Jessica Brooks

Seeking recs for titles from the past few years for grades 5-8 book clubs that are must-reads (but maybe not all sad & serious & already widely-read). Excited to try out methods from @pennykittle & @KellyGToGo's new book this time around! Thanks! #booklove #builldyourstack

@MsAudreyBurke Way to go, Grant! 🐐

We finished baseball last week with 3rd place and received and A rating on our meat goat project book today. 💪🏼💙

@lrbrazil @desautels_phd @raewoolpy @bbrazil You continue to amaze us all with all you do (so well)! Congrats 👏

Good mail! Thankful to have had this chance to study with @desautels_phd. Thanks to @raewoolpy for supporting me with time at work, thanks to @bbrazil for supporting me with time at home. Ask me about brains! 🧠 ❤️ 💪

@lrbrazil The answer here is Yes! (If I recall, she gobbled up that book in about 2 days, and I did the same -- def a great rec, LRB!)

You know what’s great? Going over to the staff picks table at the public library, seeing a book you loved, and then realizing the library staff member is an RHS 2022 grad. (Did she find it after seeing a book talk from a teacher? After a mentor text excerpt?) 📘😊♥️

@lrbrazil @ash_lovesbooks Nice! Her short story collection, Florida, is fantastic too. (And in my classroom library, so help yourself!)

Starting reading this, not realizing it was about a 12th century nun. And then I thought, am I really going to read a novel set in a 12th century English convent? By then too late bc it was so good! @ash_lovesbooks I think I should loan to you- fits w/ your summer feminism reads.

@Coach_WCook @RiskTaker4Kids Congrats @RiskTaker4Kids -- you're getting a staff full of amazing teachers!

Great hire for Connersville High School! Mike Shunneson @RiskTaker4Kids is the kind of educator who makes everyone around him better. He is a better man then he is an educator Congratulations and I look forward to collaborating with you for years to come! #leadership #principal

@Mr_Hilbert This is great -- is this a kit? (I need something just like this!)

Summer Project # 1 completed. Time to find some water!

@KarenMurphyBal1 @KReilley5 @ash_lovesbooks @weist_tia @mrsfloyd03 Yes! This rocks 😀

One of my favorite last day activities! Chalk the walk with our most loved books this year.

@MsAudreyBurke Get it, Grant!!😎⚾️

Coach Alec awarded Jr with the game ball tonight. #proud #1stbase #DiamondDogs

@Achilles6L Thank you, @JenObrien_rcs, for spending your day at RHS. What a great display of leadership, helping our kids learn and graduate!

We had a special guest today in Credit Recovery Land, Mrs. O’Brien helping students getting their credits. Thanks for the support.

@ash_lovesbooks Much deserved! You do so much and work so hard for your students! RHS is lucky to have you. :-)

I'm beyond grateful and honored to have received the Rising Star award! As Emily Philpot wisely said during her speech today, I wouldn't be where I am without my "guide posts" showing me each day what it means to teach and lead from the heart. ☺️

@MelAlterSmith @CarlosAGLive @caesura @adalimon @VChangPoet @TyreeDaye @asgharthegrouch @mafiasafia @_joseolivarez @ClintSmithIII @maggiesmithpoet @kate97727598!! A few of these are in the stack I lent you, and I'll bring Oceanic. :-)

#TeachLivingPoets Happy April #NationalPoetryMonth! Here’s a stack of some of my favorite poetry books that are in constant rotation in my classroom. I’ll keep sharing more favorite books & individual poems throughout the month.🤗

@RebekahODell1 Love this! And I actually just used a mentor text doing this same thing (!) a few days ago, from Lulu Miller's beautiful book, Why Fish Don't Exist (thanks @lrbrazil!) So much good stuff here. And thanks for your videos 😀

@susangbarber Bookmark for next year, @MsAudreyBurke 😎

We’re in the middle of Fences in class. This post gives resources for the play, strategies for teaching plays, and a two different approaches. #aplitchat #aplangchat muchadoaboutteaching.com/fences/

@KarenMurphyBal1 I have copies of Maus I & II in mine from my college collection, and it's been checked out a couple times this year :-) Good for you!

Help me bring diverse book club titles to my students! :) donorschoose.org/project/meanin…

Check out my new project on @DonorsChoose! donorschoose.org/project/maslow…

@lrbrazil @cultofpedagogy @KarenMurphyBal1 @ash_lovesbooks @mrsfloyd03 @weist_tia @RebekahODell1 Yep it is! I just had a hard time assigning values but @RebekahODell1 got me thinking again ...optimistic this makes sense and is fair and fast for everyone involved :-)

@jessbrooks82 @cultofpedagogy . @KarenMurphyBal1 @ash_lovesbooks @mrsfloyd03 @weist_tia - this is what @RebekahODell1 was talking about!

Have used SP rubrics w/ self-assessment during drafting (not for "pts in the gradebook" for best drafts), but I'm gonna try it this way now! @lrbrazil How to Turn Rubric Scores into Grades cultofpedagogy.com/calculate-poin… via @cultofpedagogy

I usually beg for books, but this time, it's for snacks! TIA for your consideration :-) Check out my classroom on @DonorsChoose! I'd love your help to bring my project to life: donorschoo.se/e/xHngpMtBYmb