5 Books from 2020 For Your Classroom Library
What a year 2020 has been, am I right? Well, amid everything, some amazing new books joined the…
December 15, 2020What a year 2020 has been, am I right? Well, amid everything, some amazing new books joined the…
December 15, 2020Are you looking for new digital breakouts for ELA? Look no further! I’d like to introduce you to…
December 8, 2020Are you going to teach The Giver during distance learning? Great choice! Here’s how to make your novel…
December 1, 2020Many of you have asked for recommendations for Indigenous texts for Secondary ELA to help enrichen your curriculum.…
November 10, 2020Happy Hispanic Heritage Month, y’all! We celebrate this every year from September 15th to October 15th, and we…
September 24, 2020After the popularity of my 2017 post, 15 TV Episodes to Use In ELA, I thought it was…
September 11, 2020When Liliana Cruz gets an opportunity to go to a school in the Boston suburbs, her immigrant mother…
August 18, 2020I recently finished Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron and it got me thinking about using inclusive YA…
August 6, 2020Are you looking to create a more inclusive classroom library? Are you asking yourself, “What should I read…
July 10, 2020Realities of Anti-racism in Secondary ELA What texts do you teach, and what voices are heard? Here…
June 22, 2020Hey y’all! Are you looking for diverse texts for secondary ELA? Do you want to grow your classroom…
June 8, 2020As some of you may already know, I’m now officially a published author! My first book, The Challenging…
May 26, 2020Big news! Please help me welcome The Challenging Riddle Book for Kids to the world! As y’all know,…
April 28, 2020You can help your students see beyond the headlines! In this post, nine other teachers and I share…
February 27, 2020Looking for a book rec for your sports loving students? I recently read (and loved) After the Shot…
January 30, 2020Whew! This year is already flying by, amiright? It feels like just yesterday we were returning from winter…
January 24, 2020Take a look inside my completely updated and redesigned Odyssey interactive escape room. New art, new hints, and…
January 9, 2020With the decade drawing to a close, it’s time to reflect on the great books released in 2019!…
December 12, 2019This week we’re chatting about Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz, a heartwarming #ownvoices tale of two…
November 21, 2019It’s Native American History Month! How are you celebrating and honoring Native culture in your classroom? One great…
November 7, 2019Our friend Courtney joins us to chat about A River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy. It’s perfect…
October 31, 2019Do you struggle to get students interested in nonfiction? Keep pushing! Fostering a love of reading nonfiction books…
October 24, 2019Books can be both mirrors, reflecting students’ lives, or windows into the lives of others. You know the…
October 10, 2019Looking for engaging and rigorous Halloween school activities for your Secondary ELA classroom? Look no further! These mini-lessons…
October 3, 2019Writer & teacher L. Samantha Smith joins us to chat about The Stars and the Blackness Between Them…
September 27, 2019Since we started the YA Cafe Podcast, we’ve gotten a lot of questions about LGBTQ middle-grade novels. This…
September 19, 2019This week we’re chatting about Pet by Akwaeke Emezi. Our guest is author H.D. Hunter who has some…
September 12, 2019Song lyrics can be so versatile in the classroom: Creative writing inspiration, making non-fiction more engaging, etc. Here…
September 5, 2019BookTuber, Nikea JaLynn (cohost of the series #BlackGirlLit), joins us to chat about The Revolution of Birdie Randolph…
August 22, 2019Are you teaching short stories for high school, and all you have is a dusty anthology of “classic”…
August 15, 2019