability, happiness and joy to change how you experience all that teaching asks of you. #edusky #teachersky @stenhousepub.bsky.social
www.middleweb.com/53270/build-...
A book post about Patterns of Analysis by Holly Durham with book cover. Top of post says "An evergreen process for teaching analytical reading and writing." Post continues: Lessons include: -easy to read charts, -clear examples, -curated text collections
🎆Patterns of Analysis is the resource teachers of grades 6-12 have been asking for!🎆
Patterns of Analysis connects the teaching of grammar to analytical reading 📙 and writing ✏️, ensuring students have skills to understand texts and the world 🌍 through a critical, thoughtful lens.
Promotional image for "Letters to a New Teacher" by Jennifer Orr. Features Orr's photo, book cover with an envelope design, and text: "The best and most practical advice for new teachers often comes not from those working outside the classroom, but from trusted colleagues down the hall."
📣 Letters to a New Teacher is coming in June! 📣 Do you know a teacher in their first few years of teaching? Or a teacher entering their first year of teaching? Letters to a New Teacher is perfect ☀️summer reading 😎 for teachers looking for practical strategies, tips, & photo examples. Preorder now!
Promotional image for "MORE THAN A SLAM" by Cait Miner Kay, a guide to teaching spoken word poetry. The book cover features four young people and includes a quote from Dr. Joshua Bennett. Text: "Bring Spoken Word Poetry into Your Classroom."
🎉 🎉 Happy publication day to More Than a Slam by Cait Miner Kay! 🎉 🎉 This book shows you how to effectively guide your student poets as they discover the 📣 power of their voices, 🎤 share their stories, and build lasting 🤝 connections through the art of spoken word.
A book cover for "Lessons in Community" by Mari Dean is shown next to a quote from Carla Shalaby praising it as a "practical gem" for educators seeking to manage classrooms with care, dignity, decency, and reverence.
Download three sample lessons from Lessons in Community. Charts from three lessons.
Lessons in Community is "practical gem" 💎 Want to take a peek inside? Swipe to see charts from three lessons in the book and then click the Support Materials tab to download the full sample lessons. tinyurl.com/LessonsinCom...
Quote by Valerie Bolling: "When students assess how they're progressing toward their goals, this is truly an act of independence and agency." Bolling's photo shown. Book cover: "Goal Setting in the Writing Classroom" by Valerie Bolling.
Image shows "Goal-Setting Tools to Support Student Writers." Includes a worksheet titled "Goal Setting Organizer" with space for name, date, and sections for writing goals and strategies. Book cover: "Goal Setting in the Writing Classroom" by Valerie Bolling.
Text reads: A Goal-Setting Process That Keeps Students on Track. A ladder leads to a crescent moon. Rungs labeled, from bottom to top: Set Goals, Choose Tools, Get Peer Feedback, Implement Feedback, Monitor Goals, Revise Goals, Celebrate! Book cover: GOAL SETTING in the WRITING CLASSROOM by VALERIE BOLLING.
🏹 Wherever students want to go as writers, goal setting can help them get them there!
A promotion for the Well Played math series (Grades K-2 book and Grades 3-5 book). "Finish the school year strong with meaningful math games" Includes: "-Variations for each game or puzzle" "Exit card choices" and "Reproducible materials" Stenhouse branding on bottom of slide.
Whether you're reviewing past math units or teaching new content, the Well Played series offers meaningful math games and puzzles that are perfect for any time in the school year!
Book cover "More Than A Slam" by Cait Miner Kay, guide to teaching spoken word poetry, shows 5 teens, each holding a microphone. Text: Bring Spoken Word Poetry into Your Classroom, Teach writing skills, Foster joyful learning. Stenhouse Publishers logo.
📣 More Than a Slam 📣 is coming soon! Learn practical strategies to cultivate a brave and inspiring space where students can thrive as writers and public speakers.
Book cover, "Daily Sparks 180: Reflections for Teacher Resilience" by Carol Moehrle & Gail Boushey. Text: "A spark to start each day of the school year." An open page with text about choices, numbered 57, reads, "THE CHOICES YOU MAKE."
How do you nurture your spark 💫 for teaching? Daily Sparks offers a spark--a short reflection on teacher resilience--for every day of the year.
Start each day with the 🌞 warmth of Daily Sparks!
