Author. My new book is DISTRESS SIGNAL--out this October! A VCFA Alum. I read. I write. I teach middle school...and I am only occasionally contrary.
Arizona, USA
Joined October 2015
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Well, this made my day!
Student: "Thank you for recommending this book, Miss Lambert. If you hadn't told me about it, I wouldn't have bought the whole series."
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Happy birthday Beverly Cleary, born on 4/12/1916! Here's the paper's 1955 review of "Beezus and Ramona" nyti.ms/2JirxbG
Some things I heard myself say this week:
1. It's always a bad idea to pretend you're hitting your friend in the face with your giant binder.
2. I'm not buying you another reptile mister.
3. You probably shouldn't trust YouTubers who say they've time traveled.
Yes!!! I know this feeling well. I always feel so guilty when I tell a student that they can't read during class. nitter.cf/rbharder/status/978707…
In the last 10 minutes I had to confiscate books from 5 students who were sneakily reading while I was teaching. I don't know if I should be annoyed or just so darn proud. #proudteacher #ididmyjob #uvlearn
I was looking at the date today and realized that 2020 is just around the corner. Remember when that year sounded impossibly futuristic?
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Several auctions closing tomorrow, including this 3-chapter review by HarperCollins VP/Editorial Director Rosemary Brosnan. Bid while you can for a great cause!
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Me: What do you think of my new manuscript?
*waits for praise and acclamation*
Sister: You use the word "binder" a lot.
#amwriting
As a middle school English teacher, I have decided that all 13 and 14-year-olds should automatically come with spoiler alerts.
Somehow, before we even start reading a new book, half the class already knows which character will die.
Every time.
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Life hack: To get a 3-day weekend, just erase Friday's schedule and write END SCOOL START BREAK
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Today is a great day to read aloud with your students!#WorldReadAloudDay #literacymatters #EdCampHAT
It never fails to amaze me how easily my students mix up the 1900s and the 1800s on tests. If we read a book set in 1889, half of the class will say it took place in 1989.
To them, anything before 2000 is ancient history.
I'm old.
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Hey all, here's an an essay I wrote in @TIME about grappling with darkness when writing for the very young. time.com/5093669/why-we-shou…
I've been giving this a lot of thought lately and can't decide which is more terrifying: driving on a weekend in a Walmart parking lot or driving on a weekend in a Costco parking lot.
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Reading about life with a hoarder in @MaryUncontrary's fantastic new book!
#bookworm #mgbooks #17DABash
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Best test I know of for relationship/friendship compatibility: Can you hang Christmas lights together and still be speaking to each other afterward?
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Annabelle's secret: her mom collects WAY too much stuff. @MaryUncontrary talks FAMILY GAME NIGHT & OTHER CATASTROPHES #middlegrade info.vcfa.edu/vcfa-launch-pa…
My hot water heater: one of the many, many things that I forget to appreciate...until it stops working.