Carrie M. Santo-Thomas
@cmsthomas.bsky.social
mom, wife, teacher, storyteller, advocate, IATE past president, curriculum innovator, ADHD thriver, pen clicker, dog person, she/her/ella.
Tonight, my 13yo son dragged me out of bed because his ELA teacher told him about a book called Speak and had I heard of it? Do I have it? Where is it on the bookshelf? 🥹🥰 Tonight, my 13yo son is reading auntie @halseanderson.bsky.social’s book with afterword by @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Tonight, my 13yo son dragged me out of bed because his ELA teacher told him about a book called Speak and had I heard of it? Do I have it? Where is it on the bookshelf? 🥹🥰 Tonight, my 13yo son is reading auntie @halseanderson.bsky.social’s book with afterword by @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social
Teachers have back up plans for back up plans for back up plans. I double check my emergency preparedness whenever there's a similar tragedy that makes the headlines. Suffice it to say, it's an area of my professional life that never has the time to gather dust. And that's the problem.
September 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Teachers have back up plans for back up plans for back up plans. I double check my emergency preparedness whenever there's a similar tragedy that makes the headlines. Suffice it to say, it's an area of my professional life that never has the time to gather dust. And that's the problem.
My child was called down to the principal's office today for indelicately calling out racist/homophobic/sexually inappropriate content in an email thread among his fellow middle schoolers.
The at-home consequence is mac'n'cheese, ice cream, and The Martian (with popcorn and cotton candy).
The at-home consequence is mac'n'cheese, ice cream, and The Martian (with popcorn and cotton candy).
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My child was called down to the principal's office today for indelicately calling out racist/homophobic/sexually inappropriate content in an email thread among his fellow middle schoolers.
The at-home consequence is mac'n'cheese, ice cream, and The Martian (with popcorn and cotton candy).
The at-home consequence is mac'n'cheese, ice cream, and The Martian (with popcorn and cotton candy).
My copy of A Long Way Gone is in literal pieces held together with tape and a binder clip. A few years ago, standing in line to have it signed by the author, I felt a little weird. But he took it from me and said “Ah! This is a book that has been loved!”
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From Proof to Presence: First Steps to Recenter the Reader-Text Relationship
I grabbed my well-worn copy of A Long Way Gone on my way out the door to hear Ishmael Beah speak at an event in Evanston, Illinois. Until that moment, it had never occurred to me how utterly battered ...
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January 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My copy of A Long Way Gone is in literal pieces held together with tape and a binder clip. A few years ago, standing in line to have it signed by the author, I felt a little weird. But he took it from me and said “Ah! This is a book that has been loved!”
open.substack.com/pub/cmsthoma...
open.substack.com/pub/cmsthoma...