Review: TOOLS STUDENTS NEED TO SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE
In Well Spoken, educator Erik Palmer details tools to build public and digital speaking skills that give students agency in both classrooms and the workplace. #edusky #speaking @erik-palmer.bsky.social #speech
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Ad for "Patterns of Wonder en Espanol," offering over 50 lessons for engaging young bilingual writers. Book by Caroline Sweet, Whitney La Rocca, and Jeff Anderson, inviting emergent bilingual writers to play with the conventions of Spanish, PreK-1.
Looking to support young bilingual writers in Spanish? Patterns of Wonder en español is here! 🎈 🎉 This powerful resource includes:
🎁 A focus on oral language, illustrating, and writing
🎁 Over 100 culturally and linguistically diverse picture book recommendations
🎁 56 ready-to-go engaging lessons
What if math class was a place for real discussion, argument, and messy thinking, not just quick answers? That's exactly what Chris Luzniak has built in his classroom. Learn more in this week's podcast episode!
www.cultofpedagogy.com/debate-math/
Image displays text "Counting Collections transforms math classrooms.", alongside a book titled "Choral Counting & Counting Collections". Two kids are counting with cups and doing math on paper. The Stenhouse Publishers logo appears at the bottom.
How do you use Counting Collections in your math classroom? From exploring early math ideas in preschool to investigating large numbers and multiplication in upper elementary school, Counting Collection is an engaging math routine loved by students (and teachers!) alike.
A book cover titled, "Intentional Talk and Listening," by Elham Kazemi and Allison Hintz, shows a teacher pointing up in a classroom. The cover reads, "How to structure and lead productive mathematical discussions.", along with "What's new in Intentional Talk and Listening?"
New edition, new title! 🎉 Intentional Talk and Listening by Elham Kazemi and Allison Hintz features:
❤️ New classroom examples and vignettes,
❤️ A focus on the reciprocal relationship between listening and talking
❤️ Revised planning templates and more!
Book cover, 'Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning, Second Edition,' by Peter H. Johnston, Foreword by P. David Pearson. Text: "Teachers' language is their most powerful tool for impacting children's learning."
"I read this book every year!" 🗓️ says one teacher of Choice Words, the classic book by Peter Johnston about the power of teachers' words. But do you have the new edition?
📘 With updates throughout the book & new chapters on social-emotional learning and mindset, this book is a must read.
Text asks, "What is Word Problem Workshop?" Further text explains, "3 to 5 times per week, 15 to 30 minutes, 1 to 2 problems per day, 5 simple steps." A book titled "word problem workshop" is featured. "Stenhouse Publishers" logo.
❓So, what exactly is Word Problem Workshop?❓
It’s a student-centered, community-driven approach to teaching math that fosters critical thinking, encourages productive struggle, and builds resilience.
🌱 Grow your community of problem solvers with Word Problem Workshop!
Ad for "Patterns of Wonder" books. Left: "en espanol," inviting bilingual writers to play with Spanish conventions, by Caroline Sweet, Whitney La Rocca, & Jeff Anderson. Right: Emergent writers play with language conventions, by La Rocca & Anderson. Blue text: "Coming Soon!" & "Out Now!"
Young writers thrive in classrooms filled with 🔍 conversation, inquiry, play, and wonder. ✨ And now there are resources to support young children in both Spanish and English!
✅ Patterns of Wonder is available now.
🚚 Patterns of Wonder en español is available for pre-order!
Heading reads "7 Powerful Teaching Moves that Engage Teens and Elevate Their Writing" Image shows two books, A High School English Teacher's Guide to Writing Literary Analysis and A High School English Teacher's Guidwe to Writing Memoir.
How can high school teachers support teen writers? Each book in the A High School English Teacher's Guide To series includes:
✅ Dozens of flexible lessons
✅ Tools, charts, mentor texts, and AI recommendations
✅ Check out this blog for more! spr.ly/63326hqmYI
Cover of The Heart Of Fiction alongside a photo of Kate Roberts in a button up blue shirt and glasses, smiling. A bubble says "Blog" and "Read and excerpt"
Curious about ❤️ THE HEART OF FICTION? 🤔 Come read an excerpt! tinyurl.com/HeartofFiction
In ❤️ THE HEART OF FICTION ❤️ Kate Roberts offers strategies to teach students to confidently analyze character, theme, and craft—strategies they can repeatedly practice across time and texts.
We were invited to read from our books, which I did of course. But first I had some opening words, which I thought I'd share with you here.
I'll share video too, once that's available.
