Laura Komos
@laurakomos.bsky.social
K-5 Bilingual Interventionist (English/Spanish). 🌍 Former 5th grade dual language teacher. 💕 Book nerd. 📚
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Our owner Kirk Bangstad was arrested and jailed along with 5 of our customers, including teachers and doctors, for simply booing the right-wing newspaper publisher across the street.
open.substack.com/pub/kirkbang...
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June 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Our owner Kirk Bangstad was arrested and jailed along with 5 of our customers, including teachers and doctors, for simply booing the right-wing newspaper publisher across the street.
open.substack.com/pub/kirkbang...
open.substack.com/pub/kirkbang...
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Esta es una escuela releases on September 2! Translation by Ana Izquierdo www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/796195...
June 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Esta es una escuela releases on September 2! Translation by Ana Izquierdo www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/796195...
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If you're in Wisconsin, please know that Judge Susan Crawford will protect YOUR rights and freedoms. Find your polling place and make a plan to vote tomorrow: vote.wisdems.org
Find Your Voting Locations | WISDEMS Voter Protection Team
This searchable map shows you early voting and dropbox info for hundreds of villages, towns, and cities across Wisconsin. Enter the address you're registered at and your options will pop up!
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March 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If you're in Wisconsin, please know that Judge Susan Crawford will protect YOUR rights and freedoms. Find your polling place and make a plan to vote tomorrow: vote.wisdems.org
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Congratulations to all the honorees of this year’s Youth Media Awards!
Thank you to ALA members & library professionals everywhere who pour their passion, time & dedication into finding the very best books & media for their communities. Your work matters.📚
#ALAYMA
ilovelibraries.org/article/2025...
Thank you to ALA members & library professionals everywhere who pour their passion, time & dedication into finding the very best books & media for their communities. Your work matters.📚
#ALAYMA
ilovelibraries.org/article/2025...
January 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Congratulations to all the honorees of this year’s Youth Media Awards!
Thank you to ALA members & library professionals everywhere who pour their passion, time & dedication into finding the very best books & media for their communities. Your work matters.📚
#ALAYMA
ilovelibraries.org/article/2025...
Thank you to ALA members & library professionals everywhere who pour their passion, time & dedication into finding the very best books & media for their communities. Your work matters.📚
#ALAYMA
ilovelibraries.org/article/2025...
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We are writing the story of how students are seen, served, valued. & knowing the past impacts and influences the narrative. We must understand history to make the future better. (Slides from a recent keynote)
#EmergentBilingualStudents #Teaching
#EmergentBilingualStudents #Teaching
January 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
We are writing the story of how students are seen, served, valued. & knowing the past impacts and influences the narrative. We must understand history to make the future better. (Slides from a recent keynote)
#EmergentBilingualStudents #Teaching
#EmergentBilingualStudents #Teaching
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MAMIACHI & ME by Dakota & me (illustrated by the amazing @msmirelle.bsky.social) is 50% off at Abrams' site through tomorrow with the code FESTIVE24!
www.abramsbooks.com/product/mami...
#kidlit #bookstagram #booksale #picturebooks #mariachi
www.abramsbooks.com/product/mami...
#kidlit #bookstagram #booksale #picturebooks #mariachi
Mamiachi & Me My Mami’s Mariachi Band (A Picture Book)
Mamiachi & Me is a lyrical and empowering picture book written by Jolene and Dakota Gutiérrez and illustrated by Mirelle Ortega, winner of a Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor,about what it means to be a m...
www.abramsbooks.com
December 30, 2024 at 10:54 PM
MAMIACHI & ME by Dakota & me (illustrated by the amazing @msmirelle.bsky.social) is 50% off at Abrams' site through tomorrow with the code FESTIVE24!
www.abramsbooks.com/product/mami...
#kidlit #bookstagram #booksale #picturebooks #mariachi
www.abramsbooks.com/product/mami...
#kidlit #bookstagram #booksale #picturebooks #mariachi
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"John Schu draws on his own experience in his powerful book on eating disorders." — @psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/we...