2026 Mathical Honor Books - 10 Cats by Emily Gravett - Hello Hello Numbers by Brendan Wenzel - Look by Gabi Snyder, illustrated by Samantha Cotterill - Pêyak Little Duck: A Counting Book in Plains Cree and English by Sandra Lamouche, illustrated by Mando Littlechild - Six Little Sticks by Tiffany Stone, illustrated by Ruth Hengeveld - Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper, illustrated by Kenard Pak - 365: How to Count a Year by Miranda Paul, illustrated by Julien Chung - One Million Trees: A True Story by Kristen Balouch - Over in the Mangroves by Jyoti Rajan Gopal, illustrated by Dikshaa Pawaskar - Sam Sorts by Marthe Jocelyn - Toes, Teeth and Tentacles: A Curious Counting Book by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page - Wanda Hears the Stars: A Blind Astronomer Listens to the Universe by Amy S. Hansen and Wanda Díaz Merced, illustrated by Rocío Arreola Mendoza - Way Past Embarrassed by Hallee Adelman, illustrated by Josep Maria Juli - 9 Kilometers by Claudio Aguilera, translated by Lawrence Schimel, and illustrated by Gabriela Lyon - Mr. Pei’s Perfect Shapes: The Story of Architect I.M. Pei by Julie Leung, illustrated by Yifan Wu - Who Was Katherine Johnson? by Shelia P. Moses and Who HQ, illustrated by Dede Putra - Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn’t by Sarah Albee, illustrated by Chris Hsu - Adventures in Math: How to Level Up Your Math Game by Carleigh Wu, illustrated by Sean Simpson - BenBee and the Teacher Griefer by K.A. Holt - The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy - The Bluest Sky by Christina Diaz Gonzalez - Talia’s Codebook for Middle School by Marissa Moss - The Woman in the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Helped Fly the First Astronauts to the Moon by Richard Maurer - The Secret Astronomers: A Novel in Notes by Jessica Walker - The Sticky Note Manifesto of Aisha Agarwal by Ambika Vohra Get the Mathical List at mathicalbooks.org
Congratulations to the 2026 #MathicalBooks Honor Books! These math-inspiring fiction and nonfiction titles were published over the last decade, with many suggested by our community. View the list and grade-level flyers of all 2015-2026 books for ages 2-18 at www.mathicalbooks.org/2026/02/2026....
...I hope that this Teacher’s Guide supports your own inquiry into children’s mathematics, and I hope that the images elicit brilliance from the children you do math with—wherever you and they may count."
"When I first began teaching, I was enamored with sophisticated techniques for solving simple problems. In the ensuing years, I have come to delight in and to celebrate the simple techniques that children devise for solving sophisticated problems...
"Math is not true because we tell kids it is true; math is true because they can find that truth for themselves. We can find these truths together."
"I see mathematics as an antidote. By nurturing children’s math minds, we resist and we teach them the value of the evidence provided by their eyes, ears, thoughts, and critical questions."
"We are living in times that ask us as citizens to ignore the evidence of our eyes and ears, and also our minds."
Graphic: "Hot-Off-The-Press Book News: How Did You Count? wins the 2026 Mathical Book Prize!" features the Mathical Book Prize logo and the book cover for "How Did You Count?" by Christopher Danielson from Stenhouse Publishers.
🎉 🎉 Congratulations to How Did You Count? and author Christopher Danielson 📚📚 on winning the 2026 Mathical Book Prize. We're thrilled for the math joy that How Did You Count? brings to children, teachers, and caregivers. ❤️ www.mathicalbooks.org/2026/02/2026...
New PoPCast episode just dropped! @whitneylarocca.bsky.social,
@csweet.bsky.social, and I discuss the POWER in the process. Check us out:
Youtube: youtu.be/fV23FRM0lVk
Spotify: bit.ly/3MfeflV
or wherever you listen to podcasts
#grammar#writing#patternsofpower
Book cover of "Beyond February" by Dawnavyn M. James. Cover features a diverse group of children, Black historical figures, and the title: "Teaching Black History Any Day, Every Day, and All Year Long, K-3". Quote: "Dawnavyn James doesn't just talk the talk, she walks the walk--leading the way for educators to teach through Black histories not just during February but all year long."
Teach Black history in February...and all year long! Beyond February supports teachers to integrate Black history into science, social studies, literacy and math learning in K-3 classrooms. Practical, visual, and accessible, Beyond February by Dawnavyn James is a best-selling hit with teachers!