Giving Voice to Eating Disorders in Boys
Eating disorders often manifest differently in boys and can be harder to detect. Author John Schu draws upon his personal experience in his book, "Louder Than Hunger."
www.psychologytoday.com
December 27, 2024 at 7:37 PM
"John Schu draws on his own experience in his powerful book on eating disorders." — @psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/we...
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"Esperanza Caramelo, the Star of Nochebuena is a magical realist story about a long-forgotten sugar figurine in a bakery on Christmas Eve." — @karlavalenti.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2023/02/espe...
December 25, 2024 at 6:50 PM
"Esperanza Caramelo, the Star of Nochebuena is a magical realist story about a long-forgotten sugar figurine in a bakery on Christmas Eve." — @karlavalenti.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2023/02/espe...
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How are YOU supporting MULTILINGUAL learners in your school or classroom?
https://buff.ly/4gF5DOR
via @valentinaesl.bsky.social #esl #edusky #tlsky
https://buff.ly/4gF5DOR
via @valentinaesl.bsky.social #esl #edusky #tlsky
December 20, 2024 at 12:10 AM
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As someone from and married into interfaith/intercultural families, and jazzed for the cosmic convergence of Xmas and Chanukah, I highly recommend GINGERBREAD DREIDELS. “Gelt and gingerbread, menorahs and trees, red and green and blue and white…” www.bookelicious.com/book/101436/...
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
December 20, 2024 at 6:59 AM
As someone from and married into interfaith/intercultural families, and jazzed for the cosmic convergence of Xmas and Chanukah, I highly recommend GINGERBREAD DREIDELS. “Gelt and gingerbread, menorahs and trees, red and green and blue and white…” www.bookelicious.com/book/101436/...
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
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My favorite print from liberaljane.store
“English is a language, not a way to measure someone’s intelligence.”
“English is a language, not a way to measure someone’s intelligence.”
December 19, 2024 at 8:47 PM
My favorite print from liberaljane.store
“English is a language, not a way to measure someone’s intelligence.”
“English is a language, not a way to measure someone’s intelligence.”
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PRE-ORDERS for Welcome to Teaching Multilingual Learners! An Illustrated Guide by Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, and me.
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Welcome to Teaching Multilingual Learners!
Master the why, the how, and the what of teaching multilingual learners to meet the best interests of all students, families, educators, and the commu...
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December 18, 2024 at 2:04 PM
PRE-ORDERS for Welcome to Teaching Multilingual Learners! An Illustrated Guide by Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, and me.
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Amazon a.co/d/2AdOVrt
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Our book THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT is a winner!
@gabbyzapata.bsky.social's gorgeous artwork won the "LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CHARACTERS" 2024 Undies Case Cover award hosted by Travis Jonker, and it's so well-deserved!
See all results on @slj.com's post: 100scopenotes.com/2024/12/17/a...
@gabbyzapata.bsky.social's gorgeous artwork won the "LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CHARACTERS" 2024 Undies Case Cover award hosted by Travis Jonker, and it's so well-deserved!
See all results on @slj.com's post: 100scopenotes.com/2024/12/17/a...
December 18, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Our book THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT is a winner!
@gabbyzapata.bsky.social's gorgeous artwork won the "LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CHARACTERS" 2024 Undies Case Cover award hosted by Travis Jonker, and it's so well-deserved!
See all results on @slj.com's post: 100scopenotes.com/2024/12/17/a...
@gabbyzapata.bsky.social's gorgeous artwork won the "LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CHARACTERS" 2024 Undies Case Cover award hosted by Travis Jonker, and it's so well-deserved!
See all results on @slj.com's post: 100scopenotes.com/2024/12/17/a...
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10 children’s books in 10 days
Criteria: Diverse, multiple themes, dope illustrations
Day 3
Criteria: Diverse, multiple themes, dope illustrations
Day 3
December 11, 2024 at 11:59 PM
10 children’s books in 10 days
Criteria: Diverse, multiple themes, dope illustrations
Day 3
Criteria: Diverse, multiple themes, dope illustrations
Day 3
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Teaching is always political.
December 10, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Teaching is always political.
Todavía estoy aprendiendo, pero a los ojos del estado de Illinois, ¡soy oficialmente bilingüe! Descubrí la semana pasada que aprobé mi examen del idioma español.
With what’s happening in our world today, I’m hoping I can leverage my privilege and my bilingualism to help in some way!
With what’s happening in our world today, I’m hoping I can leverage my privilege and my bilingualism to help in some way!
December 10, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Todavía estoy aprendiendo, pero a los ojos del estado de Illinois, ¡soy oficialmente bilingüe! Descubrí la semana pasada que aprobé mi examen del idioma español.
With what’s happening in our world today, I’m hoping I can leverage my privilege and my bilingualism to help in some way!
With what’s happening in our world today, I’m hoping I can leverage my privilege and my bilingualism to help in some way!
Such an important point to consider.
December is really confusing for non-Christian kids in public schools. Holiday shows and decorations and constant Christmas music playing. I don't know if teachers really consider all of this from their perspective.
December 7, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Such an important point to consider.
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Just a reminder that BlueSky works a bit differently. If something resonates with you be sure to repost to let others know it is agreat idea! While likes are great, reposting highlights great ideas for the communities we are building. #TLSky #EduSky #KidLit #Skybrarian #Edtech #Education
December 6, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Just a reminder that BlueSky works a bit differently. If something resonates with you be sure to repost to let others know it is agreat idea! While likes are great, reposting highlights great ideas for the communities we are building. #TLSky #EduSky #KidLit #Skybrarian #Edtech #Education
🙌🏼
ESL/ESOL stands for English as a second or other language, NOT English as a SOLE language.
🌟even though in ESL programs the instruction is provided in English, students’ first languages should be valued, respected, & leveraged. 🌟
#ELsky
🌟even though in ESL programs the instruction is provided in English, students’ first languages should be valued, respected, & leveraged. 🌟
#ELsky
December 7, 2024 at 3:14 AM
🙌🏼
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Do you know this from the Mexican education ministry library service? tripulantes.sep.gob.mx Don't know how often the books change...
tripulantes.sep.gob.mx
December 4, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Do you know this from the Mexican education ministry library service? tripulantes.sep.gob.mx Don't know how often the books change...
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I want to do an optional book club with my heritage speakers of Spanish. Who has some recommendations for books in Spanish for a group of 5th graders?
RTs welcome!
#langchat #earlylang #books #BookSky #EduSky
RTs welcome!
#langchat #earlylang #books #BookSky #EduSky
December 4, 2024 at 9:20 PM
I want to do an optional book club with my heritage speakers of Spanish. Who has some recommendations for books in Spanish for a group of 5th graders?
RTs welcome!
#langchat #earlylang #books #BookSky #EduSky
RTs welcome!
#langchat #earlylang #books #BookSky #EduSky
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We need to keep talking about how weird it is for people to think they should have a say in reading choices for anyone's kids but their own. You're not in charge of what other people's children eat or wear or when they go to bed. Why on earth would you get to choose what they read?
December 3, 2024 at 11:06 AM
We need to keep talking about how weird it is for people to think they should have a say in reading choices for anyone's kids but their own. You're not in charge of what other people's children eat or wear or when they go to bed. Why on earth would you get to choose what they read?
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25% of kids in the US are Latinx, so here’s your Latinx KidLit starter pack and make sure to read, boost, and support Latinx stories all year long!
go.bsky.app/CGXLiaz
go.bsky.app/CGXLiaz
November 23, 2024 at 4:26 PM
25% of kids in the US are Latinx, so here’s your Latinx KidLit starter pack and make sure to read, boost, and support Latinx stories all year long!
go.bsky.app/CGXLiaz
go.bsky.app/CGXLiaz
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Being a linguist is inherently political. We know that all language is equal and that being treated differently because of your languaging has to do with the body you inhabit and not the language itself.
#linguistics #language
#linguistics #language
December 2, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Being a linguist is inherently political. We know that all language is equal and that being treated differently because of your languaging has to do with the body you inhabit and not the language itself.
#linguistics #language
#linguistics #language